Browsing OSU - Patents Collection by Author "Pagilla, Prabhakar R."

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    • Commutational Ramp Loading Apparatus and Method 

      Ratliff, Ryan Todd; Pagilla, Prabhakar R.; Board of Regents/Oklahoma State University and the A & M Colleges (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2009-10-13)
      An apparatus and method for loading and offloading a read/write head from a load ramp onto a disc are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least a basedeck supporting a spindle motor with an attached disc and an actuator ...

    • Fiber Optic Web Edge Sensor 

      Pagilla, Prabhakar R.; Seshadri, Aravind; Board of Regents/Oklahoma State University and the A & M Colleges (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2012-12-04)
      A web edge sensor is disclosed. The web edge sensor has a light source directing light incident to an edge of a web. The edge of the web scatters the light and a sensor array that detects a first portion of the light ...

    • Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Control of a Disk Drive in the Presence of Non-linear Magnetic Bias 

      Ratliff, Ryan Todd; Pagilla, Prabhakar R.; Board of Regents/Oklahoma State University and the A & M Colleges (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008-11-25)
      According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method of moving a disc drive arm in the presence of nonlinear magnetic bias. Further, in another preferred embodiment the instant ...

    • Method for Adaptive Guiding of Webs 

      Pagilla, Prabhakar R.; Seshadri, Aravind; Haque, MD M.; Hopcus, Ken; Board of Regents/Oklahoma State University and the A & M Colleges (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2013-10-08)
      A method of adaptive guiding of a web on a roller is disclosed. The method includes computing an output of a reference model, reading an output of a sensor that indicates a web position, determining a difference between ...