IP Library Granted Patent US 8,218,260
Granted Patent B2
US 8,218,260 · App. 12/718,920 · Granted Jul 10, 2012

Processing disks on a spin stand

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Patent No.
US 8,218,260
App. No.
12/718,920
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of processing disks on spin stand is disclosed, the spin stand comprising a spindle motor having a rotor. A first disk is clamped to the rotor, wherein the first disk comprises a reference servo pattern. A second disk is clamped to the rotor, and a first head is servoed over the first disk in response to the reference servo pattern in order to position a second head over the second disk at a first radial location. Data is written to the second disk at the first radial location using the second head. The second disk is removed from the rotor while the first disk remains clamped to the rotor.

Claims (27)

1. A method of processing disks on spin stand comprising a spindle motor, the spindle motor comprising a rotor, the method comprising:

clamping a first disk to the rotor, wherein the first disk comprises a reference servo pattern;

clamping a second disk to the rotor;

servoing a first head over the first disk in response to the reference servo pattern in order to position a second head over the second disk at a first radial location;

writing first data to the second disk at the first radial location using the second head;

removing the second disk from the rotor while the first disk remains clamped to the rotor

reclamping the second disk to the rotor;

servoing the first head over the first disk in response to the reference servo pattern in order to position the second head over the second disk at the first radial location;

reading the first data from the second disk at the first radial location using the second head; and

servoing the second head over the second disk in response to the first data.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising heating the second disk prior to reclamping the second disk to the rotor.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising clamping a third disk to the rotor in place of the second disk while the first disk remains clamped to the rotor.

4. A method of processing disks on spin stand comprising a spindle motor, the spindle motor comprising a rotor, the method comprising:

clamping a first disk to the rotor, wherein the first disk comprises a reference servo pattern;

clamping a second disk to the rotor;

servoing a first head over the first disk in response to the reference servo pattern in order to position a second head over the second disk at a first radial location;

writing first data to the second disk at the first radial location using the second head;

after writing the first data, servoing the first head over the first disk in response to the reference servo pattern in order to position the second head over the second disk at a second radial location, wherein the second radially location is separated from the first radially location by at least one-sixteenth of a radius of the second disk; and

writing second data to the second disk at the second radial location using the second head.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , further comprising removing the second disk from the rotor while the first disk remains clamped to the rotor.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , further comprising:

reclamping the second disk to the rotor;

servoing the first head over the first disk in response to the reference servo pattern in order to position the second head over the second disk at the first radial location;

reading the first data from the second disk at the first radial location using the second head; and

servoing the second head over the second disk in response to the first data.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , further comprising heating the second disk prior to reclamping the second disk to the rotor.

8. The method as recited in claim 5 , further comprising clamping a third disk to the rotor in place of the second disk while the first disk remains clamped to the rotor.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 038710 FRAME 0383 Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WD MEDIA, LLC; WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2019
From: WD MEDIA, LLC
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WD MEDIA, LLC
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 16, 2016
From: WD MEDIA, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038709/0879 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 16, 2016
From: WD MEDIA, LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038709/0931 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 16, 2016
From: WD MEDIA, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2010
From: IAMRATANAKUL, DHANAKORN; O'DELL, THOMAS A.; CAI, YILIN
To: WD MEDIA, INC.
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