Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
05/1989
05/24/1989EP0316566A2 Method for the acquisition of a control signal for automatic track following
05/23/1989US4833557 Transducer shifting device
05/23/1989US4833556 Low drag stabilizer device for stabilizing the interface between a transducer and a moving medium
05/23/1989US4833551 Dual head servo system and method for a magnetic disk
05/23/1989US4833550 Magnetic disk device having a mechanism for removing an adhesion between a magnetic head and a magnetic disk
05/16/1989US4831615 Dual differential optical system moving apparatus
05/16/1989US4831614 Direct access storage unit using tunneling current techniques
05/16/1989US4831612 Optical disc reading apparatus
05/16/1989US4831480 Liquid crystal polyester
05/16/1989US4831471 System for positioning a magnetic head at a center line of a floppy disk track
05/16/1989US4831470 Method and apparatus for recording disk servo information with detachable position decoder
05/16/1989US4831469 Disk drive head retract and motor braking method and apparatus
05/16/1989US4831315 Transducer positioning apparatus with multiple modes of motion
05/10/1989EP0315419A2 Encapsulated stepper motor
05/09/1989US4829502 Automatic loading disc player
05/09/1989US4829396 Magnetic disc apparatus for deflecting magnetic heads from contact with the recording disc surface
05/09/1989CA1253961A1 Expandable suspension for supporting a slider and moving it to the disk in a data recording disk file
05/05/1989WO1989004040A1 Servo pattern
05/03/1989EP0314515A2 Disc drive incorporating automatic wear compensation for a pivoted arm
05/03/1989EP0314111A2 Storage apparatus including head drive control
05/02/1989US4827464 Slider servo device
05/02/1989US4827365 Assembly for accessing information recording medium
05/02/1989US4827362 Magnetic disk device having compensation for dimensional change
05/02/1989US4827202 Method of and circuitry for automatically adjusting the variable-gain amplification in a control loop
05/02/1989US4827200 Velocity control unit of detecting head
04/1989
04/26/1989EP0313136A1 Apparatus for recording and/or reading recording tracks in a recording surface of a disc by means of a scanning unit, which disc rotates about an axis of rotation during operation
04/26/1989EP0312644A1 Head tracking system
04/26/1989CN1032600A Data storage apparatus
04/26/1989CN1004036B Driving device for disk drive
04/25/1989US4825432 Frictionless moving device for an optical recording system in a high density spiral track-forming apparatus capable of resisting disturbing forces
04/25/1989US4825431 Disc reproducing apparatus
04/25/1989US4825316 Thermal deformation controlled enclosure for a disk drive system
04/25/1989US4825313 Method for adjustably positioning a transducer for a disc drive
04/25/1989US4825310 Method and apparatus for recording servo synchronization information
04/25/1989US4825302 Video recording camera
04/19/1989EP0312410A2 Data reading device for use in a disc player
04/19/1989EP0312153A2 Playback apparatus for disc-shaped record carrier
04/19/1989EP0311859A2 Data storage apparatus
04/18/1989US4823336 Optical disk drive
04/18/1989US4823219 Carriage recording head sandwiched by electromagnetic coil sections
04/18/1989US4823212 Sampled servo code format and system for a disc drive
04/18/1989US4823205 Capacitive sensor for head positioning in magnetic recording disk files
04/13/1989DE3733437A1 Device for converting a rotary to a translational motion
04/13/1989DE3732996A1 Apparatus for reproducing data
04/11/1989US4821252 Information recording and/or reproducing apparatus
04/05/1989EP0310119A2 Method for positioning a magnetic head and magnetic disk driving apparatus for implementing the method
04/05/1989EP0309704A1 Data reproduction device
04/04/1989US4819109 Slidable carriage mount for disc memory apparatus
04/04/1989US4819106 Head positioning assembly for magnetic disc apparatus
04/04/1989US4819094 Damped magnetic head suspension assembly
04/04/1989CA1252204A1 Positionable transducer mounting structure
03/1989
03/29/1989EP0308537A1 Sensor for converting a distance to optical and further to electrical energy, and surface scanning apparatus using same
03/29/1989EP0308527A1 Air bearing slider rail design and mechanical method for producing it
03/28/1989US4817077 Devices for detecting defects of disc-shaped record media
03/28/1989US4817073 Tracking servo system for an information recording disc player
03/28/1989US4816942 Spring powered transducer retractor mechanism for data transfer apparatus
03/28/1989US4816941 Disk file digital servo control system with optimized sampling rate
03/28/1989US4816938 Process for determining data disk track centers
03/23/1989WO1989002644A1 Least squares method and apparatus for determining track eccentricity of a disk
03/22/1989EP0308254A2 Magnetic disk memory
03/22/1989EP0308070A2 A data recording disk file with digital servo control
03/22/1989EP0308069A2 A data recording disk file with digital servo control
03/22/1989EP0308062A2 Disk file digital servo control
03/22/1989EP0307982A1 Apparatus for reading an optically readable record carrier
03/22/1989EP0307586A1 An improved automatic head position tracking servo for a rotary head magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus
03/21/1989US4814916 Magnetic disc memory device
03/21/1989US4814909 Data transducer position control system for rotating disk data storage equipment
03/21/1989US4814907 Method and apparatus for maintaining constant flying height via magnetic interaction
03/21/1989US4814906 Magnetic head slider
03/21/1989US4814902 Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing with video and multiple audio rotary heads
03/21/1989US4813782 Method and apparatus for measuring the floating amount of the magnetic head
03/15/1989EP0307211A2 Memory reading device
03/15/1989EP0307210A2 Memory writing apparatus
03/15/1989EP0307202A2 High-speed search method for use in a disc player system
03/15/1989EP0307130A2 Position control method for movable member and apparatus therefor
03/15/1989CN1003617B Tracking control device for recording and/or reproducing signal
03/14/1989US4812934 Actuator for memory storage device
03/14/1989US4812933 Magnetic disc recording and reproducing device
03/14/1989US4812928 Stepper motor data recovery method using a magnetic hysteresis based stepping algorithm
03/08/1989EP0306128A2 Disk player and scanning method therefor
03/08/1989EP0305722A1 An improved automatic head position tracking servo for a rotary head magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus
03/08/1989EP0305498A1 Crash-prevention for disk drive positioning system.
03/08/1989EP0305474A1 Voice coil linear actuator.
03/07/1989US4811316 Apparatus for seeking a track of an optical information carrier in which a loss of detection signal is compensated for
03/07/1989US4811315 Disc player with program selection control
03/07/1989US4811145 Head device of tape player
03/07/1989US4811144 Magnetic recording head motion translation apparatus for head/media evaluation systems
03/07/1989US4811139 Device for recording and reproduction having head moving means
03/07/1989US4811135 Tri-phase servo pattern for providing information for positioning the transducers of a magnetic disk storage drive
03/07/1989US4811133 Electronic still video record/play head positioner having both open and closed loop positioning control
03/07/1989US4809427 Method for assembling a magnetic head supporting mechanism of a flexible disk drive apparatus
03/01/1989EP0304634A2 An improved automatic head position tracking servo for a rotary head magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus
03/01/1989EP0304633A2 An improved automatic head position tracking servo for a rotary head magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus
02/1989
02/28/1989US4809251 Prewritten data storage medium and optical scanning device therefor
02/28/1989US4809120 Head position control system
02/28/1989US4809107 Guide mechanism for a magnetic head positioning devices
02/28/1989US4809106 Lead screw/transducer aligning mechanism for disk drive apparatus
02/28/1989US4809094 Method of accessing data recorded on a disk at a high speed
02/28/1989US4808901 Control apparatus for linear motor
02/28/1989US4808900 Bi-directional difference counter