Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
03/1998
03/17/1998US5729407 Rotary head drum with integrated yoke and vibration resistant base
03/17/1998US5729406 Lightweight actuator in a computer mass memory storage device
03/17/1998US5729405 Disk apparatus
03/17/1998US5729399 Contact start/stop disk drive with minimized head-disk wear in textured landing zone
03/17/1998US5727422 Rack drive
03/12/1998WO1998010414A1 Servo sector allocation for high sampling rate
03/12/1998DE19736254A1 Adaptive model control method for noise reduction during track search
03/12/1998DE19720156A1 Carrier system for optical scanning head
03/11/1998EP0828242A1 Servo demodulator and method for synchronous servo demodulation
03/11/1998EP0828241A1 Small size constant torque voice coil motor
03/11/1998EP0827620A1 Flex circuit flexure with integral high compliance gimbal
03/11/1998EP0827619A1 Suspension design for supporting a low mass read/write head
03/11/1998CN1175770A Real-time track seek apparatus and method therefor
03/10/1998US5726959 Method for searching a track of a compact disk drive
03/10/1998US5726836 Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus having double tilting arrangement for dynamic tracking
03/10/1998US5726832 Information recording/reproducing device including a head loading/unloading mechanism having decoupling means
03/10/1998US5726831 Methods for operating a gas bearing slider
03/10/1998US5726830 Air-bearing electromagnetic head slider having negative pressure generating means
03/10/1998US5726825 Method for carring out seeks in a hard disc drive to limit the generation of acoustic noise
03/10/1998US5726823 Method of detecting positioning of a magnetic head, and a magnetic disk device
03/10/1998US5726818 Magnetic disk sampled amplitude read channel employing interpolated timing recovery for synchronous detection of embedded servo data
03/04/1998EP0826210A1 Head loading mechanism for a disk drive
03/04/1998CN1175317A Partially etched protective overcoat for a disk drive slider
03/03/1998US5724542 Method of controlling disk control unit
03/03/1998US5724336 Data storage unit
03/03/1998US5724326 Apparatus for generating track count pulse
03/03/1998US5724211 Magnetic head support mechanism, having beam portion curved with internal stress
03/03/1998US5724204 Apparatus and method of reproducing synchronization signal in disc storage system
02/1998
02/26/1998WO1998008217A1 Disc medium substrate and disc device
02/26/1998WO1998008216A1 Laminate for hdd suspension and its manufacture
02/26/1998DE19708541A1 Optical memory system with interchangeable medium
02/25/1998EP0825592A2 Method for reading read-only memory
02/25/1998EP0825589A1 A precision servo-demodulator
02/25/1998EP0824752A1 Head park mechanism in a data storage device for preventing accidental damage
02/25/1998CN1174625A Disk drive stiction release system
02/25/1998CN1174624A Pressure differential latch for disk drive
02/24/1998US5721718 Apparatus and method for discriminating the type of optical disk mounted into an optical disk reproducing apparatus
02/24/1998US5721651 Thin film magnetic head and manufacturing method of the same
02/24/1998US5721650 Self-loading disc head slider having blunt cross rail
02/24/1998US5721649 Floating type magnetic head slider having air inflow side triangular protrusions
02/24/1998US5721648 Multirate digital control system for use with a system having a linear transfer function, such as a head positioning system in a magnetic disc drive
02/18/1998CN1173695A Shallow etch air bearinf surface features for optimized transducer spacing
02/18/1998CN1173691A Disk drive with shock detection based on thermoresistive signal from magnetoresistive head
02/17/1998US5719836 Optical seeking method and apparatus generating track count signal from tracking error signal and data signal
02/17/1998US5719727 Interior stiffening and head lifter rails
02/17/1998US5719726 Magnetic head for recording signals on and reproducing signals from magnetic media and mounted on a support plate having stress reducing grooves
02/17/1998US5719722 Head tracking system for a magnetic disk drive, and having an actuator for positioning the read/write head to the target track based on total error signal
02/17/1998US5719720 Head suspension mechanism and apparatus for its control
02/17/1998US5718035 Manufacturing method of thin film magnetic heads
02/12/1998WO1998006092A1 Roll-biased head suspension for reduced track misregistration
02/12/1998WO1998005605A1 A method of etch depth control in sintered workpieces
02/12/1998CA2232862A1 Roll-biased head suspension for reduced track misregistration
02/11/1998EP0823702A1 Apparatus for combining linear and rotational motion of an azimuth read/write head
02/11/1998CN1173013A Recording-medium driving apparatus and recording-medium driving method
02/10/1998US5717548 In a disc drive
02/10/1998US5717544 Pressure differential latch for a disk drive
02/10/1998US5717541 Flexible circuit assembly for disk storage system
02/10/1998US5716467 Beryllium-containing alloys of aluminum and semi-solid processing of such alloys
02/08/1998CA2212485A1 Apparatus for combining linear and rotational motion of an azimuth read/write head
02/04/1998EP0821708A1 Process for producing a polyamide based on a dicarboxylic acid and a diamine
02/04/1998EP0806035A4 Compliant anchor for securing disk drive actuator bearing
02/04/1998CN1172321A Optical disk player
02/03/1998US5715232 Recording and reproduction of items of information using ROM-RAM storage media
02/03/1998US5715118 Air actuated latching mechanism rotationally resistant to rotational shock force
02/03/1998US5714833 Ceramic motor
02/03/1998US5713123 Method of lapping for producing one-side curved surface adapted for floating magnetic head
01/1998
01/29/1998WO1998003968A1 Information recording on a multitrack record carrier
01/29/1998DE19721069A1 Non=linear torque characteristic compensation for servo actuator in computer hard disc drive
01/28/1998EP0821351A1 Optical seeking method and apparatus with track count using tracking error signal having constant amplitude during data segments
01/28/1998EP0820628A1 Removable cartridge disk drive with angularly inserted cartridges
01/27/1998US5712835 Track jump device and information recording medium driving apparatus
01/27/1998US5712750 Actuator fixing device of hard disk drive
01/27/1998US5712749 Reduced capacitance of electrical conductor on head suspension assembly
01/27/1998US5712560 Drive speed detector for a motor that drives a data reproducing device
01/27/1998US5712463 Laser apparatus and method for adjusting the gram load static attitude and flying height of a slider in a head suspension assembly
01/27/1998US5711064 Head to tape alignment without tape guide
01/21/1998CN1170933A Counter balanced rotary airlock actuator latch assembly for disk drive
01/20/1998US5710677 Method of detecting and isolating defective servo bursts
01/20/1998US5710497 Positioning control device and head positioning control device
01/14/1998EP0818777A1 Optical seeking method and apparatus
01/14/1998EP0818776A2 Optical disc apparatus accessing method and system therefor
01/14/1998EP0818775A1 Method for maximizing feedforward orthogonality for minimizing servo system nuller instability
01/14/1998CN1170205A Head/pre-AMP ribbon interconnect for data storage devices
01/14/1998CN1170194A Optical disk drive
01/14/1998CN1170191A Magnetic head slider and magnetic disk apparatus having magnetic head slider
01/14/1998CN1037036C Method and apparatus for rotary actuator arc compensation correction in a direct access storge device
01/13/1998US5708633 Method and apparatus for manufacturing information storage devices
01/13/1998US5708632 Methods and apparatus for controlling access to a recording disk
01/13/1998US5708581 Method for maximizing feedforward orthogonality for minimizing servo system nuller instability
01/13/1998US5708541 Termination pad manipulator for a laminated suspension in a data storage system
01/13/1998US5706574 Assembly method of carriage assembly of magnetic disk drive
01/07/1998EP0815556A1 A method and system for writing a servo-pattern on a storage medium
01/07/1998EP0789905A4 Head load/unload and cleaning in a data storage device
01/07/1998EP0765517A4 Aerodynamic actuator-filter latch for hard disk drive
01/07/1998CN1169575A Pickup assembly for optical disk player
01/07/1998CN1169571A Tracking control circuit and method in digital image recording and reproducing device using bit error rate
01/07/1998CN1036955C Pretective read-write inhibit decision using fuzzylogic
01/06/1998US5706264 Disc apparatus having servo circuits which compensate for fluctuations in power supply
01/06/1998US5706261 Optical disc device capable of quick search for a boundary between recorded and unrecorded areas
01/06/1998US5706150 Low inertia flux motor rotary actuator