Patents by Inventor Wayne Aaron Thorsted

Wayne Aaron Thorsted 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).

  • Patent number: 6526476
    Abstract: a firm ware based technique related to managing defective data sector information in a disk drive. Specially, technique provides for a dynamic method by which the number of spare or served alternate sectors and their locations can be allocated in the event defective data sectors exist. One advantage of the present invention exists for certain applications where the capacity and/or configuration of the drive are configured at run time. The present invention also has the advantage of improving performance when accessing “grown” defects by allowing the block relocation information to be placed physically closer to the location of the defective blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics N.V.
    Inventors: Aaron Wade Wilson, Wayne Aaron Thorsted