Patents by Inventor Daniel Golowka

Daniel Golowka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Disk drive with separately determined servo and data track pitch
    Patent number: 6052250
    Abstract: In a disk drive having a disk and a sampled track positioning servo system with a plurality of servo tracks spaced apart by a servo track pitch, a method and apparatus for separately determining the pitch of data tracks based on the servo track pitch and address fields located on the servo tracks. By separately optimizing data track pitch and servo track pitch, the design requirements for data density and servo control can be satisfied without the conflict imposed by a fixed relationship of the two track pitch dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Western Digital Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Golowka, Mark Hagen