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Method to increase the amount of customer data on a hard disk drive

US7265921B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 2004
Grant dateSep 4, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2005/001
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Format efficiency of a hard disk of a hard disk drive having a rotary actuator and a read/write head having a read element that is offset from a write element is improved by writing a data track having a length that is based on an arc of the rotary actuator, the radial position of the read/write head with respect to the hard disk and the offset between the read element and the write element.

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