Patents by Inventor Mark Hutcheson Burkhardt

Mark Hutcheson Burkhardt 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).

  • MANAGING FAR AND NEAR TRACK ERASURE BY DYNAMIC CONTROL OF A WRITE CURRENT PARAMETER OF A MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE
    Publication number: 20180012627
    Abstract: A method may include causing a write head of a magnetic data storage drive to write a first portion of data to a magnetic data storage device of the magnetic data storage drive based at least in part on a first value of at least one parameter of a write current. The method may include updating a value of a write counter and determining whether the value of the write counter is greater than or equal to a threshold write count. The method may also include adjusting the at least one parameter of the write current to a second, different value. The method may further include causing the write head to write a second portion of data to the magnetic data storage device based at least in part on the second value of the at least one parameter of the write current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Hutcheson Burkhardt, Venkatesh Chembrolu, Zhaohui Chen, Quan-Chiu Lam, Supradeep Narayana