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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. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
Kenny T. Coker, Corona, CA (US);
Michael S. Rothberg, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Daniel A. Hanson, Anaheim, CA (US);
Mark F. Vallis, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Quoc N. Dang, Brea, CA (US);
Kenny T. Coker, Corona, CA (US);
Michael S. Rothberg, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Daniel A. Hanson, Anaheim, CA (US);
Mark F. Vallis, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Quoc N. Dang, Brea, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk having a plurality of tracks, a head actuated over the disk, and control circuitry for servicing an access command received from a host, wherein the access command identifies at least one of the tracks. The control circuitry identifies a band of tracks associated with the access command, maintains a counter for tracking an amount of time the head is within the band of tracks, and moves the head out of the band of tracks in response to the counter to facilitate wear prevention.