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James P. R. Mcfadyen
Also filed as: MCFADYEN JAMES · MCFADYEN JAMES P R
11 granted patents·1 pending application·801 citations·filing 2004–2013
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12 records- 0198US7724461B1Determining head non-linearity in a disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 25, 2010·142 cites·25 claims
- 0297US8320069B1Disk drive detecting positive correlation in fly height measurementsKNIGGE BERNHARD E·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 27, 2012·138 cites·23 claims
- 0397US8059357B1Disk drive adjusting fly height when calibrating head/disk contactKNIGGE BERNHARD E·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 15, 2011·148 cites·18 claims
- 0497US7916420B1Disk drive employing comb filter for repeatable fly height compensationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 29, 2011·132 cites·18 claims
- 0596US8654466B1Calculation of head media separation (HMS) from servo preamble in a hard disk driveMCFADYEN JAMES P R·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 18, 2014·114 cites·23 claims
- 0694US8773793B1Disk drive selecting target response based on identified responseMCFADYEN JAMES P R·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 8, 2014·53 cites·18 claims
- 0793US8300338B1Disk drive correlating different fly height measurements to verify disk warpageMCFADYEN JAMES P R·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 30, 2012·29 cites·14 claims
- 0887US7589936B1Center-tapped write coilSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 15, 2009·24 cites·21 claims
- 0982US8730610B2Closed loop fly height controlMCFADYEN JAMES·Filed 2007·Granted May 20, 2014·10 cites·19 claims
- 1077US8949169B2Methods and apparatus for analyzing system eventsSHELTON TIM·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 3, 2015·10 cites·19 claims
- 1163US8947811B1Disk drive using preamble and postamble to adjust asynchronous signal samples of payloadWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 3, 2015·1 cites·22 claims
- 1249US2007230021A1Flying height control for read-to-write and write-to-read transitionsMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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