Patents by Inventor Genevieve Himle

Genevieve Himle 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).

  • Hindering PTP in a hard disk
    Patent number: 6717759
    Abstract: A hard disk is provided with tools for limiting the duty cycle (a group of variations of load with time). The write current is controlled by, e.g., limiting the duration of a given write cycle. The write cycle may involve writing data continuously along adjacent portions of the disk media (e.g., writing of data in adjacent segments of a track in the outer diameter (OD) region of a platter), with an intermittent duty write current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Genevieve Himle, Quinn Haddock, Davide Guarisco, Erhard Schreck