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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew F Giovanetti, Northborough, MA (US);
Kenneth F Veseskis, Hudson, MA (US);
Fernando A Zayas, Stow, MA (US);
Bernardo Rub, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 7806 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for optimizing the track seeking operation of disc drives by adaptively changing the seek velocity profile in response to the actual performance of the drive during track seeking operations based upon the amount of head overshoot and the actuator power dissipation.