Patents
Patents for G11B 21 - Head arrangements not specific to the method of recording or reproducing (20,963)
07/2009
07/09/2009US20090175137 Reproducing method for reproducing real time data from a disk-shaped information recording medium
07/08/2009CN101479799A Magnetic head suspension
07/08/2009CN100511461C Driving system of scanner of information recording or reproducing equipment
07/08/2009CN100511449C Disk apparatus
07/08/2009CN100511442C Optical heads device and control method of optical head
07/08/2009CN100511426C Method to protect a GMR head from electrostatic damage during the manufacturing process
07/07/2009US7558025 Apparatus for protecting head suspension assembly
07/07/2009US7558022 Magnetic disk apparatus with heating device and magnetic head slider used therefor
07/07/2009US7558018 Head position detector with optical slit pattern
07/07/2009US7558017 Magnetic disk drive and a loading/unloading method
07/07/2009US7558016 Disk drive servo control techniques for predicting an off-track condition utilizing an estimation filter
07/07/2009US7558015 Actuation efficiency based contact detection
07/07/2009US7555947 Air pressure sensor
07/02/2009WO2009082542A1 Systems and methods for adaptive equalization in recording channels
07/02/2009WO2009081578A1 Glide head for magnetic disk
07/02/2009US20090168638 Optical pickup
07/01/2009CN100508032C Disk apparatus having data recording areas configured for each unit
06/2009
06/30/2009US7555758 Transportation device and compact disc processing system using the same
06/30/2009US7555206 Apparatus for retrieving data from detachable optical driver
06/30/2009US7555203 Information recording medium, information recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method, computer program for controlling record or reproduction, and data structure including control signal
06/30/2009US7554772 Head gimbal assembly having an independent spacer therein and disk drive unit with the same
06/30/2009US7554580 Digital camcorder for recording video data on an optical disk
06/25/2009WO2009079094A1 Systems and methods for fly-height control using servo address mark data
06/25/2009WO2009079093A1 Systems and methods for fly-height control using servo data
06/25/2009WO2009079089A1 Systems and methods for adaptive cbd estimation in a storage device
06/24/2009CN101465144A Method and apparatus for determining disk-runout information in a disk drive
06/24/2009CN100505071C Tape recording head and method of forming the same
06/23/2009US7551844 Information recording medium, information recording apparatus and method, information reproduction apparatus and method, information recording/reproduction apparatus and method, computer program for controlling recording or reproduction, and data structure containing control signal
06/23/2009US7551525 Method for preventing excessive skipping on audio disks
06/23/2009US7551404 Load beam having concave stiffener with locating flanges
06/23/2009US7551402 Magnetic disk drive and ramp
06/23/2009US7551401 Offset limiter for disk drive suspension
06/23/2009US7551389 Disk drive and method of retracting head thereof
06/23/2009US7551388 Fall detection device and magnetic disk drive
06/23/2009US7551387 Servo writing with offset compensation for prewritten reference
06/23/2009US7551386 Head gimbal assembly with flying height controller, disk drive unit using the same, and flying height adjusting method and system thereof
06/23/2009US7551382 Digital device configuration and method
06/23/2009US7551381 Device and method for reading data from and writing data in storage medium
06/23/2009US7551378 Tri-state servowriter driver with slow return to zero
06/23/2009US7549335 Free fall detection device
06/18/2009US20090154018 Shrouding a data storage disc with disc facing surfaces that define protuberant features
06/18/2009US20090154003 Systems and Methods for Using an On-the-fly CBD Estimate to Adjust Fly-Height
06/18/2009US20090154002 Methods and apparatus to control head expansion in multi-head hard-disk drives
06/16/2009US7548399 Head stack assembly protecting member and method for installing head stack assembly in hard disk drive using the same
06/16/2009US7548392 Disk drive controlling a voice coil motor during an emergency unload
06/16/2009US7548391 Temperature-adaptive open-loop control of active latch
06/16/2009US7548390 HDD write control method and apparatus
06/11/2009WO2009073566A1 Organizing and publishing assets in upnp networks
06/11/2009US20090147662 Disk device
06/11/2009US20090147644 Information recording method, information recording apparatus, information recording program and recording medium storing information recording program
06/11/2009US20090147396 Servo writer with retract capacitor for generating a vcm driving current during a power failure
06/11/2009US20090147395 Tape head layout
06/11/2009US20090146653 Slider tester
06/11/2009US20090146652 Slider tester
06/11/2009CA2706457A1 Organizing and publishing assets in upnp networks
06/09/2009US7545595 Magnetic disk apparatus having an adjustable mechanism to compensate write or heat element for off-tracking position with yaw angle
06/09/2009US7545592 Flying height measurement method and system
06/09/2009US7543371 Apparatus for a disk drive actuator pivot set height tooling with an active servo compensation
06/04/2009WO2009070343A1 Method for multiplexing audio program channels to provide a playlist
06/04/2009WO2009069231A1 Head slider evaluation method
06/04/2009WO2009069230A1 Method of manufacturing head slider, head slider, and storage device
06/04/2009WO2009069212A1 Storage device with ramp mechanism
06/04/2009US20090141404 Flex cable assembly damper
06/04/2009US20090141401 Electrical connection between a suspension flexure cable and a head stack assembly flexible circuit
06/04/2009US20090141391 Disk drive device and clearance control method thereof
06/04/2009US20090141390 Magnetic disk apparatus and magnetic disk apparatus control method
06/04/2009US20090141385 Memory device for storing data and reading data
06/03/2009CN101449331A Voice coil motor
06/02/2009US7543311 Disk unit
06/02/2009US7542868 Head gimbal assembly loader
06/02/2009US7542380 Method of and apparatus for immediately writing or reading files on a disc-like recording medium having control information on defect management stored in a predefined location and such a disc-like recording medium
06/02/2009US7542242 FPC with via holes with filler being welded to suspension and drive apparatus
06/02/2009US7542239 Disc flutter compensating suspension
06/02/2009US7542238 Aerodynamic magnetic head slider and magnetic disk drive
06/02/2009US7542237 Apparatus and method for slider including shape memory alloy pads in a hard disk drive
06/02/2009US7542236 Head slider, head gimbal assembly, and hard disk dirve
06/02/2009US7542229 Magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus
06/02/2009US7542228 Frictional heat assisted recording
06/02/2009US7542227 Flying height measurement and control with user data signal
06/02/2009US7542226 Algorithm decoupling altitude effect from temperature/humidity sensor
06/02/2009US7542225 Disk drive idle mode responsive to flex circuit cable bias changes
06/02/2009US7542224 Adaptive control of head velocity during data storage device startup
06/02/2009US7541551 Method and apparatus for detecting free fall
05/2009
05/28/2009WO2009066362A1 Head slider and recording medium driving device
05/28/2009US20090135522 Flying head slider and magnetic disk apparatus
05/28/2009US20090135517 Magnetic disk unit and manufacturing method thereof
05/28/2009US20090135516 Disk drive device and servo control method thereof
05/28/2009US20090135515 Disk apparatus and information recording disk
05/28/2009US20090135514 Method and apparatus for reducing coupled hard disk drive vibration
05/27/2009EP1594134B1 Head suspension and information storage device
05/27/2009CN100492520C Magnetic recording medium
05/26/2009US7540004 Ultra-small optical/magnetic head actuator with pivot hinge and Halbach magnet array
05/26/2009US7540003 Optical pickup device, disk drive unit, and disk drive device
05/26/2009US7539814 Selecting a target destination using seek cost indicators based on longitudinal position
05/26/2009US7539086 System and method for the secure, real-time, high accuracy conversion of general-quality speech into text
05/26/2009US7538985 Magnetic head positioning mechanism
05/26/2009US7538983 Micropositioner recording head for a magnetic storage device
05/26/2009US7538982 Adjustment system using ball-ended guide rods to align tape drive heads
05/26/2009US7538981 Head stack assembly including a flexure with radially inward fingers projecting into a flexure tail hole, and method of coupling the flexure to a flex cable
05/26/2009US7538966 Read/write head azimuth determination via servo band signal information
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