Patents by Inventor Dave Rewerts

Dave Rewerts 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).

  • Off-track error recovery method and apparatus for disk drive
    Patent number: 6995943
    Abstract: An off-track error recovery method and apparatus for a disk drive are disclosed herein. Off-track errors are either due to vibration of the disk drive or due to defective servo data stored on a disk surface of the disk drive. In order to tailor error recovery operations associated with each of the two types of off-track errors, the present invention distinguishes between the two types of errors, when possible. Accordingly, the overall time for performing off-track error recovery operations is reduced and/or off-track error recovery operations are made more efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Rajita Shrestha, Chris Aumann, Lace J. Herman, Glen Rewerts, Dave Rewerts