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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Jesse E. Craig, South Burlington, VT (US);
Stanley B. Stanski, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Scott T. Vento, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Inventors:
Jesse E. Craig, South Burlington, VT (US);
Stanley B. Stanski, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Scott T. Vento, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 (2006.01); G11B 5/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hard disk drive system that includes one or more rotating data storage platters, a drive controller and multiple actuator assemblies and corresponding respective read/write heads. The actuator assemblies are separately movable for performing separate data seeks. The controller is configured to interleave the seek and read/write operations of the multiple actuator assemblies and read/write heads with one another.