Patents by Inventor Brett Gerald Lammers

Brett Gerald Lammers 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 drive block ordering system
    Patent number: 6480949
    Abstract: A method and system for laying out and accessing data in a disk drive system. The layout resides in a table in firmware of the disk drive system. The table includes multiple entries or rows, one corresponding to each different area in the disk media. The entry provides information about the range of block addresses in that area including the starting and end block address in the area, and information about the range of physical addresses including the head and the starting and ending cylinder number. A firmware routine finds the appropriate entry in the table and converts the block address to the physical address, or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics N.V.
    Inventors: Aaron Wade Wilson, Brett Gerald Lammers
  • DISK DRIVE BLOCK ORDERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20010042166
    Abstract: A method and system for laying out and accessing data in a disk drive system. The layout resides in a table in firmware of the disk drive system. The table includes multiple entries or rows, one corresponding to each different area in the disk media. The entry provides information about the range of block addresses in that area including the starting and end block address in the area, and information about the range of physical addresses including the head and the starting and ending cylinder number. A firmware routine finds the appropriate entry in the table and converts the block address to the physical address, or vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: AARON WADE WILSON, BRETT GERALD LAMMERS