Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
01/2001
01/23/2001US6178059 Method for writing servo information on a magnetic recording disk
01/23/2001US6175984 Apparatus for cleaning precision components
01/18/2001WO2001004898A1 Magneto-optical disk recording and/or reproducing device
01/18/2001WO2001004897A1 Portable information processor
01/18/2001WO2001004896A1 Apparatus for and method of scanning an information carrier
01/18/2001WO2001004882A1 Device for scanning an information carrier and method of operating such a device
01/18/2001WO2001004879A1 Tracking system for recording/reading a data medium and recording medium
01/18/2001WO2000063894B1 Dual stage servo controller
01/18/2001WO2000051112B1 Advanced servo writing method for hard disc drives
01/17/2001EP1069560A1 Apparatus for reproducing information and method of controlling the apparatus
01/17/2001EP1069552A1 Process for assembling a microactuator and a transducer in a hard disk R/W unit
01/17/2001CN1060876C Optical disc reproducing device and its seek operation method
01/16/2001US6175538 Disk recording or playback device and method of adjusting initial position of pickup thereof
01/16/2001US6175472 Method for generating a position error signal calibration curve in a hard disk drive
01/16/2001US6175465 Head positioning control system for use in a disk storage drive
01/11/2001WO2001002957A1 Digital signal processor
01/11/2001WO2000063907A3 Rotationally optimized seek initiation
01/11/2001WO2000063892B1 Inertial latch for mobile disc drive
01/10/2001CN1279465A Sliding support structure of disc machine
01/10/2001CN1279464A Magnetic head assembly with IC core arranged on floatation part of mangetic disc by ultrasonic welding process
01/09/2001US6172949 Disk recording or playback device and method of adjusting initial position of pickup thereof
01/09/2001US6172856 Magnetic head transferring device with improved magnetic head unlocking for hard disk drives
01/09/2001US6172855 Actuator latching device in hard disk drive
01/09/2001US6172851 Flying magnetic head slider for a magnetic disk drive
01/09/2001US6172850 Floating type magnetic head with non-magnetic thin film coating pattern to reduce starting friction
01/09/2001US6172843 Shroud mounted disc snubber
01/09/2001US6172839 Technique for measuring the position error signal of a disk drive
01/09/2001US6172838 Disk unit creating a position sensitivity correction value using positive and negative cross points values of two-phase servo signals
01/09/2001US6172837 Postponable servo code selection
01/09/2001US6172830 Method and apparatus for writing a clock track on a storage medium
01/09/2001US6172828 Signal processing apparatus and a disk control apparatus, with head positioning control based on digitized servo data
01/04/2001WO2001001417A1 Actuator bearing cartridge for disc storage system
01/04/2001WO2001001414A1 Seek acoustics reduction with minimized performance degradation
01/04/2001WO2001001413A2 Method and apparatus for run-out correction in a disk drive
01/04/2001WO2001001412A1 Optical disk device
01/04/2001WO2001001401A1 Method and apparatus for maintaining servo stability during actuator saturation
01/04/2001WO2001001400A1 Spacer/stop assembly and disc drive with spacer/stop assembly
01/04/2001WO2001001393A2 Active damping of actuator bearing translational mode
01/04/2001WO2001001392A2 Improved magnetic latching for a disc drive
01/04/2001WO2000063894A3 Dual stage servo controller
01/03/2001CN1060281C 磁头支承机构 Head support mechanism
01/02/2001US6169711 Technique for controlling motion of disk tray and pickup
01/02/2001US6169644 Read/write device
01/02/2001US6169429 HDD chip set partitioning
01/02/2001US6169382 Adapting seek velocity profile to destination track location
01/02/2001US6168459 Flex support and seal apparatus for a disc drive
12/2000
12/28/2000WO2000079538A1 Audio-visual disk drive optimized for response to an off-course head during a write command
12/28/2000WO2000079537A1 Audio-visual disk drive optimized for response to an undetected synchronization field
12/28/2000WO2000079535A1 Card type magnetic recording device
12/28/2000WO2000079534A2 Method of driving head, head driving device and disc driving apparatus using the same method and device
12/28/2000WO2000079533A1 Audio-visual disk drive optimized for response to a misread sector
12/28/2000WO2000079523A2 Magnetic head supporting mechanism
12/28/2000WO2000051126A3 Disk apparatus
12/28/2000WO2000042604B1 Method and apparatus for reducing track misregistration from servo track writing
12/27/2000EP1063643A2 Seek control method in optical storage device
12/27/2000CN1060001C Disk regenerative apparatus
12/27/2000CN1059973C Apparatus for recording information in CD disk without using prefabricated optical-path and method thereof
12/27/2000CN1059972C Method and system for reading record medium
12/26/2000US6167011 Processing of disc-drive pickup signals
12/26/2000US6167010 Disk reproduction apparatus and tracking servo circuit
12/26/2000US6167005 Tracking device with a coil driven actuator and a sensor coil to determine a position of the actuator
12/26/2000US6166889 Floppy disk device
12/26/2000US6166888 Low noise flexible printed circuit cable for a disk drive carriage unit
12/26/2000US6166881 Head cleaner for linear tape drive that also functions as a head protector during cleaning tape operations
12/26/2000US6166876 Minimizing settling time in a disc drive servo system
12/26/2000US6166875 Method of positionally controlling a recording/reproducing head so as to follow a rotational frequency component of a disk while eliminating a high order frequency component
12/26/2000US6166874 Method of controlling flying of magnetic head and device therefor in hard disk drive
12/26/2000US6166871 Method for decoding head position signal including on-the-fly compensation for misread track number
12/26/2000US6164118 Calibration disk having discrete bands of calibration bumps
12/26/2000US6163953 Manufacturing method of a suspension
12/21/2000WO2000077789A1 Magnetic storage card
12/20/2000EP1061507A2 Head carriage
12/20/2000CN1277438A Magnetic head holder device
12/19/2000US6163443 Actuator having MR element protecting means
12/19/2000US6163440 Inertial latch mechanism for actuator of disk drive device
12/19/2000US6163439 Head loading device and method in a hard disk drive
12/19/2000US6163438 Supporting mechanism of a magnetic head slider employing a lubricant between the surfaces of the slider and portions of the mounting gimbal
12/19/2000US6163433 Aerodynamic propeller latch for a disc drive
12/19/2000US6163430 Disc drive positioning system with variable deceleration curve
12/19/2000US6163429 Learning to compensate for randomly occurring shocks
12/19/2000US6162114 Slider processing method and apparatus
12/14/2000WO2000075927A1 Apparatus and method for reduction of idle-mode acoustics in a disc drive
12/14/2000WO2000051112A3 Advanced servo writing method for hard disc drives
12/14/2000WO2000049606A3 Optimal reader/writer offsets and write fault thresholds in a disc drive
12/13/2000EP1059637A2 Method for extending the bandwidth of analog recorded speech signals for a dictation apparatus
12/13/2000EP1058928A1 Dynamic system control method
12/13/2000CN1276900A Compensation for repeatable run-out error
12/13/2000CN1276899A Extended position error signal linearization and normalization
12/13/2000CN1276602A Magnetic head supporting arm, its making method and data recording device
12/13/2000CN1276594A Read/write head suspension assembly of disk driver
12/13/2000CN1276593A Magnetic head suspension assembly with precision location actuator and method for mfg. same
12/12/2000US6160686 Composite ramp structure for data storage devices
12/12/2000US6160685 Hard disk drive with lightly contacting head
12/12/2000US6160683 Slider for disc storage system
12/12/2000US6160676 Storage disk apparatus and method of controlling same
12/12/2000US6160674 Stable data writing method by tracking head speed in hard disk drive
12/07/2000WO2000074056A1 Disk unit
12/07/2000WO2000074051A1 Method and system for providing a stable recording interface using subambient pressures
12/07/2000CA2372009A1 Disk device
12/06/2000EP1058243A1 System for recording and reproducing information