Dell Assigned Patent

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,824,088) developed by Haesung Kwon, and Frank Widjaja Yu, Austin, TX, for a “method and system for HDD throughput optimization using position error signaling.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Systems and methods are provided for throughput optimization of a HDD using position error signaling (PES) that includes determining a PES for a HDD mounted in a chassis based on a dynamic disturbance. The method also includes calculating a critical parameter of the PES. The method further includes indicating a mechanical design modification of the HDD or the chassis if the critical parameter of the PES exceeds a pre-defined threshold.“

The patent application was filed on Jan. 8, 2013 (13/736,547).