Patents by Inventor Wayne Jay Sohn

Wayne Jay Sohn 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).

  • Method and system for determining the widest recording head of a recording device
    Patent number: 6215606
    Abstract: A technique for writing a servo-pattern on a storage medium located in a recording device having an internal recording head. A timing pattern is generated on the storage medium with the internal recording head and a radial positioning value is determined in order to radially position the internal recording head. The servo-pattern is written using the internal recording head at locations determined by the timing pattern and the radial positioning value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Joseph Chainer, Wayne Jay Sohn, Edward John Yarmchuk