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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:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen R Genheimer, Mustang, OK (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 7708 ; 360 48 ;
Abstract
In a medium having data fields and servo fields, a dual servo format includes a plurality of large and small servo fields for determining the position of a transducer over the medium. The large servo fields have a circumferential length that is larger than the circumferential length of the small servo fields. Both types of servo fields are distributed across the medium among the data fields.