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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);

W. Stanley Czarnecki, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ernest S. Gale, Tucson, AZ (US);

Jason Liang, Campbell, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2013.01); G11B 5/00826 (2013.01); G11B 5/4893 (2013.01); G11B 20/1201 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method according to one embodiment includes gathering information about how an array of writers write and/or are expected to write to a magnetic medium during shingled recording, and computing, using the gathered information, data describing a lateral writing position to use during writing such that shingled track edges are aligned according to a format. A method according to another embodiment includes obtaining a lateral offset from a nominal writing position, and applying the lateral offset for repositioning a writing position of an array of writers relative to a nominal writing position during writing in a first direction. A product according to one embodiment includes a magnetic recording medium; and data indicative of whether a lateral writing position offset was used while writing.


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