Patents by Inventor Richard D. Pitzer

Richard D. Pitzer 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 skew settings for a disk drive
    Patent number: 6424485
    Abstract: A method for improving disk drive performance by adaptively calculating skew values for each drive. During a production phase of the disk drive manufacturing process, skew values are calculated using measured seek times, then implemented to each drive. The calculation scheme permits slipped revolutions to occur during a percentage of the time so that skew values are not so high as to hinder high performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Enokida, Richard D. Pitzer, Karman Tam