Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
02/1991
02/27/1991EP0414579A2 A carriage servo unit in a disk player
02/27/1991EP0414456A2 Magnetic head position control system
02/26/1991US4996623 Laminated suspension for a negative pressure slider in a data recording disk file
02/26/1991US4996618 Magnetic disk apparatus having additional carriage adapted to prevent adsorption of magnetic head
02/26/1991US4996617 Disc drive safety latch using shape memory metals
02/26/1991US4996616 Head suspension load beam with reinforcing ribs
02/26/1991US4996614 Magnetic recording apparatus having dust removing surface feature
02/21/1991WO1991002354A1 Disk drive system using multiple embedded quadrature servo fields
02/21/1991WO1991002352A1 Track seek recovery system and method
02/21/1991WO1991002351A1 Positioning system and method for flexure mounted read/write head
02/21/1991WO1991002349A1 Architecture for 2-1/2 inch diameter single disk drive
02/20/1991EP0412993A1 Tape drive machines.
02/20/1991CN1049423A Linear actuator for a disk file
02/19/1991US4995025 Spherical pivoting actuator for read/record head
02/19/1991US4994931 Actuator structure for a magnetic head suspension assembly in a disk drive
02/13/1991EP0412739A2 A laminated suspension for a negative pressure slider in a data recording disk file
02/13/1991EP0412738A2 Optical disk sector servo patterns
02/13/1991EP0412221A2 Apparatus for centering a transducer over a track of a magnetic disk
02/12/1991US4992686 Single housing stepper motor
02/12/1991US4992300 Manufacturing method for a recording medium or a recording head
02/06/1991EP0411552A2 A disk drive
02/06/1991EP0410973A1 Carrier and method of attachment for disk file head/arm assemblies.
02/05/1991US4991045 Suspension assembly
02/05/1991CA1279930C Method and apparatus for an improved sampled servo seek and track follow disc drive
01/1991
01/30/1991EP0393116A4 Servo pattern
01/30/1991EP0186662B1 Self-timed runout correction pattern
01/29/1991US4989190 Apparatus for seeking a track of an optical disk in which information is recorded
01/29/1991US4989109 Apparatus for accurately positioning a magnetic recording and reproducing head
01/29/1991US4988933 Data storage
01/29/1991US4988904 Voice coil motor with an encoder
01/29/1991CA1279725C Servo gain compensation in a disc drive
01/22/1991US4987506 Clamping mechanism for clamping a movable carriage carrying a recording/reproducing head of an information recording/reproducing apparatus
01/22/1991US4987355 Self-synchronizing servo control system and servo data code for high density disk drives
01/16/1991EP0408310A2 Transducer positioning servo mechanism
01/16/1991EP0408298A2 Head gimbal flexure assembly
01/16/1991EP0407398A1 Removable cartridge disc drive with radial arm voice coil actuator
01/15/1991US4985882 Track access control system for disk system, having eccentricity correction means
01/15/1991US4985793 Voice coil activated disk drive parking device with magnetic bias
01/15/1991US4984901 Magnetic recording disc having sector reference zone, device for reading same, and magnetooptical memory optoelectronic employing said device
01/10/1991CA2019318A1 Head gimbal flexure assembly
01/09/1991EP0407215A2 Optical recording and reproducing apparatus
01/09/1991EP0406264A1 Ceramic support arm for movably positioning transducers
01/08/1991US4984115 Rotary actuator and bearing support therefor
01/08/1991US4984114 Flying head slider
01/08/1991US4984104 Apparatus for recording an information signal at a second part of a given track by sampling and holding a tracking control signal used for tracking at a first part of the given track
01/02/1991EP0404942A1 Optical disk and movement control of its optical spot
01/01/1991US4982391 Method and apparatus for accessing a desired track of a recording medium during a stopped state of recording or reproduction
01/01/1991US4982300 Restrictively damped actuator mount for disc drives
01/01/1991US4982299 Linear motor locking mechanism in a disc unit
01/01/1991US4982298 Adaptive velocity profile system for a disk drive head
01/01/1991US4982297 Head positioning system for compensating for erroneous detection of recorded position error information
01/01/1991US4982296 Head and disk assembly for fixed disk drive
01/01/1991US4982295 Method for centering a read/write head of a magnetic data storage apparatus on a track of a magnetic disk
01/01/1991US4982146 Stepping motor driving device
01/01/1991US4982074 Method of recording position information of last track recorded with data in directory area
12/1990
12/27/1990CA1278377C Track following servo for higher density disk files
12/25/1990US4980876 In a disk storage system
12/25/1990US4980784 Magnetic disk apparatus
12/19/1990EP0403196A2 Optical information recording-reproducing apparatus provided with a plurality of sample hold circuits
12/19/1990EP0328556A4 Spherical pivoting actuator for read/record head
12/18/1990US4979063 Design for an actuator arm for a disc drive
12/18/1990US4979059 System for storing data in a separate memory when the number of positioning errors of a magnetic disc exceeds a threshold
12/12/1990EP0401973A2 Reliable track crossing detection in data storage apparatus
12/11/1990US4977554 Slider-position detector for detecting the position of the slider of a disk player
12/11/1990US4977472 Servo address system
12/11/1990US4977469 Signal reproducing device which offsets the tracking error signal
12/05/1990EP0400949A2 Disc loading apparatus
12/05/1990EP0400946A2 Head mounting structure for high capacity disk drive
12/05/1990EP0400923A2 A disk drive unit and method of control
12/05/1990EP0400755A1 Digital transmission system using subband coding of a digital signal
12/05/1990EP0400678A2 Signal recording/reproducing apparatus
12/05/1990EP0400222A1 Digital transmission system using subband coding of a digital signal
12/04/1990US4975795 Electrical connection for a self-loading head assembly for disk drives
12/04/1990CA1277420C Disc reproducing apparatus
11/1990
11/29/1990WO1990014661A1 Non-contact magnetic head assembly for a flexible medium disk drive
11/29/1990WO1990014659A1 Magnetic latch for disk drive actuator
11/28/1990EP0399513A1 Pit pattern detecting method
11/28/1990EP0399225A1 Track jumping method
11/27/1990US4974222 Slider-position detector for detecting the position of the slider of a disk player
11/27/1990US4974107 High performance linear actuator for memory storage device
11/27/1990US4974106 Non-contact magnetic head assembly for a flexible medium disk drive
11/27/1990US4974103 High density disc drive with magnetic clutch for use with a sealed removable cartridge
11/27/1990CA1277030C Linear motor
11/22/1990EP0398656A2 Electric charge image recording medium and recording/reproducing apparatus
11/22/1990EP0397896A1 Low profil magnetic head suspension
11/22/1990DE4015682A1 Position control circuitry for read-write heads with magnetic discs - uses electronic PID circuits with variable gain amplifies in conjunction with reference marks on disc
11/22/1990DE4009476A1 Magnetplattengeraet-steuervorrichtung Magnetplattengeraet-control device
11/20/1990US4972399 Apparatus and method for accessing a disk characteristic data recording area of an optical disk
11/20/1990US4972350 Position mode track seek servo for high capacity disk drive system
11/20/1990US4972282 Head carriage mechanism of a magentic disc drive including a wear resistance, low friction slide member
11/20/1990US4972281 Magnetic head supporting device for flexible recording medium
11/20/1990US4972280 Support construction for the transducer of a magnetic head assembly
11/20/1990US4972132 Stepping motor drive control circuit for a magnetic disk drive
11/15/1990DE4005658A1 Kompatibles abspielgeraet fuer bildplatten verschiedener systeme Compatible player for picture discs of various systems
11/14/1990EP0397322A2 An actuator magnetic circuit and method therefore
11/14/1990EP0397234A1 Apparatus for reading an information pattern from a record carrier and signal-processing circuit for use in such apparatus
11/14/1990EP0397118A2 Disc control apparatus and operating method thereof
11/14/1990CN1010443B Data storage apparatus
11/13/1990CA1276290C Video signal reproducing apparatus using pilot signal system
11/08/1990DE4013933A1 On-off track detection for universal disc system - is based upon comparison of signal envelope to identify track condition