Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Lane

Kenneth W. Lane 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).

  • Patent number: 5426758
    Abstract: A method and system for enhancing the efficiency of data accessing within a storage subsystem which is coupled to a host system via a storage subsystem controller and a data channel. The storage subsystem controller preferably includes a tracked cyclic storage device which has multiple disks which are rotatable about a single spindle. Recording tracks within each disk are then accessed utilizing multiple switchable transducer heads. A signal transmitted from the host system is utilized to define a sequence in which a group of recording tracks are to be accessed. That signal is then utilized to create a transducer head switching table within the storage subsystem controller which lists each recording track to be accessed and an associated control parameter for selecting a particular transducer head to be utilized to access a subsequent recording track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susan K. Candelaria, Dean L. Hanson, Robert L. Kwok, Kenneth W. Lane, Donald M. Nordahl, Mark A. Reid, William G. Sherman, II