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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:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1996
Bruce D Emo, Boulder, CO (US);
Brian D Wilson, Louisville, CO (US);
Nelson Chenkin, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mobile Storage Technology Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A magnetic recording system utilizing a magnetic recording disk. In some embodiments, one magnetic surface is utilized with an associated read/write transducer supported by a load beam. In other embodiments, the disk has a plurality of magnetic surfaces, each having an associated read/write transducer for reading and writing data in tracks in a plurality of zones and an associated load beam for supporting and positioning the respective read/write transducer at a plurality of locations above the respective surface. In one embodiment, the radial boundaries of the zones and read/write frequency for each zone are defined as a function of the number of available tracks on the recording surface. In another embodiment, the radial boundaries of the zones and read/write frequency for the zones are defined as a function of the read/write performance of the read/write transducer with respect to its associated magnetic surface. In a further embodiment, a read/write performance of the read/write transducer is determined, the recording performance of the magnetic surface is determined and the radial boundaries for each zones and the read/write frequencies for each zone are established as a function of the performances.