Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
12/1989
12/13/1989EP0345352A1 Track-jump device for a disc device
12/13/1989EP0248859B1 Process for searching for a track on a rotating plate-like information support and circuit for performing the process
12/13/1989EP0214200B1 Circuit for an audio and/or video disk playback device
12/12/1989US4887254 Optical disk drive device for positioning a carriage to a retract position
12/12/1989US4887253 Scanning method and apparatus for performing track jump operations in disk player
12/12/1989US4887173 Storage apparatus including head drive control
12/12/1989CA1263892A1 Motor with "split" back-magnet array
12/06/1989EP0344958A1 Head driving circuit
12/06/1989EP0344759A2 High track density media with optical servo tracks and method and apparatus for inscribing the tracks on the media
12/05/1989US4885516 Techniques for disk servo track following
12/05/1989CA1263750A1 Preformatted information medium and optical reader device
11/1989
11/29/1989EP0343332A1 Magnetic disc driving apparatus
11/29/1989EP0215867B1 Circuit arrangement for a playback device for audio or video discs
11/28/1989US4884155 Self-loading head assembly for disk drives
11/28/1989US4884154 Flanged transducer supporting arm for a magnetic head/arm assembly
11/28/1989US4884152 Method for restoring track 0
11/23/1989EP0342973A2 Position control system for disk storage drive system
11/21/1989US4882719 Disk playing method for disk player
11/21/1989CA1263182A1 Magnetic head supporting device
11/16/1989WO1989011148A2 Tape drive machines
11/15/1989EP0341362A2 Magnetic disc apparatus
11/14/1989US4881142 Magnetic disc unit employing temperature compensation
11/14/1989US4881140 Integrated disc drive and actuators support
11/14/1989US4881139 Latch mechanism for rotary actuator and the like
11/09/1989DE3814091A1 Circular arrangement for driving a positioning coil of a rotary data store
11/07/1989US4879705 Automatic loading disc player
11/07/1989US4879618 Wind breaking assembly for a magnetic head
11/07/1989US4879617 Actuator assembly for hard disk drives
11/07/1989US4879612 Head positioning servo-mechanism with error reduction capabilities
11/02/1989WO1989010614A1 Optical disk and movement control of its optical spot
11/02/1989EP0339724A1 Device for recording digital information signal
11/01/1989CN1036853A Linear read write device and magnetic disk apparatus
10/1989
10/31/1989US4878136 Track crossing detector
10/31/1989US4878135 Method and system for a magnetic disk drive employing a quadratic compensation function for determining an offset correction value
10/25/1989EP0338858A2 Optical disk apparatus with shortened access time and rotated method
10/25/1989EP0338698A2 A transducer head suspension assembly
10/24/1989US4876679 Digitally controlled positioning system for quickly moving and then finely positioning an object
10/24/1989US4876623 Magnetic disc device with gimbal spring having variable elastic characteristics
10/24/1989US4876618 Method for detecting zero track
10/19/1989WO1989009987A1 Magnetic recording device using circumferentially offset heads with double sided media
10/18/1989CN1036474A Senser feed movement divece of reproducing apparaturs for disk recording carriers
10/17/1989US4875202 Disk-type storage medium recording/reproducing apparatus
10/17/1989US4875122 Head transport assembly having simplified mutually independent positional adjustments
10/17/1989US4875121 Magnetic head supporting device
10/17/1989US4875120 Head driving apparatus with coarse and fine adjustments
10/17/1989US4875116 Transducer position control system for data transfer apparatus employing disklike record media
10/17/1989US4875114 System for detecting a reference track on a disk surface in a disc storage unit
10/12/1989DE3810438A1 Cylinder store for magnetic-optical or optical data storage and reproduction
10/11/1989EP0336761A2 Position detecting device with means for switching a plurality of alternating signals having different phases
10/11/1989EP0336419A2 Apparatus and method for optical servo control with media having information storage and servo control regions of different reflectivities
10/11/1989EP0336037A2 Servo head control apparatus
10/04/1989EP0335650A2 Sampled servo motion control system
10/04/1989EP0335546A2 Off-set nulling system and method for computer disk drives
10/04/1989EP0335517A2 Servo address system
10/04/1989EP0335031A2 Lock mechanism for a head-arm mechanism of a disk drive
10/03/1989US4872152 Light spot position control system and method by sampled servo
10/03/1989US4872077 Recording and/or reproducing apparatus with adjustments for positioning head and a moving device using the same
10/03/1989US4872074 Data transducer position control system for rotating disk data storage equipment
10/03/1989CA1262186A1 Optical disc player with improved initial positioning operation
09/1989
09/27/1989EP0334650A2 Low profile head-load beam slider arm for disk drive
09/27/1989EP0334487A2 Actuator assembly for a disk drive system and a process for making same
09/26/1989US4870525 Method of mounting flexure arms on a cast rotary actuator
09/26/1989US4870518 Removable cartridge disc drive with radial arm voice coil actuator
09/26/1989CA1261965A1 Video signal recording apparatus
09/26/1989CA1260137A1 Track jump servo system for disc players
09/21/1989WO1989008917A1 Disc drive fine servo velocity control and method for head positioning relative to a disc
09/21/1989WO1989008916A1 Head loading velocity control
09/20/1989EP0333259A2 Electrodynamic actuator for optical recording system
09/20/1989EP0333232A2 Circuit for searching track on an optical disc
09/20/1989EP0333128A2 Linear access mechanism and magnetic disk apparatus
09/20/1989EP0332689A1 Least squares method and apparatus for determining track eccentricity of a disk
09/19/1989US4868819 Access control apparatus
09/19/1989US4868696 Linear actuator using a compound parallel bendable element suspension system
09/19/1989US4868695 Head/arm lock mechanism for a disk drive
09/19/1989US4868692 Tracking error signal forming circuit
09/19/1989US4868678 Apparatus for recording a video signal of consecutive fields on a pair of separated tracks
09/19/1989US4866836 Method for mounting a magnetic head on a suspension arm
09/19/1989CA1259697A1 Actuator arm bearing preload arrangement for a rotary disc drive
09/19/1989CA1259696A1 Actuator arm assembly for a disk memory drive
09/14/1989DE3906907A1 Record player with a fastening device for the signal pick-up
09/13/1989EP0332200A2 Servo positioning apparatus
09/13/1989EP0332058A1 Switching device for automatically retracting a data memory positioning device into a home position
09/12/1989US4866695 Access control system for rotating an information storage disc at a constant linear velocity
09/12/1989US4866686 Optical record carrier and apparatus for reading the record carrier
09/12/1989US4866554 Automatic head retract system for disk drive
09/12/1989US4866553 Magnetic disk apparatus having a structure suitable for measuring a minute flying weight
09/12/1989US4866540 Reproduction method for a disk player
09/12/1989CA1259404A1 Thermal isolation of the voice coil motor from base plate and carriage guide rails of a disc drive
09/08/1989WO1989008313A1 Disk drive apparatus
09/08/1989WO1989008307A1 Ceramic support arm for movably positioning transducers
09/08/1989WO1989008306A1 Removable cartridge disc drive with radial arm voice coil actuator
09/05/1989US4864447 Linear actuator for a memory storage apparatus
09/05/1989US4864446 Mechanism for guiding head carriage
09/05/1989US4864445 Head loading mechanism for recording and/or reproducing apparatus
09/05/1989US4864444 Latch for high performance linear actuator for memory storage device
09/05/1989US4864437 Head loading velocity control
09/05/1989US4864434 Method for writing a tri-phase servo pattern which provides information for positioning the transducers of a magnetic storage device
09/05/1989US4864170 Linear motor
09/05/1989US4863039 Apparatus and method for handling a flexible disk for testing
08/1989
08/30/1989EP0329846A2 A method and apparatus for measuring dynamic track misregistration