Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
02/2002
02/14/2002US20020018405 Disc playback apparatus
02/14/2002US20020018321 Magnetic head positioner assembly
02/14/2002US20020018320 Air bearing facilitating load/unload of a magnetic read/write head
02/14/2002US20020018314 Magnetic disk evaluation apparatus and method
02/14/2002US20020018214 Method and apparatus for measuring flying height of the slider and in-situ monitoring a slider-disk interface
02/13/2002EP1179211A2 Device for scanning a rotating information carrier
02/13/2002CN1335992A Compensation for repeatable runout error
02/13/2002CN1335598A Objective lens driver
02/13/2002CN1335595A Strong controller of interference observer based on optical disk drive focas servo-system
02/13/2002CN1335592A Multiple magnetic head parallel write/read system
02/12/2002US6347023 Information recording apparatus with voice coil motor and cover thereof
02/12/2002US6347019 Seek recovery using different servo pulse data qualifications modes
02/12/2002US6347018 Digital servo control system for use in disk drives
02/07/2002WO2002011142A2 Disk head slider having cavities for increasing contact stiffness and controlling suction center movement
02/07/2002WO2002011128A2 Magnetic scanning system
02/07/2002US20020016642 Disk apparatus and track following control method
02/07/2002US20020016130 Manufacturing method and apparatus for magnetic head sliders
02/07/2002US20020015375 Disc ejecting apparatus
02/07/2002US20020015263 Low cost overmolded magnet and pole assembly
02/07/2002US20020015262 Head slider and disk drive unit employing the same
02/07/2002US20020015254 Motor driving device and disk device
02/07/2002US20020014815 Microactuator device with a countermeasure for particles on a cut face thereof
02/07/2002US20020014534 Optical data storage card
02/06/2002CN1334566A Air supporting slide block for CD driver
02/06/2002CN1334565A Disk drive device
02/06/2002CN1334564A Disk drive device
02/05/2002US6345019 Disk drive system with releasing apparatus
02/05/2002US6344950 Head disk assembly including ramp having pivoting locational features
02/05/2002US6344949 Flying height adjustment for air bearing sliders
02/05/2002US6344948 Padded disc head slider having shallow load point for reduced tipping
02/05/2002US6344938 Method and apparatus for preemptive head crash avoidance in a disk drive
01/2002
01/31/2002US20020012202 One-piece flexure for small magnetic heads
01/31/2002US20020012200 Slider with predicted tipped position
01/31/2002US20020012199 Slider for a data storage device with head disc interface for contact starts and stops ("css")
01/31/2002US20020012193 Head positioning apparatus
01/31/2002US20020012190 Magnetic scanning system
01/31/2002US20020012188 Data recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and disc-shaped recording medium
01/31/2002US20020012187 Disk drive recording apparatus having actuator arm with dual heads and head switching control method
01/31/2002US20020011576 6 degree-of-freedom (DOF) motion measuring apparatus using multidirectional reflector, and swing arm type optical system using the 6-DOF motion measuring apparatus to measure 6-DOF motion of HDD Slider
01/30/2002EP1176590A2 Head suspension for disk-based data storage apparatus
01/30/2002EP0824752B1 Head park mechanism in a data storage device for preventing accidental damage
01/30/2002EP0747898B1 Loading apparatus of memory medium and recording and/or reproduction apparatus
01/29/2002US6342992 Hard disk drive actuator pivot with inboard pads and enhanced pivot sleeve thickness for improved servo stability
01/29/2002US6342991 Top cover air gate for an air vane latch apparatus in a disc drive
01/29/2002US6342987 Head positioning mechanism for magnetic disk device provided with micro tracking actuator using magnetic force drive control method therefor
01/29/2002US6342985 Method and apparatus for improving disk drive seek performance
01/29/2002US6342984 Disk drive including DC to DC voltage converter for increasing voltage to its spindle motor and VCM
01/29/2002US6341726 Apparatus for inspecting elements on transport device
01/29/2002US6341415 Method for assembling a magnetic head assembly and magnetic disk drive using bonding balls connecting magnetic head terminals to wiring terminals
01/24/2002WO2002007163A1 Actuator for disk device
01/24/2002WO2002007154A2 Process and apparatus for finishing a magnetic slider
01/24/2002WO2002006782A1 Apparatus and method for the checking of forces
01/24/2002WO2000063888A3 Active magnetic bearing system for improved servo control
01/24/2002US20020009949 Process and apparatus for finishing a magnetic slider
01/24/2002US20020009031 Apparatus having a control circuit
01/24/2002US20020009025 Optical disc apparatus accessing method and system therefor
01/24/2002US20020008942 Precise positioning actuator, actuator for precisely positioning thin-film magnetic head element and head gimbal assembly with the actuator
01/24/2002US20020008940 Negative pressure air bearing slider
01/24/2002US20020008938 Reduced lubricant accumulating slider
01/24/2002US20020008933 Wave stringer for controlling acoustic noise and shock vibration in a storage device
01/24/2002US20020008931 Method and apparatus for adjusting angular position of magnetic head unit
01/24/2002US20020007961 Wired circuit board
01/24/2002US20020007553 Method of manufacturing slider and slider manufacturing aid
01/23/2002EP1174864A2 Disk playback apparatus
01/23/2002EP1174861A1 Disk storage apparatus
01/23/2002EP1174860A2 Magnetic head supporting mechanism
01/23/2002CN1332884A Horizontal loader for high density servo track writing
01/23/2002CN1078322C Air bearing design with three etch depth dual etch step mat
01/22/2002US6341103 Optical disk apparatus capable of correcting the drive current waveforms of stepping motor
01/22/2002US6341102 Data writing/reading apparatus
01/22/2002US6341051 Disk drive having external shock resistance
01/17/2002WO2001021971A3 Linear guide
01/17/2002US20020006016 Microactuator-mounted magnetic head device
01/17/2002US20020006010 Automatic acoustic management system for a disc drive
01/17/2002US20020006007 Method and apparatus for parking a read/write head during power interruptions by dynamic sequencing
01/17/2002US20020005432 Positioning of a recording head for a data storage device
01/17/2002DE10126620A1 Disk ejecting device cuts specific power transmittance path to motor to eject disk when path switching mechanism is closed and pick-up is reset to initial position
01/16/2002EP1171874A1 Load/unload lift tab for disk drive
01/16/2002CN2472309Y Decline adjustable magnetic movable positioner
01/16/2002CN2472308Y Magnetic movable positioner for drive
01/16/2002CN1078002C Optical pickup transort mechanism
01/16/2002CN1077997C Pickup position and tilt adjusting appts. of disk player
01/15/2002US6339811 Rotationally optimized seek initiation
01/15/2002US6339575 Loading mechanism for a disk device
01/15/2002US6339569 Optical data card servo writer
01/15/2002US6339521 Dual air vane actuator latch apparatus for a disc drive
01/15/2002US6339518 Air bearing slider with shaped taper
01/15/2002US6339512 Disk-flutter servo control in rotating storage system with optimum disk thickness
01/10/2002WO2000063893A9 Servo processor code evaluation using a virtual disc drive
01/10/2002US20020003752 Information write/read head, information writing/reading device, tracking device, and information recording medium
01/10/2002US20020003683 Gamma irradiated load/unload ramp and method for preparing the same
01/10/2002US20020003681 Recording/reproducing apparatus with a recording medium between a floating and a dummy slider
01/10/2002US20020003677 Feedback control system, control method, magnetic disk unit and method of controlling magnetic disk unit
01/10/2002US20020003676 System and method for implementing a rotary memory device
01/10/2002US20020003211 Nanometer scale data storage device and associated positioning system
01/09/2002EP1170729A2 Floating-type head slider and recording/reproducing apparatus employing the same
01/09/2002EP1169706A1 A method and apparatus for controlling a disk drive under a power loss condition
01/09/2002CN1330791A Flexible part with improved lifting-up performance in magnetic disc drive
01/09/2002CN1077707C Data recording disk driver with low-flying transducer carrier
01/08/2002USRE37503 Floppy disk drive device