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US 5,859,738 · App. 08/680,352

Head positioning in storage system during periods of inactivity

Inventors: Monty A. Forehand, William C. Little, Mukund Rao, Krishna R. Malakapalli, Mark Allen Gaertner, Todd Phillip Fracek, Dallas W. Meyer, Brian W. Sudman, Joseph S. Stoutenburgh
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Granted: Jan 12, 1999 Filed: Jul 15, 1996
Inventors
Monty A. Forehand
William C. Little
Mukund Rao
Krishna R. Malakapalli
Mark Allen Gaertner
Todd Phillip Fracek
Dallas W. Meyer
Brian W. Sudman
Joseph S. Stoutenburgh
Assignee (at issue)
Seagate Technology LLC

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Patent No.
US 5,859,738
App. No.
08/680,352
Filed
1996-07-15
Granted
1999-01-12
Kind
A