Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
11/1979
11/27/1979US4176378 Signal pickup arm lifting/lowering and groove skipper apparatus
11/20/1979US4175275 R/W Arm that prevents catastrophic failure
11/13/1979CA1066410A1 Positioning device for the access arm of the magnetic head of a magnetic disk storage
11/13/1979CA1066407A1 Initialization circuitry for magnetic recording system
11/13/1979CA1066406A2 Magnetic record member for use with rotating head magnetic recording apparatus
11/06/1979US4173348 Grooved record playback system
10/1979
10/30/1979CA1065483A1 Locked groove detection and correction in video disc playback apparatus
10/30/1979CA1065480A1 Magnetic sheet player for audiovisual teaching purposes
10/30/1979CA1065479A1 Method and apparatus for aligning read/write heads in a disc recorder
10/17/1979EP0004738A1 Video disc player
10/09/1979US4170783 Signal pickup device for reproducing an information signal recorded on a track of a rotary recording medium
10/09/1979CA1064160A1 Actuator for a disc drive apparatus
10/03/1979EP0004476A1 Time base error correction for optical disc players
10/02/1979CA1063726A1 Playback system signal pickup return mechanism
10/02/1979CA1063723A1 Device for writing and/or reproducing information in respectively from a rotating disk-shaped record carrier
10/02/1979CA1063660A1 Hydrostatic bearing apparatus
10/02/1979CA1063520A1 Disc record locked groove skipper
09/1979
09/18/1979CA1062807A2 Method and apparatus for supporting tape along a path of a rotating head
09/11/1979US4167765 Transducer suspension mount apparatus
09/04/1979US4166970 Apparatus and method for shifting a head movable relative to a carrier for recorded information
08/1979
08/28/1979CA1061461A1 Data storage apparatus
08/28/1979CA1061459A1 Tape lifter
08/21/1979CA1060989A1 Accessing magnetic head arm assembly and suspension
08/14/1979US4164769 Cross band coupling for stepper-motor-driven, rigid magnetic disc
08/14/1979US4164756 Disc record groove skipper
08/08/1979EP0003339A1 Device for the precise positioning of a transducing head in recording systems
08/07/1979US4163994 Automatic head tracking system utilizing transducer deflecting means and synchronous demodulation of the envelope signal
07/1979
07/31/1979US4163267 Flying head with compound-foil
07/31/1979US4163265 Magnetic disc memory and magnetic disc for this memory
07/31/1979CA1059617A1 Magnetic recorder test article and methods
07/25/1979EP0003100A2 Ferrimagnetic iron oxide and method of manufacturing the same
07/25/1979EP0003070A1 Sampled data positioning system employing a model of the physical system for time optimal control
07/24/1979US4162511 Velocity correction system for video disc player
07/10/1979US4161004 Head positioning mechanism for recording/playback machine
07/10/1979CA1058318A1 Pickup arm cartridge
06/1979
06/05/1979US4157577 Rotatable storage apparatus with digitally responsive circuitry for track selection
05/1979
05/30/1979EP0002133A1 Positioning servo mechanism
05/22/1979CA1055154A1 Rotating memory accessing mechanism
05/01/1979US4152736 Magnetic disk file
05/01/1979US4152728 Releasable carriage drive unit for an optical disc player
05/01/1979US4152727 Reproducing transducer capable of tracking control
04/1979
04/24/1979US4151573 Magnetic recording device for double sided media
04/24/1979US4151569 Positionable transducer mounting structure using a piezoelectric bender element
04/24/1979US4151567 Circuit arrangement for offsetting the data heads of a data cylinder memory by a determinate amount from the mid-position of the data cylinder
04/17/1979US4150407 Electrically controllable carrying-arm arrangement
04/17/1979US4149669 Reading and recording equipment for cards with a magnetic data carrier
04/10/1979US4149199 Magnetic disc storage device with track centering correction
04/10/1979US4149198 Transducer positioning system
03/1979
03/20/1979US4145725 Electromagnetic actuator
03/13/1979US4144549 Transducer positioning device
03/07/1979EP0000946A2 Apparatus for controlling the movement of the data head in a moving-head data recording system
03/06/1979US4143409 Transducer feeding mechanism in an apparatus for recording and reproducing a signal on and from a rotary recording medium
03/06/1979US4142729 Gramophone equipment
03/06/1979CA1050163A1 Reading head for video disc player
03/06/1979CA1049932A1 Soundhead restore mechanism
02/1979
02/27/1979US4142209 Disc track servo system
02/20/1979US4141049 Loading mechanism for negative pressure sliders
02/20/1979CA1049139A1 Pickup arm control for video disc player
02/13/1979US4139874 Magnetic disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus with means to damp and lock disk rotation
02/06/1979US4138741 Disc eccentricity compensating system
02/06/1979US4138728 Electronic tachometer with variable bandwidth differentiator
02/06/1979US4138696 Device for automatically recording, reproducing and translating, a magnetic transducer
01/1979
01/23/1979US4136369 Disc recorder with lead screw drive
01/23/1979US4136365 Magnetic disc storage devices having compensation for dimensional changes
01/16/1979US4135217 Utilization of stored run-out information in a track following servo system
01/16/1979US4135086 Automatic record player of linear tracking pickup arm type
01/10/1979EP0000261A1 Positioning system employing feedforward and feedback control
01/09/1979US4134053 Method and means for capturing magnetic tracks
01/02/1979US4133015 Head positioner for disc recorders
01/02/1979US4133011 Sampled data positioning system employing a model of the physical system for time optimal control
12/1978
12/26/1978US4131923 Magnetic-head locating arrangement for floppy-disk mechanisms
12/26/1978US4131921 Head positioning system for disc files
12/19/1978US4130844 Method and means for tracking magnetic tracks
12/19/1978CA1044804A1 Transducer positioning system
11/1978
11/21/1978CA1043010A1 Data storage mechanism having a flexible magnetic disk
11/14/1978US4125882 Disc file system with improved seek control
11/07/1978US4124872 Record/playback apparatus
11/07/1978US4124868 Head control means for optical videodisc player
10/1978
10/31/1978US4123788 Magnetic information carrier with optical servo tracks and apparatus for reading and writing the same
10/24/1978US4122503 Positioning system and method particularly useful for magnetic disk drives
10/24/1978US4122499 Video signal recording and reproducing system for special motion effects
10/17/1978US4121265 Temperature compensation for data storage apparatus
10/17/1978CA1040740A1 Track following servo system
10/10/1978US4120010 Air bearing head support
10/03/1978CA1039845A1 Magnetic tape reproducing system
09/1978
09/26/1978US4117522 Isthmian precision adjustable mount for magnet head assembly
09/26/1978CA1039401A1 Velocity correction transducer
09/19/1978US4115823 Track following servosystem for data storage apparatus
09/19/1978CA1038959A1 Video recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and record assembly for use therein
09/12/1978US4114181 Recording reproducer for magnetic cards
09/12/1978CA1038492A1 Stacked flexible record disk storage apparatus having enhanced disk separation using a primary bending mode in a stack of disks
09/12/1978CA1038491A1 Stacked flexible record disk storage apparatus having enhanced disk separation with transducer mounted in disk separator
09/05/1978US4112472 Longitudinal scan, cam shaped, turntable rotor for magnetic recording
08/1978
08/15/1978US4107746 Continuous spiral mode tracking in a conventional disk drive using concentric servo tracks
08/08/1978US4106058 Data disc optical reader containing a device for automatic data access
08/01/1978US4104573 Speed control device for a moving member
07/1978
07/25/1978US4103314 Motion control system
07/18/1978US4101009 Non reactive positioning device
07/04/1978US4098032 Method of forming air bearing rails of head assemblies
06/1978
06/20/1978US4096579 Velocity control apparatus for disk drive