Patents by Inventor Steffen Markus Hellmold

Steffen Markus Hellmold 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).

  • Storage capacity status
    Patent number: 8296545
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a memory device is disclosed to include memory organized into blocks, each block having a status associated therewith and all of the blocks of the nonvolatile memory having collectively a capacity status associated therewith and a display for showing the capacity status even when no power is being applied to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Petro Estakhri, Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Ngon Le, Jerrold Allen Beckmann, Neal Anthony Galbo, Steffen Markus Hellmold, Jarreth Romero Solomon
  • STORAGE CAPACITY STATUS
    Publication number: 20110219175
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a memory device is disclosed to include memory organized into blocks, each block having a status associated therewith and all of the blocks of the nonvolatile memory having collectively a capacity status associated therewith and a display for showing the capacity status even when no power is being applied to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Petro Estakhri, Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Ngon Le, Jerrold Allen Beckmann, Neal Anthony Galbo, Steffen Markus Hellmold, Jarreth Romero Solomon
  • Storage capacity status
    Patent number: 7949822
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a memory device is disclosed to include memory organized into blocks, each block having a status associated therewith and all of the blocks of the nonvolatile memory having collectively a capacity status associated therewith and a display for showing the capacity status even when no power is being applied to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Petro Estakhri, Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Ngon Le, Jerrold Allen Beckmann, Neal Anthony Galbo, Steffen Markus Hellmold, Jarreth Romero Solomon
  • DISPLAY CONFIGURED TO DISPLAY HEALTH STATUS OF A MEMORY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100231408
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display configured to display a health status of a memory device, where the health status is indicative of an amount of spare memory the memory device has available to replace memory of the memory device that may become defective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Steffen Markus Hellmold
  • Status of overall health of nonvolatile memory
    Patent number: 7743290
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory system includes nonvolatile memory organized into blocks, one or more of which are designated as spare blocks and one or more of which may be defective at the time of manufacturing of the nonvolatile memory. A controller device is coupled to the nonvolatile memory for measuring the health status of the nonvolatile memory by determining the number of growing defects on an on-going basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Lexar Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Steffen Markus Hellmold
  • STORAGE CAPACITY STATUS
    Publication number: 20090327595
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a memory device is disclosed to include memory organized into blocks, each block having a status associated therewith and all of the blocks of the nonvolatile memory having collectively a capacity status associated therewith and a display for showing the capacity status even when no power is being applied to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Petro Estakhri, Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Ngon Le, Jerrold Allen Beckmann, Neal Anthony Galbo, Steffen Markus Hellmold, Jarreth Romero Solomon
  • Storage capacity status
    Patent number: 7594063
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a memory device is disclosed to include memory organized into blocks, each block having a status associated therewith and all of the blocks of the nonvolatile memory having collectively a capacity status associated therewith and a display for showing the capacity status even when no power is being applied to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Lexar Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Petro Estakhri, Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Ngon Le, Jerrold Allen Beckmann, Neal Anthony Galbo, Steffen Markus Hellmold, Jarreth Romero Solomon
  • STATUS OF OVERALL HEALTH OF NONVOLATILE MEMORY
    Publication number: 20090077434
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory system includes nonvolatile memory organized into blocks, one or more of which are designated as spare blocks and one or more of which may be defective at the time of manufacturing of the nonvolatile memory. A controller device is coupled to the nonvolatile memory for measuring the health status of the nonvolatile memory by determining the number of growing defects on an on-going basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Steffen Markus Hellmold
  • Status of overall health of nonvolatile memory
    Patent number: 7464306
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory system includes nonvolatile memory organized into blocks, one or more of which are designated as spare blocks and one or more of which may be defective at the time of manufacturing of the nonvolatile memory. A controller device is coupled to the nonvolatile memory for measuring the health status of the nonvolatile memory by determining the number of growing defects on an on-going basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Lexar Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm, Steffen Markus Hellmold