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Fernando A. Zayas
Also filed as: ZAYAS FERNANDO · ZAYAS FERNANDO A · ZAYAS FERNANDO ANIBAL
29 granted patents·40 pending applications·283 citations·filing 1990–2020
96Inventor score
Files withMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD29TOSHIBA KK12ZAYAS FERNANDO A6DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP5EHRLICH RICHARD M3
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69 records- 0184US5216655AMethod and apparatus for surface reallocation for improved manufacturing process marginDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 1, 1993·39 cites·7 claims
- 0283US10770111B1Disk drive with efficient handling of off-track events during sequential writeTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 8, 2020·5 cites·20 claims
- 0382US7721049B2Disk drive write methodKABUHSIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA·Filed 2006·Granted May 18, 2010·12 cites·19 claims
- 0481US7145740B2Method for constrained implementation of variable data TPIMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 5, 2006·18 cites·18 claims
- 0581US7113358B2Constrained implementation of variable data TPIMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 26, 2006·18 cites·18 claims
- 0681US7082009B2Accurate tracking of coil resistance based on current, voltage and angular velocityMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 25, 2006·15 cites·17 claims
- 0780US7009806B2Accurate tracking of coil resistanceMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 7, 2006·14 cites·40 claims
- 0878US11422710B2Handling of verification data in disk drive cacheTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 23, 2022·1 cites·19 claims
- 0977US5287463AMethod and apparatus for transferring information over a common parallel bus using a fixed sequence of bus phase transitionsDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Feb 15, 1994·76 cites·120 claims
- 1076US9417820B2Low-overhead storage of a hibernation file in a hybrid disk driveEHRLICH RICHARD M·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 16, 2016·4 cites·19 claims
- 1168US7177111B2System and method for optimizing track spacing across a strokeMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 13, 2007·8 cites·27 claims
- 1265US7099108B2Systems and methods for self-servowriting with improved retry position of wedgesMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 29, 2006·5 cites·22 claims
- 1365US6946854B2Ramp arrangement and method for measuring the position of an actuator in a rotating media data storage deviceMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 20, 2005·4 cites·13 claims
- 1463US7009797B2Method of tagging calibration results with temperature, time and/or voltageMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 7, 2006·6 cites·23 claims
- 1561US9747043B2Write reordering in a hybrid disk driveTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 29, 2017·1 cites·27 claims
- 1657US2019087437A1Scheduling database compaction in ip drivesTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 1756US6933735B2Ramp arrangement and method for measuring the position of an actuator in a rotating media data storage deviceMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 23, 2005·2 cites·8 claims
- 1855US9804784B2Low-overhead storage of a hibernation file in a hybrid disk driveTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 31, 2017·0 cites·18 claims
- 1952US10565119B2SMR drive that maintains physical locations of bands via flush/copy operationsTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 18, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 2052US2009172420A1Tamper resistant method and apparatus for a storage deviceTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2151US8982499B1Timing of power state change in a disk drive based on disk access historyTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 17, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 2251US6947245B2Incorporating repeatable run-out during self-writing of servo patterns in a rotatable media data storage deviceMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 20, 2005·1 cites·23 claims
- 2351US2013242425A1Write reordering in a hybrid disk driveZAYAS FERNANDO A·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 2450US5305161AAdaptive track seeking for disk drivesDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 19, 1994·10 cites·1 claims
- 2549US7082010B1Method and apparatus for reducing seek acoustics in a disk drive using feedback during large current transitionsMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 25, 2006·2 cites·51 claims
- 2649US2017031959A1Scheduling database compaction in ip drivesTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 2749US2011075840A1Method and system for generating random numbers in a storage deviceZAYAS FERNANDO A·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2848US9940051B2Power state change in disk drive based on disk access historyTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 10, 2018·0 cites·8 claims
- 2948US2011113261A1Tamper resistant apparatus for a storage deviceZAYAS FERNANDO A·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 3047US5349690AFair arbitration scheme for arbitrating between multiple nodes in a computer system seeking control of a common busDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 20, 1994·18 cites·25 claims
- 3147US2010011427A1Information Storage Device Having Auto-Lock FeatureZAYAS FERNANDO A·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3247US2009249081A1Storage device encryption and methodTOSHIBA 1 SHIBAURA 1 CHOMOMINA·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3347US2010008510A1Method And System For Secure Download Of FirmwareZAYAS FERNANDO A·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3447US2005144509A1Cache search accelerator methodFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3547US2010011350A1Method And System For Managing An Initial Boot Image In An Information Storage DeviceZAYAS FERNANDO A·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3647US2005144510A1Cache search acceleratorFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3747US2014258745A1Power state change in disk drive based on disk access historyTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 3846US2005144517A1Systems and methods for bypassing logical to physical address translation and maintaining data zone information in rotatable storage mediaMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3946US2006120031A1System for improved shock resistance for hard drivesMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4045US2004128627A1Methods implementing multiple interfaces for a storage device using a single ASICFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4145US2004128422A1Storage device implementing multiple interfaces using a single ASICFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4244US5454111ADouble unequal bus timeoutQUANTUM CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 26, 1995·12 cites·24 claims
- 4344US2006215310A1Systems and methods for encoding identifying information on a surface of a rotatable mediumMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4444US2006221486A1Reading tracks from a media during back-EMF velocity controlMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4543US6904468B2Method for an alternative implementation of vendor unique commandsMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 7, 2005·1 cites·20 claims
- 4643US2006156024A1Systems and methods for disk drive access under changes in environmental parametersMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4743US2014237164A1Hybrid drive that implements a deferred trim listTOSHIBA KK·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4843US2005141129A1Systems and methods for rewriting user data in rotatable storage mediaMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4943US2006227517A1Modified connector for improved manufacturing and testingMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 5043US2006218361A1Electronic storage device with rapid data availabilityMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
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