Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
02/1989
02/22/1989EP0304299A2 An optical disc drive
02/22/1989EP0304262A2 Head driving apparatus
02/21/1989US4807219 Optical pickup feed unit of optical disk player
02/21/1989US4807207 Tracking control device
02/21/1989US4807074 Magnetoresistive head for magnetic disk
02/21/1989US4807072 Head position control mechanism for a magnetic disk apparatus with head locking
02/21/1989US4807070 Supporting structure for dual magnetic head
02/21/1989US4807063 Head position control system with multiple servo areas staggered on various disks
02/21/1989US4807062 Multiple force retract circuit for a magnetic disk drive
02/15/1989EP0303377A1 Method of recording position information of last track recorded with data in directory area
02/15/1989EP0303369A2 Address search method for use in a disk player system
02/14/1989US4805055 For positioning read/write heads
02/14/1989US4805050 Disk player information selecting apparatus
02/09/1989WO1989001223A1 Track-jump device for a disc device
02/08/1989EP0302683A2 A method of, and an apparatus for, controlling the position of a data transducer head
02/08/1989EP0302615A1 A head suspension assembly for a magnetic record disk store
02/08/1989EP0302138A1 Method of locating on a record disc a track, containing information, selected as target
02/07/1989US4803676 Circuitry for an audio or video disk player
02/07/1989US4803675 High speed, low power consumption pickup head position control device in an optical type disc reproducing device
02/07/1989US4803578 Assembly for stably mounting magnetic head on carriage
02/07/1989US4803572 Recording/reproducing method and apparatus of magnetic disk unit in which playback commences before the magnetic head is completely centered on the track
02/01/1989EP0301737A2 A method of, and an apparatus for, retracting the head and braking the drive motor of a record disk file
02/01/1989EP0301644A2 Track seeking using sampled information
01/1989
01/31/1989US4802042 Side-vented magnetic head air bearing slider
01/31/1989US4802030 Head-tape alignment apparatus with a tape edge find operation
01/26/1989WO1989000750A1 Magnetic recorder/player device with stationary recording medium
01/24/1989US4800549 Method and apparatus for seeking target address with error check code
01/24/1989US4800456 Magnetic disk device with component materials having improved silicon content
01/24/1989US4800455 Magnetic disk drive having a magnetic-head with a head gap supported parallel to the moving direction of a magnetic-head positioning mechanism
01/24/1989US4800452 Disk recording and reproducing head system having track seeking for faulty addresses
01/24/1989US4800445 Videodisk player
01/19/1989DE3822760A1 Head lift-off for a disk drive
01/18/1989EP0299084A1 Circuitry and method for controlling positioning of a head in a data storage device
01/17/1989US4799207 Apparatus and method for maintaining progression of recovery of recorded information
01/17/1989US4799206 Tracking control apparatus for recording disc reproducing apparatus
01/17/1989US4799205 Apparatus for causing a head to access a selected one of a plurality of tracks
01/12/1989WO1989000295A1 Systems and methods for sensing position and movement
01/11/1989EP0298475A1 Head positioning system having position error compensation
01/10/1989US4797769 Disc driving device
01/10/1989US4797757 Servo head positioner with pulse adjusting circuitry
01/10/1989US4797754 Method for writing servo pattern in magnetic disk unit
01/03/1989US4796249 System to ascertain the scanning speed of audio disks with contactless scanning
01/03/1989US4796246 Method and apparatus for beam-track alignment in optical disk apparatus
01/03/1989US4796131 Head positioner preloaded stop
01/03/1989US4796130 Carriage lock mechanism of a magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus
01/03/1989US4796129 Magnetic head device for improving head placement on a magnetic disc
01/03/1989US4796126 Magnetic head flying slider assembly
01/03/1989US4796124 Information recording and reproducing apparatus
01/03/1989US4796121 Temperature-compensated head positioning device for magnetic disc store
01/03/1989US4796118 Welded leaf spring mounting for magnetic head assembly of disk drive apparatus
01/03/1989US4796113 Method and apparatus for automatically replacing defective recording tracks in data storage apparatus
01/03/1989US4796112 Actuator access control system for a magnetic head using trapezoidal drive current
01/03/1989US4795981 Method for monitoring the performance of the head-disk-interface and device for preventing data losses due to magnetic head-disk-interferences
01/03/1989US4795928 Linear actuator assembly for accessing a magnetic memory disc
12/1988
12/27/1988US4794586 Rotary access arm for optical disks
12/27/1988US4794579 Circuit for remote-scanning audio or video disk player for contactless scanning with coarse and fine drive mechanisms for radial servo readjustment
12/27/1988US4794469 Recorded data reproducing apparatus
12/27/1988US4794287 Linear motor
12/21/1988EP0295979A1 Method for writing information on a magnetic recording medium
12/20/1988US4792875 Gimbal spring for floating type magnetic head
12/20/1988US4792870 Method and apparatus for track accessing using a predicted state vector
12/20/1988US4792861 Video signal recording apparatus with track centering using crosstalk detection and third odd multiple field recording
12/20/1988US4792707 Disk tracking device
12/20/1988US4792245 Bearing device
12/14/1988EP0295015A2 Track access control system for magnetic disk apparatus
12/14/1988EP0294761A1 Method of, and apparatus for, avoiding a magnetic transducer crash
12/14/1988EP0294545A2 Head positioning device for optical disk drive
12/13/1988US4791502 Apparatus for positioning a reading-recording head on a disc
12/13/1988CA1246736A1 Method and apparatus to improve the positioning accuracy of a tracking arm
12/13/1988CA1246464A1 Constant pressure device
12/07/1988EP0293809A2 Method and apparatus for controlling the positioning of a head in a recording/reproducing apparatus
12/06/1988US4789909 Method and apparatus for placing servo information at predetermined locations on a disc
12/06/1988CA1246216A1 Arch flexure for winchester sliders
12/06/1988CA1246215A1 Air bearing slider design
12/06/1988CA1246214A1 Moving magnet disc drive actuator
12/01/1988WO1988009552A1 Latch mechanism for disk drives
12/01/1988WO1988009551A1 Disk drive architecture
11/1988
11/29/1988US4788671 Information recording and reproducing apparatus for effecting simultaneous recording and reproduction but at different rates
11/22/1988US4787001 Magnetic disc apparatus
11/22/1988US4787000 Head lifter for disk drive
11/22/1988US4786999 Transducer suspension mount apparatus
11/22/1988US4786995 Automatic head retract system for disk drive
11/22/1988US4786994 Method of and apparatus for controlling the displacement of a movable system driven by an electric motor
11/22/1988US4786990 Servo gain compensation in a disc drive
11/22/1988US4786849 Offset compensating circuit in fine control servo device
11/22/1988US4786836 Piezoelectric motor
11/22/1988CA1245051A1 Calibration standards for flying height testers
11/15/1988US4785360 Recording and reproducing apparatus having tracking control responsive to erase head scanning
11/09/1988EP0290024A2 An access method of an optical disk drive by means of multi-track jump and a circuit therefor
11/08/1988US4783709 Magnetic head supporting mechanism for tape recorder
11/08/1988US4783708 Guide mechanism incorporating a cylindrical bearing
11/08/1988US4783706 Circuit arrangement and method for saving power in magnetic disk apparatus without head displacement
11/02/1988EP0289309A2 An apparatus for reading an optical disk
11/02/1988EP0289143A2 Optical disk drive apparatus
11/02/1988EP0289135A1 Bi-compliant rotor stepper motor for an actuator in disc drives
11/01/1988US4782406 Data transfer apparatus with a disklike record medium and a method of operation therefore
11/01/1988US4782404 Positioning system for a disc drive using a stepper motor
10/1988
10/27/1988EP0245303A4 Detection and amplification circuit.
10/26/1988EP0288289A2 Optical disc reading apparatus
10/25/1988US4780778 Device for adjusting a sensor at a reference position corresponding to a reference track position of a read/write head