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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
David B Jeppson, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 7702 ; 360 7708 ; 360313 ;
Abstract
A disk drive assembly including circuitry for adaptively selecting performance characteristics of the assembly. The performance characteristics are adaptively selected responsive to a balancing of maximizing performance of the assembly while also minimizing occurrences of misoperation. A disk drive assembly of improved characteristics and error correcting capabilities is provided.