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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:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A storage apparatus has a function of controlling rotation of a recording medium which is divided into a plurality of zones in a radial direction thereof and employing a ZCAV system. The storage apparatus is provided with a setting part for setting a mode to one of a normal mode in which the recording medium is controlled to rotate at a first rotational speed, and a high-speed mode in which the recording medium is controlled to rotated at a plurality of second rotational speeds respectively corresponding to a plurality of areas to which the recording medium is divided in the radial direction thereof.