Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
01/1992
01/16/1992DE4121905A1 Dynamic damping for magnetic read-write head mountings - uses cavities containing mobile solids, liquid or power to absorb oscillations in head positioning hardware and improve surface tracking
01/15/1992EP0466502A1 Head slider for magnetic disk drive device
01/15/1992EP0290524B1 Circuit for automatic setting of the gain in a control circuit
01/14/1992US5081618 Double-sided reproducing disk player
01/14/1992US5081616 Positioning controller
01/14/1992CA2046993A1 Head slider for magnetic disk drive device
01/08/1992EP0464992A1 Adaptive track seeking for disc drives
01/08/1992EP0464986A2 Tracking servo apparatus
01/08/1992EP0464787A2 Storage device
01/08/1992EP0464520A1 Hard disk driver including a flying head slider
01/07/1992US5079756 Track-jump device for a disc drive apparatus
01/07/1992US5079661 Magnetic head assembly having consistent track pitch
01/07/1992US5079659 Gimbal for supporting a hydrodynamic air bearing slider
01/07/1992US5079657 Textured air bearing surface
01/07/1992US5079653 Information storage disc transducer position control system using last step damping
01/02/1992EP0463959A1 Optical disk apparatus
01/02/1992EP0463820A2 Disk drive apparatus and a seek method for spiral tracks
01/02/1992EP0463819A2 Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus
01/02/1992EP0463720A2 Methods and apparatus for optimizing track seeking operations
01/02/1992EP0463631A2 Positioning device for the disc running gear of a disc store
01/02/1992EP0463336A2 Disk-drive crash stop
12/1991
12/30/1991CA2041866A1 Adaptive track seeking for disc drives
12/30/1991CA2035281A1 Gear drive carriage and stepper adjustment system
12/27/1991EP0462561A2 Optical recording and playback device
12/27/1991CA2041146A1 Methods and apparatus for optimizing track seeking operations
12/26/1991WO1991020077A1 Optical servo system for magnetic disk
12/24/1991US5074029 Method for stringing wire on an actuator arm
12/18/1991EP0461915A2 Method and apparatus for performing a seek
12/18/1991EP0461914A2 Restraint of uncontrolled movement of moving device
12/18/1991EP0305474B1 Voice coil linear actuator
12/18/1991CN1057123A Controlling position of rotatable transducer in devices employing such transducers
12/18/1991CN1015138B Magnetic head supporting device for magnetic tap recorder
12/17/1991US5073885 Optical memory disc driving apparatus
12/17/1991US5073880 Information recording/reproducing method and apparatus
12/17/1991US5073835 Head tracking system with memory for storing correct tracking positions
12/17/1991US5073834 Disk file or tape drive with high servo sample rate embedding additional servo sectors within individual data sectors
12/17/1991US5073833 Method for compensating for misalignment
12/17/1991US5073832 Carriage controlling apparatus for floppy disk apparatus
12/12/1991WO1991019288A1 Two and one half inch diameter multiple disk drive
12/11/1991EP0460860A1 Rotatable work tool assembly
12/11/1991EP0460775A2 A circuit for providing a pulsed output signal from three binary input signals
12/11/1991EP0434688A4 Seeking multitasking disk controller
12/10/1991US5072435 Information recording device which adjusts its recording parameters to the record carrier to be recorded
12/10/1991US5072318 Disk file with adaptive cancellation of nonrepeatable disk runout
12/10/1991US5072317 Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a mechanical memory for storing medium loading and unloading information
12/04/1991EP0459606A1 Optical disk replay apparatus
12/04/1991EP0459265A2 A track address pattern for a magnetic disk apparatus
12/04/1991EP0444062A4 Magnetic parking device for disk drive
12/03/1991US5070420 Magnetic disk drive
12/03/1991CA1292801C Fine positioning for disk drive
11/1991
11/28/1991WO1991018393A1 Tracking circuit
11/28/1991DE4116588A1 Test circuit for automatic track following - has interlock circuit responding to test signal generator output in digital audio tape system
11/28/1991DE4016553A1 Reducing access time to selected CD track - reading identification data to achieve synchronisation with stored data
11/27/1991EP0458565A2 Servo controlled positioning system
11/27/1991EP0458445A2 Negative pressure air bearing slider
11/27/1991EP0458444A2 Air bearing disk head slider
11/27/1991EP0458372A2 Apparatus for reproducing signals from both sides of discs
11/27/1991EP0458295A2 Voice coil type actuator
11/27/1991EP0458027A1 Servo-system for a disk player
11/27/1991EP0145787B1 Apparatus for controlling tracking of recorded disc reproduction device
11/26/1991US5068841 Magneto-optical recording/reproducing device
11/21/1991EP0456661A1 Actuator assembly for optical disk systems
11/21/1991EP0108060B1 Sector servo seek control
11/19/1991US5067118 Position detecting device for use by switching plural alternating signals having different phases from each other
11/19/1991US5067039 High track density magnetic media with pitted optical servo tracks and method for stamping the tracks on the media
11/13/1991EP0456371A2 Method of controlling seek movements by a magnetic head in a hard disk drive
11/13/1991EP0456348A2 Method and apparatus for controlling head position in disk storage apparatus
11/12/1991US5065382 Disc memory apparatus
11/12/1991US5065271 Thin film magnetic head apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
11/12/1991US5065263 Track following transducer position control system for a disk storage drive system
11/12/1991CA1292067C Optical record carrier and apparatus for reading the record carrier
11/06/1991CN1055984A Bifurcated air bearing actuator assembly for disk drive system
11/05/1991US5063548 Information processing apparatus
11/05/1991US5063545 Access speed detecting means for disc player
11/05/1991US5063465 Head supporting mechanism of a recording/reproducing apparatus
11/05/1991US5063464 Low profile suspension
11/05/1991US5063454 Automatic adjustment method and system for servo motor circuit of a magnetic disk apparatus
10/1991
10/30/1991EP0453996A2 Magnetically recording disk system
10/30/1991EP0453992A2 Floating magnetic head
10/29/1991US5062019 Method and apparatus for accurately positioning a magnetic recording and reproducing head
10/29/1991US5062018 Swaged head arm mounting arrangement for disc drives using shape memory alloy
10/29/1991US5062017 Hour-glass disk head slider
10/29/1991US5062012 Linear access mechanism with driving force reaction cancelling device and magnetic disk apparatus using the same
10/29/1991CA1291562C Method and apparatus for seeking target address with error check code
10/23/1991EP0453192A2 Method of minimizing head-arm movements in a disk drive
10/23/1991EP0453109A2 Magnetic disc drive
10/23/1991EP0453078A2 Head actuator assembly
10/23/1991EP0452851A1 Information recording/reproducing apparatus
10/22/1991US5060210 Controlling head seeking speed in disk storage units by limiting displacement of head with respect to its supporting headarm
10/22/1991US5060101 Storage device having a lock system for the access mechanism and method for locking
10/22/1991US5060099 Disc drive slider lifter using shape memory metals
10/22/1991US5060093 System for controlling displacement of a head in a disc storage unit
10/19/1991CA2037707A1 Bifurcated air bearing actuator assembly for a disk drive system
10/16/1991EP0451959A2 Harddisk drive head slider lifter
10/16/1991EP0451935A1 Method and apparatus for predicting twist-out torque of a swage mount
10/15/1991US5058097 Slider controller for disk player including a slider which is driven by a linear motor
10/15/1991US5058092 Method for accessing a control track by positioning an optical head at the center of the control track
10/15/1991US5057954 Disk drive head lift mechanism
10/15/1991US5057945 Signal recording/reproducing apparatus
10/09/1991EP0450629A1 Recording and reproducing device and recording medium therefor