Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
04/1990
04/18/1990EP0364085A2 Tracking servo apparatus
04/18/1990EP0363550A1 Distance-controlled tunneling transducer and direct access storage unit employing the transducer
04/18/1990EP0363419A1 Latch mechanism for disk drives.
04/18/1990CN1041470A Magnetic head air bearing slider
04/17/1990US4918676 Track accessing apparatus for optical disk
04/11/1990EP0362987A2 Servo device for disc player
04/11/1990EP0362938A1 Device for scanning a record carrier and control circuit for use in such a device
04/11/1990EP0362285A1 Disk drive architecture.
04/10/1990US4916684 Head drive arrangement for a data reproducing apparatus
04/10/1990US4916559 Method for fading out recorded data at end of predetermined period
04/10/1990US4916342 Rotary actuator
04/10/1990CA1267723A1 Prewritten data storage medium and optical scanning device therefor
04/05/1990WO1990003644A1 Fault tolerant index patterns and decoding means
04/05/1990DE3932678A1 Fast search device for video cassette tape recorder - reduces length of tape in frictional contact to minimise risk of damage during high-speed movement
04/04/1990EP0362072A2 A mechanism for suspending a head slider of a recording apparatus
04/04/1990EP0361786A2 Disk file digita servo control
04/04/1990EP0361658A1 Magnetic recording apparatus with magnetic head air bearing slider
04/04/1990EP0361488A2 Magnetic disk apparatus having a circuit for detecting the position of servo information recorded on a magnetic disk
04/04/1990EP0361381A2 Actuator velocity control system for moving a magnetic head in a magnetic disk unit and a magnetic disk unit with said system
04/04/1990EP0361222A2 An automatic servo gain calibration system for a disk drive
04/03/1990US4914725 Transducer positioning servo mechanisms employing digital and analog circuits
04/03/1990US4914644 Disk file digital servo control system with coil current modeling
03/1990
03/28/1990EP0362285A4 Disk drive architecture.
03/28/1990EP0360499A2 Analog-to-digital converter
03/28/1990EP0360207A2 Servo data for a magnetic data recording medium
03/28/1990EP0360123A2 Super-large capacity data storage drive
03/27/1990US4912583 Clamp for mounting head-load beam slider arm in a disk drive
03/27/1990US4912577 Tracking apparatus for VCR
03/27/1990US4912576 Method for writing a servo pattern
03/27/1990US4912572 Magnetic disk drive with effective AGC control of servo signals by selectively varying A/D converter reference level
03/22/1990WO1990003031A1 Recording/reproducing apparatus
03/22/1990WO1990003030A1 Magnetic head and disc tester
03/22/1990WO1990003029A1 Rotating positioning device for magnetic disk memories
03/22/1990DE3831064A1 Circuit for controlling the tracking in a recorder
03/21/1990EP0359368A1 Tracking servo system
03/21/1990EP0359364A2 A rigid transparent disk for testing sliders and a method of forming the same
03/20/1990US4910722 Optical information recording and reproducing apparatus
03/20/1990US4910617 Disk drive head positioning servo system utilizing encoded track zone information
03/20/1990US4910616 Servo track centering for magnetic disc read/write head
03/20/1990US4910615 Capacitance sensor for detecting the position of magnetic rotating heads
03/07/1990EP0357430A2 Multispeed reproducing control apparatus of a video disk player
03/07/1990EP0357044A1 Device for controlling an access operation of an information recording and reproducing device
03/07/1990EP0356959A2 Tracking error detecting circuit
03/07/1990EP0356939A1 Device for controlling an access operation of an information recording and reproducing device
03/06/1990US4907109 Magnetic disc drive system having automatic offset and gain adjustment means
03/06/1990US4907108 Delayed-action motor control circuit for reducing load current
03/06/1990US4907107 Method for positioning a magnetic head in accordance with digital peak values corresponding to servo data and magnetic disk positioning apparatus for the same
03/06/1990US4907106 Head slider driving mechanism for a magnetic disk apparatus
03/06/1990US4907099 Method and apparatus for reproducing an information signal recorded on a rotary recording medium at a high speed
03/06/1990US4906923 Speed detecting apparatus including a multi-coil device
02/1990
02/27/1990US4905109 Process for optimizing head position to overcome disk misclamping and imperfections
02/22/1990WO1990001767A1 Magnetic head locking mechanism
02/21/1990CN1039919A The method and circuit compensating failure adjust voltage in the circuit of focus and/or tracing
02/20/1990US4903157 Electromagnet-actuated head latching apparatus
02/20/1990US4903151 Head positioning system for positioning a multiple head with respect to data and servo trasks of a recording medium
02/20/1990US4902971 Magnetic head and disc tester employing pivot arm on linearly movable slide
02/20/1990US4901430 Method of mounting a magnetic head
02/13/1990US4901299 Optical disk reading head controller
02/13/1990US4901176 Magnetic head support assembly for floppy device
02/08/1990WO1990001205A1 Method and apparatus for mounting a magnetic head on a suspension arm
02/07/1990EP0353897A2 Control system for a disk drive head
02/07/1990EP0353767A2 Detecting sector servo information in a disk system
02/07/1990EP0353566A2 Read/write head carrying mechanism for floppy disk drive
02/06/1990US4899328 Data reproducing apparatus and method for locking a reproducing head
02/06/1990US4899325 Fine access method and circuit for an optical disk drive using a multi-track jump
02/06/1990US4899234 Adaptive velocity profile for disk actuator control
02/06/1990CA1265615A1 Digitally responsive system for positioning a transducer of a storage apparatus
01/1990
01/31/1990EP0353077A1 Information storage disc transducer position control system using last step damping
01/30/1990US4897743 Method and apparatus for releasing a magnetic head
01/30/1990US4897001 De-staking tool and method for removal of head gimbals from head stack assemblies
01/30/1990CA1265242A1 Magnetic disk apparatus
01/30/1990CA1265241A1 Disk drive positioning system providing passive head crash protection
01/25/1990WO1990000797A1 Process and circuit arrangement for compensating offset voltages in a focus and/or track-regulating circuit
01/24/1990EP0351888A2 Disk unit
01/24/1990EP0351837A2 Read/write head slider with medium access aperture
01/23/1990US4896240 Magnetic disk having an index area and a limited number of radially extending servo sections
01/23/1990US4896233 Head supporting mechanism for a magnetic disk apparatus in which a head slider is inclined with respect to a gimbal spring
01/23/1990US4896228 Magnetic disc apparatus having improved head position control
01/23/1990CA1264851A1 Method and apparatus for recording a digital signal
01/17/1990EP0350939A1 Method and switching arrangement for the compensation of offset voltages in a focus and/or track-following circuit
01/16/1990US4894740 Magnetic head air bearing slider
01/16/1990US4894599 deadbeat control of disk drive actuator
01/11/1990WO1990000300A1 Seeking multitasking disk controller
01/09/1990US4893294 Disk player and disk playing method in which tracking miss tolerance is adjusted
01/09/1990US4893206 Pivoting radial access mechanism with spinning support shaft
01/09/1990US4893205 Flexure mount for disc drives
01/09/1990US4893204 Air bearing head slider having first and second leading edge tapered portions
01/09/1990US4893201 Track access control system for magnetic disk apparatus
01/09/1990US4892423 Rotary actuator and fabrication process therefor
01/03/1990EP0348949A2 Disc control apparatus
01/02/1990US4891724 Disk drive read/write head rack flexible rail mount apparatus
12/1989
12/28/1989WO1989011148A3 Tape drive machines
12/27/1989EP0348197A2 Linear motor locking mechanism in a disc unit
12/27/1989EP0348165A2 Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus
12/26/1989US4890277 Carriage driving apparatus for a disk player
12/26/1989US4890176 Crash stop and magnetic latch for a voice coil actuator
12/26/1989US4890172 Automatic servo gain calibration system for a disk drive
12/20/1989EP0347102A2 Magnetic disk file recording with variable track width and variable track density
12/20/1989EP0346439A1 Low drag stabilizer device for stabilizing the interface between a transducer and a moving medium.
12/13/1989EP0345696A2 Data reproducing system