Patents by Inventor Tony R. Blankenhagen

Tony R. Blankenhagen 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).

  • Disc storage system employing non-volatile magnetoresistive random access memory
    Patent number: 6798599
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for caching data in a disc storage system are provided. The disc storage system includes a host computer interface adapted to couple to a host computer, a disc storage medium having a disc surface and a spindle motor coupled to the disc adapted to rotate the disc. A transducer is positioned for reading and writing data on the disc surface. The system further includes a non-volatile magnetoresistive random access memory buffer adapted to temporarily store data during read and write operations and to store data during a power loss to the disc storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: John W. Dykes, Tony R. Blankenhagen, William D. Mosley
  • Disc storage system employing non-volatile magnetoresistive random access memory
    Publication number: 20020101677
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for caching data in a disc storage system are provided. The disc storage system includes a host computer interface adapted to couple to a host computer, a disc storage medium having a disc surface and a spindle motor coupled to the disc adapted to rotate the disc. A transducer is positioned for reading and writing data on the disc surface. The system further includes a non-volatile magnetoresistive random access memory buffer adapted to temporarily store data during read and write operations and to store data during a power loss to the disc storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: John W. Dykes, Tony R. Blankenhagen, William D. Mosley