Patents by Inventor Matthew F. Giovanetti

Matthew F. Giovanetti 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).

  • Adaptive track seeking for disk drives
    Patent number: 5305161
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for optimizing the track seeking operation of disc drives by adaptively changing the seek velocity profile in response to the actual performance of the drive during track seeking operations based upon the amount of head overshoot and the actuator power dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew F. Giovanetti, Kenneth F. Veseskis, Fernando A. Zayas, Bernardo Rub