Patents by Inventor Michael Crone

Michael Crone 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).

  • Air bearing designs to reduce external van der waals and electrostatic forces
    Patent number: 7023664
    Abstract: A slider for a disk drive has an air bearing surface that opposes a rotatable disk of recordable media. The air bearing surface includes one or more interior cavities to reduce van der Waals and electrostatic forces that attract the slider to the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Crone, Gordon James Smith, Wing Tsang Tang
  • System and method for scheduling and train control
    Publication number: 20050234757
    Abstract: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can be used to assist in the control of, or to automatically control, the movement of trains through the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: William Matheson, Paul Julich, Michael Crone, Douglas Thomae, Thu Vu, M. Wills
  • Air bearing designs to reduce external van der waals and electrostatic forces
    Publication number: 20040052001
    Abstract: A slider for a disk drive has an air bearing surface that opposes a rotatable disk of recordable media. The air bearing surface includes one or more interior cavities to reduce van der Waals and electrostatic forces that attract the slider to the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Michael Crone, Gordon James Smith, Wing Tsang Tang