Patents by Inventor Kishan K. Kumbia

Kishan K. Kumbia 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing combined radial and timing multislot self-servowrite propagation
    Patent number: 7236323
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing combined radial and timing multislot self-servowrite propagation is disclosed. Radial bursts are combined with each timing mark and requires only three recovery/read-write spacing allocations per sector. The channel operates without requiring the writing of any bursts between reading radial bursts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Blake O. Finstad, Gary A. Herbst, Kishan K. Kumbia, Mark D. Schultz, Scott A. Thomas, Satoshi Yamamoto