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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2011
Applicants:
Jon David Trantham, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Brian Dean Boling, Broomfield, CO (US);
Dale Herbert Erickson, Edina, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jon David Trantham, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Brian Dean Boling, Broomfield, CO (US);
Dale Herbert Erickson, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G11B 19/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/30 (2013.01); G11B 19/2081 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1246 (2013.01); G06F 1/3268 (2013.01); G06F 1/3237 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01);
Abstract
In response to a hard disk drive losing primary power, power is obtained from a spinning motor of the hard disk drive. Portions of a controller of the hard disk drive are selectively depowered to facilitate performing safeguard operations via the controller using the power obtained from the spinning motor.