Patents by Inventor Richard A. Rudman

Richard A. Rudman 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).

  • Addressing technique for a fault tolerant block-structured storage device
    Patent number: 5392288
    Abstract: A fault tolerant addressing arrangement for a solid-state disk comprising partially defective memory devices is provided. The addressing technique increments both row and column addresses when establishing locations for the storage of symbols so that the same rows and columns are not addressed for any two symbols. The technique also complements certain portions of the symbols' address to ensure addressing of different locations within each memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Quantum Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Rudman, Donald W. Smelser, Paul W. Kemp