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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shane G. Nowell, Longmont, CO (US);
Wayne H. Vinson, Longmont, CO (US);
Danny J. Kastler, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/04 (2006.01); G11B 15/46 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01); G11B 19/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 19/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes: a media motor; a media mounted on the media motor; a head, over the media, the motion of the head controlled by a head actuation motor; a motor driver, coupled to the media motor, configured to adjust a media speed; and control circuitry configured to: coast the media motor in preparation for accelerating the head, and activate the head actuation motor including accelerating the head in a first direction for repositioning the head over the media.