Method to increase the amount of customer data on a hard disk drive
February 10, 2024. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMagnetic disk apparatus having magnetic head with pre-erase gap Method and apparatus for positioning transducers to correct for read and write element misregistration offsets which vary dependent on rotary actuator angular position across a disk medium Method and apparatus for determining systematic errors Controlling a media master writing machine to produce curvilinear servo sector patterns Enhanced MR offset with dynamic tuning range Patent #: 6873488 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 10775689 filed on 02/10/2004US Classes:360/48, Data in specific format360/55, GENERAL RECORDING OR REPRODUCING360/75, Controlling the head360/61, Signal switching360/77.04, By memory storage of repeatable error or correction360/77.06, Reproduced data signal used for tracking360/51Data clockingExaminersPrimary: Korzuch, WilliamAssistant: Negrón, Daniell L. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesG11B 5/09G11B 5/02 G11B 21/02 AbstractFormat efficiency of a hard disk of a hard disk drive having a rotary actuator and a read/write head having a read element that is offset from a write element is improved by writing a data track having a length that is based on an arc of the rotary actuator, the radial position of the read/write head with respect to the hard disk and the offset between the read element and the write element. | |
