Patents by Inventor Bernard E. Knigge

Bernard E. Knigge 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).

  • Disk lubricant management in data storage device
    Patent number: 8817413
    Abstract: It is determined whether one or more heads of a data storage device (DSD) have been within a radial position of one or more disks of the DSD for more than a threshold period of time. When it is determined that the one or more heads have been within a radial position of the one or more disks for more than the threshold period of time, the one or more heads are radially moved by more than a predetermined distance to reduce a development of variations in a distribution of lubricant on a first surface of the one or more disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard E. Knigge, David E. Wachenschwanz, Min Yang