Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Malone, Sr.

Daniel J. Malone, Sr. 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).

  • Soft error recovery system and method
    Patent number: 5530705
    Abstract: A method for reducing errors in data read from a disk drive comprises the steps of: determining errors in data read from a transducer in the disk drive; correcting the errors in data through the use of error correction circuitry; maintaining a metric of the errors in data that are read from the transducer; and when the metric reaches a threshold value, applying a toggle procedure to the transducer in an attempt to improve the transducer's performance. The method further contemplates periodically applying a toggle procedure to the transducer in an attempt to reduce the errors in data, in addition to the application of a toggle procedure when the threshold value is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel J. Malone, Sr.