Patents by Inventor Steven Eugene Fairchild

Steven Eugene Fairchild 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).

  • Self-mirroring high performance disk drive
    Patent number: 6978345
    Abstract: A disk drive system including one or more platters, each platter supporting at least one recording surface, where the platters are aligned about a common central axis. The platters spin about the common central axis. A recording head is associated with each recording surface. An actuator mechanism couples to each recording head to move the recording head into proximity with selected portions of the recording surface in response to received commands. At least two replicates of data are stored in at least two data storage areas such that any one of the at least two replicates can be accessed to service a data access request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Richard J. Tomaszewski, Steven Eugene Fairchild
  • Self-mirroring high performance disk drive
    Publication number: 20020188800
    Abstract: A disk drive system including one or more platters, each platter supporting at least one recording surface, where the platters are aligned about a common central axis. The platters spin about the common central axis. A recording head is associated with each recording surface. An actuator mechanism couples to each recording head to move the recording head into proximity with selected portions of the recording surface in response to received commands. At least two replicates of data are stored in at least two data storage areas such that any one of the at least two replicates can be accessed to service a data access request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Richard J. Tomaszewski, Steven Eugene Fairchild