Patents
Patents for G11B 19 - Driving, starting, stopping record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of supports therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function (26,229)
04/1994
04/19/1994US5304878 Electronic parts and connector mounting structure of disk unit
04/13/1994EP0592214A2 Compound ball-bearing
04/13/1994EP0591708A2 Method and system for enhanced efficiency in multi-head data accessing within a data processing storage subsystem
04/13/1994EP0591448A1 Removable cartridge disk drive with cartridge interlocking and spindle motor telescoping mechanisms
04/12/1994US5303218 Digital recorder for reproducing only required parts of audio signals wherein a plurality of parts of audio signals are stored on a same track of a recording medium
04/12/1994US5303215 Self-timing optic lathe
04/12/1994US5303107 System for holding a track counter active despite power suspension in rotating disk data storage apparatus
04/12/1994US5303100 Magnetic disk device with floating-type magnetic head
04/12/1994US5303099 Hard disk driver including a flying head slider
04/12/1994US5303097 Disk synchronization control system and method
04/12/1994CA1328505C Removable cartridge disc drive with radial arm voice coil actuator
04/07/1994DE4233355A1 Switching-over operating modes for portable equipment such as CD player - using carrying handle to interact with sensor to cause changeover if exposed to shock condition risk
04/06/1994EP0590878A2 Data block sequencing using ID after embedded servo sector in disk drive
04/06/1994CN2160940Y Disk writing protecting structure for microcomputer
04/05/1994US5301293 Logic circuit for selecting signals indicative of operating states of floppy disk apparatus
04/05/1994US5301181 Information dubbing apparatus with automatic ejecting of reproduced medium and restart of recording
04/05/1994US5301179 Optical disk drive unit with a sealing type bearing member
04/05/1994US5301173 Optical recording apparatus with two tracking error signals
04/05/1994US5301172 Method of storing user information items and apparatus for reproducing stored items
04/05/1994US5301041 Optical information recording and reproducing apparatus
04/05/1994US5300873 Motor control apparatus
04/05/1994US5300849 Device for eliminating the axial and radial play of an axle
04/05/1994CA1328311C Protection circuit for optical disc players
03/1994
03/31/1994WO1994007241A1 Low height two and one-half inch form factor disk drive
03/31/1994DE4232864A1 Rotation angle, revolution rate and rotation direction measurement - using analogue and digital encoder with differentiation and integration of signals.
03/30/1994EP0589611A2 Recording/reproducing apparatus for disc-shaped recording medium, photodetector and optical head
03/29/1994US5299277 Flexible disk drive device
03/29/1994US5299185 Disc player for playing both naked disc and cartridge-encased disc
03/29/1994US5299075 Apparatus and method for shock attenuation in a disk recording and/or reproduction system using variable gain acceleration sensor
03/29/1994US5298840 Motor control circuit and motor drive system using the same
03/29/1994US5298812 Regulating circuit as for controlling the speed of a motor
03/29/1994CA1328133C Analog signal switching device for use in an optical memory device
03/23/1994EP0588527A1 Disk drive synchronisation
03/23/1994EP0588490A1 Electric motor for a printer and a disk drive with a magnetic bearing device
03/23/1994EP0588337A1 Method of recording and playback of data
03/23/1994EP0588305A2 Optical information recording medium and optical information recording/reproducing apparatus
03/23/1994EP0294490B1 Optical disc discriminating device
03/22/1994US5297133 Optical disc cartridge and mechanism for preventing an incorrect insertion of a cartridge
03/22/1994US5297115 Detection of saved sectors on an optical disk
03/22/1994US5296995 Method of magnetically recording and reading data, magnetic recording medium, its production method and magnetic recording apparatus
03/22/1994US5296981 Disk drive apparatus
03/22/1994US5296978 Information signal reproducing apparatus
03/17/1994WO1994006118A1 On-the-fly splitting of disk data blocks
03/17/1994WO1994006115A1 Ultra slim data storage module
03/16/1994EP0587449A2 Video game apparatus
03/16/1994EP0587388A2 Disc recording apparatus
03/16/1994CN1083960A Fluid drive system for a rotating medium
03/16/1994CN1083957A Method and system for adaptive digital linearizati on of magnetoresistive head output
03/15/1994US5295029 Disk drive including unitary deck for aligning and supporting axially retractable spindle assembly
03/15/1994US5295028 Spindle assembly with labyrinth seals and hub/back iron spacers
03/15/1994US5295027 Disk drive with socket and plug interconnection to spindle motor
03/15/1994US5295026 Magnetic disk drive
03/10/1994DE4330614A1 Head positioner control system for magnetic and magneto=optical disk storage device drives - contains head drive controller with periodic positioning error compensation system contg. repetitive controllers
03/10/1994DE4330461A1 Laser disc and compact disc player - allows different sizes of discs to be used with selector mechanical for locating discs in position on drive unit
03/10/1994DE4321714A1 Optical disc drive with microprocessor controlled loading system - has disc cassette loading mechanism with reversible motor to move cassette to and from operating positions
03/09/1994EP0586189A2 Data recording apparatus and methods
03/09/1994EP0586084A2 Reproducing apparatus
03/09/1994EP0586062A1 Amplifier for magnetoresistive sensor
03/09/1994EP0585979A1 Miniature disk drive having embedded sector servo with split data fields and automatic on-the-fly data block sequencing
03/09/1994CN1083616A Method and circuit for braking and driving of disc system in early stage
03/08/1994US5293625 Signal selecting circuit which selectively outputs predetermined signal to host computer compatible with plurality of computer hardware types and disk drive having such signal selecting circuit
03/08/1994US5293601 Floppy disk control unit and apparatus having a floppy disk control unit
03/08/1994US5293566 Information recording and reproducing apparatus
03/08/1994US5293361 Information processing method and apparatus therefor in which an erasing device is driven for a period longer than a necessary period
03/08/1994US5293358 Apparatus and method for generation of integrated composite audio-visual works
03/08/1994US5293278 Circuit for selectively switching read signals from a multiple magnetic head into a memory
03/08/1994US5293273 Voice actuated recording device having recovery of initial speech data after pause intervals
03/02/1994EP0584855A1 Spindle control method and apparatus for disk drive
03/02/1994EP0584834A2 Optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus
03/02/1994CN1083253A Method for reducing lead-in a laser disk reproducing apparatus
03/02/1994CN1083252A Zoned record carrier
03/01/1994US5291467 Disc recording apparatus for recording a signal without losing the signal during an occurrence of a track jump
03/01/1994US5291462 Optical disk having playback parameters recorded thereon and method for using same
03/01/1994US5291358 Magnetic recording device
03/01/1994US5291357 Magnetic recording device having reduced electromagnetic interference
02/1994
02/24/1994DE4326296A1 Magnetic disc with geometry for ease of head access when in stack - has substrate of disc shape having thickness reducing from inner section to outer edge
02/23/1994EP0583416A1 Optical data storage and retrieval system and method
02/23/1994CN1082751A Eccentrieity compensator for optical disk player and compensating method therefor
02/22/1994US5289451 Optical information recording/reproduction apparatus including means for detecting the type of recording medium
02/22/1994US5289450 Method of and apparatus for playing back recordable optical disc
02/22/1994US5289448 Rotation control apparatus for use with recording medium
02/22/1994US5289443 Apparatus for playing optical recording media of different recording densities
02/22/1994US5289440 Optical reading device and optical recording device
02/22/1994US5289439 CD transport apparatus
02/22/1994US5289408 Memory apparatus using tunnel current techniques
02/22/1994US5289097 Spindle control method and apparatus for disk drive
02/22/1994US5288543 Multilaye of plasma polymer and diamond life film, used in audio and video tapes
02/16/1994EP0582679A1 Selector for a display device
02/16/1994CN1082236A Predictive read-write inhibit decision using fuzzylogic
02/15/1994US5287468 Method and apparatus for processing information data
02/15/1994US5287342 Apparatus and method for reproducing information
02/15/1994US5287333 Notification system with voice in an audio system
02/15/1994US5287227 Track dependent variable level qualification pulse detector
02/09/1994EP0582464A2 Method and control apparatus for self diagnosis
02/09/1994EP0582057A2 Information search and display apparatus
02/08/1994US5285437 Audio device having control function with use of card
02/08/1994US5285436 Method of avoiding medium defects in record/reproduce apparatus
02/08/1994US5285141 Circuit for preventing abnormal rotation of a spindle motor
02/08/1994US5285077 Magnetic recording media differentiation system and method with color sensors
02/08/1994US5284391 For a rigid-disk recording unit