Patents by Inventor Steve Robert Martin

Steve Robert Martin 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).

  • Counteracting gas ingestion in a hydrodynamic bearing spindle motor
    Publication number: 20040156139
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of counteracting gas ingestion in a hydrodynamic bearing of a spindle motor in a data storage device comprises waiting for activity of a host connected with the data storage device to become idle. When the activity of the host becomes idle, a determination is made whether to release gas from a fluid of the hydrodynamic bearing of the spindle motor. Responsive to determining to release gas from a fluid of the hydrodynamic bearing of the spindle motor a motor spin down routine for the spindle motor is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC,
    Inventors: Steve Robert Martin, James Arthur Herbst, Eric Neal Heiney