Patents by Inventor William McMorran

William McMorran 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 apparatus for verifying a helical scan recording tape using a plurality of linear recording heads
    Patent number: 5023548
    Abstract: A system for testing a helical recording tape using linear heads thereby enabling the tape to be run at high speed and shortening the test time uses a multiplexing system to interrogate sequentially short portions of each recorded track the portions being re-assembled in a suitable memory to provide continuous recordings from each track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: TDM Tape Services, Ltd.
    Inventor: William McMorran