Patents by Inventor Roger E. Blythe

Roger E. Blythe 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).

  • Dynamically controlling a temperature profile in a disk drive for a temperature-dependent reliability study
    Patent number: 7660060
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that dynamically controls a temperature profile within a disk drive by generating disk drive activity. During operation, the system first receives a desired temperature profile. Next, the system generates a load profile based on the desired temperature profile, wherein the load profile specifies read/write operations on the disk drive. The system then applies the load profile to the disk drive to generate disk drive activity, wherein the disk activity causes the temperature in the disk drive to track the desired temperature profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan, Kenny C. Gross, Roger E. Blythe
  • Dynamically controlling a temperature profile in a disk drive for a temperature-dependent reliability study
    Publication number: 20070291390
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that dynamically controls a temperature profile within a disk drive by generating disk drive activity. During operation, the system first receives a desired temperature profile. Next, the system generates a load profile based on the desired temperature profile, wherein the load profile specifies read/write operations on the disk drive. The system then applies the load profile to the disk drive to generate disk drive activity, wherein the disk activity causes the temperature in the disk drive to track the desired temperature profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Kalyanaraman Vaidyanathan, Kenny C. Gross, Roger E. Blythe