Patents by Inventor David Allan Thorsvik

David Allan Thorsvik 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).

  • Flexible on-cylinder limit for drive performance management
    Patent number: 11380356
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides a method for generating an on-cylinder limit (OCLIM), the method including performing servo certification of a plurality of drives in a storage device to generate servo adaptive parameters (SAPs) by heads, generating a plurality of read adjust parameters (RAPs) by heads for the plurality of drives, generating an interim OCLIM value based on the SAPs by heads and RAPs by zones, and operating a disc drive write element using the interim OCLIM value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Phan Linh Nguyen, Chi Sern Georgie Tan, Qiang Bi, Joshua W. Christensen, Song Wee Teo, Wei Chen Lau, Heather Lee Mallett, Renee Depew, David Allan Thorsvik, Tze Pin Chin, Jose Mari Toribio
  • FLEXIBLE ON-CYLINDER LIMIT FOR DRIVE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210407539
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides a method for generating an on-cylinder limit (OCLIM), the method including performing servo certification of a plurality of drives in a storage device to generate servo adaptive parameters (SAPs) by heads, generating a plurality of read adjust parameters (RAPs) by heads for the plurality of drives, generating an interim OCLIM value based on the SAPs by heads and RAPs by zones, and operating a disc drive write element using the interim OCLIM value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Phan Linh NGUYEN, Chi Sern GEORGIE TAN, Qiang BI, Joshua W. CHRISTENSEN, Song Wee TEO, Wei Chen LAU, Heather Lee MALLETT, Renee DEPEW, David Allan THORSVIK, Tze Pin CHIN, Jose Mari TORIBIO
  • Flexible on-cylinder limit for drive performance management
    Patent number: 10997996
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides a method for generating an on-cylinder limit (OCLIM), the method including performing servo certification of a plurality of drives in a storage device to generate servo adaptive parameters (SAPs) by heads, generating a plurality of read adjust parameters (RAPs) by heads for the plurality of drives, generating an interim OCLIM value based on the SAPs by heads and RAPs by zones, and operating a disc drive write element using the interim OCLIM value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Phan Linh Nguyen, Chi Sern Georgie Tan, Qiang Bi, Joshua W. Christensen, Song Wee Teo, Wei Chen Lau, Heather Lee Mallett, Renee Depew, David Allan Thorsvik, Tze Pin Chin, Jose Mari Toribio