Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
01/2000
01/25/2000US6017264 Deflection lapping apparatus and method for hydrodynamic bearing slider
01/25/2000US6016959 Card drive apparatus and card
01/20/2000WO2000003389A1 Current profile shaping to reduce disc drive seek time variation and acoustic noise generation
01/19/2000CN1241781A Disc drive
01/19/2000CN1241772A Optical disc system and method for controlling bias coil and light source to process information on storage medium
01/19/2000CN1241771A Optical disc system having current monitoring circuit with controller for laser driver and method for operating same
01/19/2000CN1241770A Laser driver for controlling electrical current directed to laser in optical dis system
01/18/2000US6016547 Data processing apparatus with program allocating section for selectively allocating programs in first and second memory
01/18/2000US6016239 Transducer apparatus including transducer with recording medium contact line perpendicular to transducer pivot axis
01/18/2000US6016237 Shaft construction of a disk drive
01/18/2000US6016234 Actuator retract/unload system for low power disk drives
01/18/2000US6015000 Method and apparatus for magnet/backiron bonding using slip fit pins
01/13/2000WO2000002198A1 Fast and precise positioning of a reading and/or writing head in a data player and/or recorder
01/13/2000WO2000002193A1 Adapting seek velocity profile to destination track location
01/13/2000WO2000002192A1 Reduced head population detection in a disc drive
01/13/2000WO1999053496A8 Storage card and devices
01/12/2000EP0971343A2 Method and apparatus for moving a carriage assembly from an initial position to a target position
01/12/2000CN1240996A 头滑动器 Head slider
01/12/2000CN1048349C Device for driving magnetic brasing coil head of small magnetic disc recording and playing set
01/11/2000US6014362 Phase-shift and tilt adjustable disk player
01/11/2000US6014288 Partially etched protective overcoat for a disk drive slider
01/11/2000US6014285 Positioning control system
01/11/2000US6014284 Signal reproducing apparatus having rotary heads rotating 180° out of phase and producing signals for tracking control
01/11/2000US6014276 Servo mark detection device
01/11/2000US6013995 Method and apparatus for adaptive feedforward control with reduced noise during track seek operations
01/11/2000CA2271551C A disk recording system and a method of controlling the rotation of a turntable in such a disk recording system
01/06/2000WO2000001146A1 Variable disc drive cylinder recording system
01/06/2000WO2000000977A1 Flying head slider and disk drive
01/06/2000WO2000000976A2 Synchronous digital demodulator with integrated read and servo channels
01/06/2000WO2000000966A2 Improved notch filtering as used in a disc drive servo
01/06/2000WO2000000003A1 Data system with support surfaces for reciprocating data head
01/06/2000CA2335459A1 Data system with support surfaces for reciprocating data head
01/05/2000EP0969465A1 Apparatus for recording and reproducing information
01/05/2000EP0969453A1 Fast and precise positioning of a reading and/or writing head in a data player and/or recorder
01/05/2000EP0809844B1 Apparatus for performing multiple functions in a data storage device using a single electro-mechanical device
01/05/2000DE19829706A1 Reading and writing device for recording media with information tracks
01/05/2000CN1240528A Leading edge slider microactuator
01/05/2000CN1240295A Optical disc driving system and the insulator for damping unhoped mechanical force affection
01/05/2000CN1240290A Compact disc system having current monitoring circuit assembly and operation method thereof
01/04/2000US6011672 Magnetic disk drive having an improved outer stopper mechanism
01/04/2000US6011666 Disk unit and portable electronic equipment
01/04/2000US6011261 Probe formed of mono-crystalline SI, the manufacturing method thereof, and an information processing device using the probe
01/04/2000US6011239 Laser apparatus and method adjusting the gram load, static attitude and flying height in a head suspension assembly
12/1999
12/29/1999EP0966738A1 A flying head positioner with fine positioning
12/29/1999EP0966651A1 Non-contact position sensor
12/28/1999US6009063 Universal portable minidisk drive system
12/28/1999US6009054 Information recording medium and tracking error signal detection apparatus and magnetic recording apparatus and method of adjusting the magnetic recording apparatus
12/28/1999US6009052 Method and circuit for controlling head position
12/28/1999US6008967 Hybrid type magnetic head slider having a thin film coil
12/28/1999US6008966 Desiccant housing for a disc drive
12/28/1999US6008960 Split table generator and method for format data compression in disk drives
12/28/1999US6007664 Method and apparatus for rapid curing of epoxy adhesive in securing together slider/gimbal assemblies employed in disk drive systems
12/28/1999US6006614 Apparatus and method for improving dynamic characteristics of a fine-positioning mechanism in a magnetic head/disk tester
12/23/1999WO1999066501A1 Disc drive having charge feedback driven microactuator
12/23/1999WO1999066500A1 Low inductance flex-to-pcb spring connector for disc drive
12/23/1999WO1999066499A1 Flex support and seal apparatus for a disc drive
12/23/1999DE19914484A1 Disk drive for computer and data processing system
12/22/1999CN1239295A Focus capture for optical disc system
12/22/1999CN1239294A Focus capture for optical disc system
12/22/1999CN1239290A CD appts.
12/22/1999CN1239288A Method of changing rotational rate of storage medium from initial rate to desired rate
12/22/1999CN1239287A Servo control system for information storage device
12/22/1999CN1239286A Focusing method and system for focus capture and focus control in optical disc system including detection of quad sum signal to close focus
12/22/1999CN1239285A Analog to digital converter and assembly for use in optical drive system and method therefore
12/21/1999US6005743 Disk drive with multiple actuators on a single axis and disk surfaces of differing track pitch
12/21/1999US6005742 Method and apparatus for controlling a multiple-stage actuator for a disk drive
12/21/1999US6005740 Method and apparatus for developing position error curves for magneto-resistive heads
12/21/1999US6005738 Methods and systems for self-servo-writing including writing positioning and timing bursts at different track pitches
12/21/1999US6005737 Magnetic tape drive having improved servo control
12/21/1999US6005728 Disk recording medium for embodying high capacity hard disk drive
12/21/1999US6005727 Servo decoder for decoding an error correcting servo code recorded on a disc storage medium
12/21/1999US6004472 Dual etch step process for making a three etch depth air bearing slider
12/15/1999EP0964400A1 Removable cartridge disk drive for receiving a cartridge housing a 105MB 3.5 inch hard disk
12/15/1999CN1238525A Miniactuator with integrated sensor and drivers and method of manufacturing the same
12/15/1999CN1238520A Composite ramp structure for data storage devices
12/14/1999US6002655 Optical disc apparatus accessing method and system therefor
12/14/1999US6002552 Adaptive loading/unloading suspension
12/14/1999US6002550 Magnetic head assembly with ball member for electrically connecting the slider member and the suspension member
12/14/1999US6002549 Dither microactors for stiction release in magnetic disc drives
12/14/1999US6002547 Disk drive with a rotatably mounted disk drive motor
12/14/1999US6002544 Head positioning control system for use in a disk drive using different target velocity data for read and write seeks
12/14/1999US6002542 Magnetic disc read head positioning device and method
12/14/1999US6002540 Method and apparatus for rotary actuator arc compensation correction in a direct access storage device
12/14/1999US6002539 Method for calibrating a dual element magnetoresistive head
12/14/1999US6001268 Reactive ion etch patterning the ceramic slider using an etchant gas of argon, methyl trifluoride, and sulfur hexafluoride and flowed at a rate which provides a smooth surface on the ceramic slider
12/09/1999WO1999063671A1 Apparatus and method for modulation/demodulation with consecutive minimum runlength limitation
12/09/1999WO1999063537A1 Rotational vibration detection using a velocity sense coil
12/09/1999WO1999063536A2 Very-high-density memory device utilizing a scintillating data-storage medium
12/09/1999WO1999063528A1 Piezoelectric disk latch
12/09/1999CA2680404A1 Apparatus and method for modulation/demodulation with consecutive minimum runlength limitation
12/09/1999CA2273759A1 Copy generation management method, information signal reproducing method, information signal reproducing apparatus, and information signal recording apparatus
12/08/1999EP0962932A2 Using the applied peak area ratio to determine signal pw50 and head fly height
12/08/1999EP0962915A1 Method and apparatus for driving actuator of storage disk device
12/08/1999EP0725966B1 Magnetic parking device for disk drive
12/08/1999CN1237763A Method and apparatus for providing servo loop gain calibration
12/07/1999US5999498 Reduced profile magnetic head assembly and method of manufacturing reduced profile magnetic head support structure
12/07/1999US5999375 Positioning inner and outer tracks on a recording disc
12/07/1999US5999372 Actuator arm with streamlined leading edge to reduce air turbulence
12/07/1999US5999369 Magnetic disk apparatus
12/07/1999US5999368 Magnetic head slider provided with a hard material layer for improved impact resistance and for avoiding cracking of an air bearing surface during production of the magnetic head slider