Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
10/1994
10/05/1994EP0618578A2 Active electromagnetic latch for disk file actuator
10/05/1994EP0618571A1 Optical disk apparatus
10/04/1994US5353181 Etched suspension system
10/04/1994US5353180 Air bearing magnetic slider with wishbone-shaped rails
10/04/1994US5353174 Motor speed sensing system for magnetic disk apparatus or the like
09/1994
09/29/1994WO1994022135A1 Ultra-small form factor disk drive apparatus
09/28/1994EP0617424A1 Head system suitable for magnetic or optical high-density recording devices
09/28/1994EP0617416A1 Information processing apparatus
09/28/1994EP0617413A2 Magnetic head sliders and a process for producing the same
09/28/1994CN1026045C Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus
09/27/1994US5351229 Tribo-attractive contact slider for an optical read/write system
09/27/1994US5351156 Method and apparatus for cleaning disks
09/21/1994EP0371990B1 Systems and methods for sensing position and movement
09/20/1994CA2006806C Track counter for optical disk
09/15/1994WO1994020954A1 Magnetic disk apparatus and method of production thereof
09/15/1994DE4408184A1 Process for the endless recording of prolonged signal or data sequences
09/14/1994EP0615243A1 Offset amount measuring apparatus
09/14/1994EP0614564A1 Microminiature hard disk drive
09/13/1994US5347506 Optical disk player including a plurality of independent pick-ups
09/13/1994US5347414 Magnetic disk drive with a controllably positioned floating magnetic head
09/13/1994US5347413 De-swaging technique for head gimbal assembly
09/13/1994US5347412 Floating magnetic head
09/07/1994EP0614175A1 Air bearing magnetic head sliders
09/07/1994EP0614174A2 Servo circuit for magnetic disk apparatus
09/07/1994EP0613579A1 Small size constant torque voice coil motor
09/06/1994US5345353 Step projection air bearing slider with improved stiction performance and wear resistance
09/06/1994CA2021909C Actuator structure for a magnetic head suspension assembly in a disk drive
09/06/1994CA1331885C Linear actuator using a compound parallel bendable element suspension system
09/01/1994WO1994019795A1 Suspension for in-line, offset head mounting
08/1994
08/31/1994EP0613122A2 Optical card information recording/reproducing apparatus
08/31/1994EP0613121A1 Rotating magnetic storage device
08/30/1994US5343346 Single point magnetic contact hatch assembly
08/30/1994US5343344 Connection of transducer leads to a printed circuit board in rotating disk data storage apparatus
08/30/1994US5343343 Air bearing slider with relieved rail ends
08/30/1994US5343340 Digital servo signal demodulation method and apparatus utilizing a partial-response maximum-likelihood (PRML) channel in a disk file
08/30/1994US5343131 Method and apparatus for self-synchronizing seek deceleration
08/25/1994DE4405087A1 Method and device for detecting a head position
08/24/1994EP0404942B1 Optical disk and movement control of its optical spot
08/24/1994EP0403499B1 Head loading velocity control
08/24/1994EP0362285B1 Disk drive architecture
08/23/1994US5341353 Actuator position detector, actuator position controller and track search controller
08/23/1994US5341351 Method and means for optimally accessing data residing on dual actuator DASDs
08/23/1994US5341260 Reduced torque unloading ramp system for a hard disk drive
08/23/1994US5341259 Pivoting, dual state magnetic latch for disk file actuator
08/17/1994EP0611208A2 Information storage disc and information recording and reproducing apparatus
08/16/1994US5339209 Plug-in actuator latch mechanism
08/16/1994US5339207 Servo system for providing increased recording density and improved operation of the AGC circuitry
08/16/1994US5339206 Positioning control method and apparatus of head which is used in magnetic disk apparatus
08/09/1994US5337296 Apparatus and method for searching a target time code recorded on disks
08/09/1994US5335458 Processing of magnetic head flexures with slider elements
08/04/1994WO1994017521A1 System for allocating tasks between two actuators servicing the same magnetic disk media in a single disk drive
08/04/1994WO1994017520A1 System for correcting transducer tangential skew in a dual actuator disk drive system
08/03/1994CN1090420A Information recording medium, equipment and reader and recording method
08/03/1994CN1090413A Method and system for reading record medium
08/02/1994US5335214 Optical recording track access driving apparatus
08/02/1994US5335126 Magnetic disk device without slider and having magnetic head mounted directly on magnetic head support including integral gas pressure generating structure
08/02/1994US5335123 Apparatus and method for head-positioning on a rotatable recording medium
08/02/1994US5335122 Automatic track locking state check circuit
08/02/1994US5334849 Apparatus for and method of verifying etching of optical servo information on magnetic media
07/1994
07/27/1994EP0586597A4 Low profile head disk assembly
07/27/1994CN1090080A Contact recording slider for use in alubricant containing information stoorage system
07/27/1994CN1090079A Integral lubricating fluid delivery system for a flying head in a magnetic disk storage system
07/27/1994CN1090078A Fly height servo control of read/write head suspension
07/26/1994USRE34674 Linear motor
07/26/1994US5333083 Storage apparatus having servo system for performing positioning control of head
07/21/1994WO1994016439A1 Interior stiffening and head lifter rails
07/20/1994EP0607045A1 Information recording and/or reproducing apparatus and information recording and/or reproducing method
07/20/1994EP0606963A2 Magnetic data storage device including transducer assembly for near contact magnetic recording
07/20/1994EP0606911A2 An Information recording/reproducing device
07/20/1994CN1025523C Rotary actuator for disk drive assemblies
07/19/1994US5331624 Pickup feed mechanism
07/19/1994US5331489 Gimbal for a flexure for top-terminated heads
07/19/1994US5331263 Velocity control device
07/19/1994US5329689 Process for producing magnetic head slider
07/13/1994CN1089382A Air bearing magnetic head sliders
07/12/1994US5329515 Information carrier, information recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and information detecting apparatus
07/12/1994US5329409 Correction of current feedback offset for disc drive servo systems
07/12/1994CA2032853C Sectored servo independent of data architecture
07/07/1994WO1994015335A1 Method of reading a recording medium and system using said method
07/07/1994WO1994015334A1 Data recording medium, recorder, reader and recording method
07/07/1994WO1994015331A1 Portable low profile information storage system
07/06/1994EP0605345A1 Contacting recording slider for use in a lubricant containing information storage system
07/06/1994EP0605343A1 Fly height servo control of read/write head suspension
07/06/1994EP0605340A1 Integral lubricating fluid delivery system for a flying head in a magnetic disk storage system
07/06/1994EP0605239A1 Information recording and/or reproducing apparatus
07/06/1994EP0604435A1 1.8" winchester drive card
07/06/1994EP0604434A1 Slider and disk storage apparatus with the slider.
07/05/1994US5327407 Tracking control apparatus for generating sawtooth tracking control signal from sinusoidal tracking error signal
06/1994
06/29/1994CN1025255C Disc shape recording medium and apparatus of recording and playing
06/28/1994US5325346 Digital servo apparatus for optical disc player
06/28/1994US5325252 Magnetic disc apparatus having two flexible bending members of an FPC between a fixing portion and a rocking actuator bent in opposite directions
06/28/1994US5325251 Planar actuators using low pressure air bearings and rolling flexure bearings
06/28/1994US5325245 Method and apparatus for writing magnetic head positioning signal
06/28/1994US5325244 Magnetic recording data storage system
06/28/1994US5325030 Voice coil motor driving circuit with retracting function
06/24/1994CA2109370A1 Magnetic disk drive unit
06/24/1994CA2108703A1 Magnetic disk drive unit
06/23/1994DE4243234A1 Recording and reproduction appts., e.g. CD player
06/22/1994EP0602677A2 Magnet-optical disc drive device
06/21/1994US5323371 Disk storage in which direction of inserting disk is approximately orthogonal to direction of seeking by head