Inventor
Gary Allan Herbst
Inventor
San Jose, CA, US
Overview
Patents· 18 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G11Bprimary
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer83%
B41JTypewriters6%
B60RVehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for6%
H03MCoding6%
PatentTitleYear
10,109,301Data storage device comprising extended servo burst field over part of a disk surface20189,940,967Data storage device conditioning write abort based on secondary read signal20189,792,938'Data storage device communicating servo information between servo channels of multiple actuators'20179,286,926'Two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) disk drive with varying servo track pitch'20168,767,341'Servo systems with augmented servo bursts'20148,760,794'Servo systems with augmented servo bursts'20148,749,909'Disk drive with servo system with timing adjustments to master timer for SAM detection errors'20148,711,504'Disk drive with a subset of sectors with reduced write-to-read gap'20147,882,390'Repair of defective servo tracks'20117,605,996'Method and system for detecting a change in a rotational velocity of a magnetic disk or a spindle coupled to the magnetic disk'20097,508,618'Multivariate head-to-disk contact detection'20097,405,897'Single-pass self-servowriting method and system employing a low sector rate startup procedure'20087,259,928'System and method for writing servo track in sealed HDD'20077,236,323'Method and apparatus for providing combined radial and timing multislot self-servowrite propagation'20077,072,132'System and method for writing servo track in sealed HDD'20066,429,990'Method and apparatus for controlling write operations of a data storage system subjected to a shock event'20025,806,882'Vehicle occupant protection apparatus'19985,034,746'Analog-to-digital converter for computer disk file servo position error signal'1991Career & activity timeline
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1991–2002Patents assigned to IBM (2)· patent assignee history
1991–2018Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history
1998Based in East China, MI, US· patent location history
2006–2009Patents assigned to HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH (5)· patent assignee history
2009–2011Patents assigned to HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL (2)· patent assignee history
2014–2016Patents assigned to HGST Netherlands BV (5)· patent assignee history
2017–2018Patents assigned to WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC (3)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| HGST Netherlands BV | 5 | 2014–2016 |
| HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH | 5 | 2006–2009 |
| WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC | 3 | 2017–2018 |
| HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL | 2 | 2009–2011 |
| IBM | 2 | 1991–2002 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, California, US | 17 | 1991–2018 |
| East China, MI, US | 1 | 1998 |