Inventor
William C. Tipton, II
Inventor
Gilroy, CA, US
Overview
Patents· 5 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 transducer67%
G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties17%
G08BSignalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems17%
PatentTitleYear
7,215,514'Method of operating a disk drive including rotating a perpendicular write head to reduce a difference between skew and taper angles, and a disk drive'20077,136,242'Servo writing substantially linear servo wedges to reduce overwrite effect in perpendicular magnetic recording'20066,943,972'Selecting a track density for each disk surface of a disk drive based on head characteristic'20056,657,801'Disk drive with improved characterization segment pattern and method of recording the same'20033,959,788'Ionization-type fire detector'1976Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1976Patents assigned to GEN SIGNAL CORP (1)· patent assignee history
1976Based in Newark, NJ, US· patent location history
2003–2007Patents assigned to WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC (4)· patent assignee history
2003–2007Based in Gilroy, CA, US· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC | 4 | 2003–2007 |
| GEN SIGNAL CORP | 1 | 1976 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Gilroy, California, US | 4 | 2003–2007 |
| Newark, New Jersey, US | 1 | 1976 |