Patents by Inventor GOMEZ SAM VASANTHAN SELVARAJ

GOMEZ SAM VASANTHAN SELVARAJ 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 mapping out data tracks to avoid thermal asperities
    Patent number: 8687313
    Abstract: A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of data tracks, wherein the head comprises a write element and a read element. An asperity in a target data track is detected, and a range of data tracks proximate the target data track is mapped out, wherein the range of data tracks spans at least twice a radial offset between the read element and the write element at the radial location of the target data track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Gomez Sam Vasanthan Selvaraj
  • DISK DRIVE MAPPING OUT DATA TRACKS TO AVOID THERMAL ASPERITIES
    Publication number: 20120327533
    Abstract: A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of data tracks, wherein the head comprises a write element and a read element. An asperity in a target data track is detected, and a range of data tracks proximate the target data track is mapped out, wherein the range of data tracks spans at least twice a radial offset between the read element and the write element at the radial location of the target data track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: GOMEZ SAM VASANTHAN SELVARAJ