Patents Assigned to Seagate Technology, Incorporated
  • Optical system and method using optical fibers for storage and retrieval of information
    Patent number: 5940549
    Abstract: An optical system and method for selective transmission of light between a source of light and a set of storage disks along an optical path that includes at least one individual optical fiber. In an optical system and method that uses a magneto-optical storage medium, single-mode polarization maintaining optical fibers and a compensator may be included. Alternatively, the optical system and method may include an optical switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Seagate Technology, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffery P. Wilde, Joseph E. Davis, Jerry E. Hurst, Jr., John F. Heanue, Jeff Drazan