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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:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fred R Hansen, Newark, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 7806 ; 318561 ;
Abstract
An actuator in a disc drive is controlled to position a transducer over a target track on a disc surface. Movement of the actuator is initiated so the transducer begins moving toward the target track. The actuator is decelerated, as the transducer approaches the target track, according to a deceleration curve which is varied based on drive characteristics.