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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6469859 | Method and system for accurate self-servowriting with normalization in a disk drive An accurate and time-efficient method and system for self-servowriting wherein at least one reference value used to position the transducer is updated for some, but not all, of the tracks to be written. The reference value(s) is dependent upon a predefine... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6400380 | Method to support applications that allocate shareable or non-shareable colorcells in a conferencing network system having a hetergeneous hardware environment A method for an X windows conferencing enabler to support applications that use non-shareable color cells while running in a conference in which the various X server participants differ in their support of visual classes is disclosed. In the method, an ap... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6219044 | Method for managing top-level windows within a conferencing network system A method and system for managing top-level windows controlled by a conference enabler is disclosed. The system operates in a conferencing network system having a conference enabler for distributing applications to a plurality of servers. Each server has i... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6219085 | Method and system for improved performance of adjustable printer clocks in an electrophotographic device A method and system are disclosed for improving performance of adjustable printer clock signals in an electrophotographic device. A source clock signal is output having a source frequency. A first clock signal is output having a first frequency. The first... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6078403 | Method and system for specifying format parameters of a variable data area within a presentation document A data processing system and method of processing format parameters of a variable data area within a base document are described. According to the present invention, a base document defined by a data set stored within the data processing system is created... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5963983 | Method and apparatus for dynamically creating conversion tables to access a semiconductor memory device An improved external semiconductor memory device having a work memory for storing logical address-physical address conversion information. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor memory device, which is connected to a host co... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5940244 | Shrink-fit disk-clamp for hard disk drives A ring shaped-disk clamp for clamping a disk stack to a spindle motor. The ring-shaped disk clamp is referred to as a shrink-fit disk clamp and must be expanded by heating prior to being inserted onto the hub of a spindle motor. Once inserted onto the hub... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5907447 | Radial self-propagation pattern generation for disk file servowriting A mechanism for servowriting on a storage medium of a storage device. The storage device has a transducer and a servo loop for positioning the transducer with respect to the storage medium. At least one transition is written on a track of the storage medi... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5901003 | Method and apparatus for determining systematic errors Improvements in placement of timing patterns in self servo writing include correcting for random and systematic errors due to geometric effects. In a disk drive having a recording head with separate read and write elements, a method for determining separa... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5896729 | Two-piece tube A container for shipping and handling devices is described. The container is particularly well suited to store sliders used in magnetic storage systems. The container includes a bottom piece and a detachable top piece. The bottom piece includes a base wit... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5872686 | Magnetic storage system having an improved slider having rounded corners to minimize disk damage A magnetic storage system having an air bearing slider designed to minimize disk damage. The magnetic storage system may include a load/unload structure for loading or unloading the slider when the spindle motor is powered down. The air bearing slider inc... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5825588 | Roll insensitive air bearing slider An air bearing slider for use in carrying a transducer adjacent a recording medium exhibits reduced sensitivity to variations in roll, crown, and skew. In one embodiment, the slider comprises an air bearing slider having a pair of substantially coplanar s... | 10/20/1998 |
