US Patent Issued to WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES on May 19 for "Data storage device with intelligent write protection for energy anomalies in energy-assisted magnetic recording" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,309, issued on May 19, was assigned to WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Data storage device with intelligent write protection for energy anomalies in energy-assisted magnetic recording" was invented by Bernd Lamberts (San Jose, Calif.), William B. Boyle (Lake Forest, Calif.), David R. Hall (Rochester, Minn.), Erhard Schreck (San Jose, Calif.), Qing Dai (San Jose, Calif.) and Phillip S. Haralson (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, comprising one or more disks; an actuator system configured to position a selected head among one...