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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7355816 | Load/unload ramps and their compositions Compositions and materials for use in load/unload ramps in magnetic disk drive assemblies are disclosed, particularly compositions or materials to improve at least one of the desired characteristics of low wear, low cost, high mechanical stability and high moldabili... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347370 | Self-aligning magnetic read head incorporating lift-up detection Magnetic reading head assemblies are described that enable the alignment of a magnetic reading head to a track of magnetic information on a data card. In addition, embodiments of the present invention can enable the detection of misalignments in circumstances where ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7322094 | Method for manufacturing a head stack assembly A head stack assembly of a disk drive unit including a head arm assembly (HAA) having a head gimbal assembly, a drive arm to be connected with the head gimbal assembly; wherein the drive arm comprises a securing portion, a connection portion and a spacer connecting ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311014 | Sensor and sensor assembly The invention relates to a sensor comprising a sensor element (1) for detecting a physical variable, said sensor comprising two electric contact surfaces (2), and comprising a sensor body (3), on one end of which the sensor element (1) an... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7218486 | Extended pinned layer on top of lead/HB to avoid amplitude flipping A magnetoresistive sensor having a self pinned structure formed above a free layer and having a pinning stabilization structure to avoid flipping of the magnetic moment of the pinned layer. The pinned layer stabilization structure includes hard magnetic structures f... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7194795 | Method for manufacturing a head suspension A head suspension or head suspension component for supporting a head slider over a rigid disk in a dynamic storage device and a method of manufacturing. The head suspension includes a head suspension component and a compliant locating feature formed within the head ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7124496 | Method of manufacturing head suspension for disk drive A head suspension for a disk drive has a base plate (19) to be attached to a carriage of the disk drive and a load beam (21) consisting of a rigid part (27) and a resilient part (29), to apply load onto a slider. The rigid part and resili... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6958871 | Head-disk interaction sensor integrated with suspension A write-inhibit signal is generated by a head-disk interaction sensor during a write process that is integrated with a suspension of a hard disk drive (HDD) when fly-height modulation of the slider is detected during a write process The suspension load beam includes... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6944782 | Magnetic strip reader with power management control for attachment to a PDA device A magnetic stripe card manual swipe reader (MSR) unit capable of attaching to and communicating with a conventional personal digital assistant (PDA) from various manufacturers, using only the electrical power available as supplied by the PDA device, and capable of e... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938326 | Method of making at least one suspension load beam for an actuator assembly of a disk drive A suspension load beam for an actuator assembly of a disk drive includes a bend radius portion with a spring rate that is less than 18 Newtons per meter, a first bending mode that is greater than 3,500 Hertz, and a first torsion mode that is greater than 5,300 Hertz... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6927928 | Support structure of a magnetic head and magnetic card reader There is provided a support structure for a magnetic head in which a magnetic head having a function of being capable of following a warp or the like of a magnetic card can be easily attached and detached without using a fastening member such as a screw. A support s... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6741526 | Magnetic head device and recording/reproducing apparatus using the magnetic head device A magnetic head device comprising a head section 55 for applying a magnetic field to a disk. The head section 55 includes a magnetic field generating section 61 and a slider 62. The slider 62 supports the magnetic field generating ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6646436 | HDD head holding apparatus with heat compensation The support that bears and positions the head in a head holding apparatus is further supported by a heat-compensating member, so that when the support is expanded by the heat source of the head holding apparatus, the heat-compensating member expands in th... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6543673 | Dissolving shunt connection system for ESD sensitive components A method and system are disclosed for protecting an electrical component from electrostatic discharge prior to its electrical connection to an additional component. Specifically, a flex on suspension circuit of a disc drive that is electrically connected ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6487046 | Head support mechanism in magnetic card reader An improved head support mechanism for a magnetic card reader is described which has a support plate for each magnetic head. The magnetic head is supported to be capable of moving in the plane perpendicular to the support plate and rocking around an axis ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6480356 | Magnetic head transducer spring assembly and method of making same A magnetic head assembly with dual parallelogram supporting structure device and method of making the same has a single or multiple track magnetic stripe read head transducer mounted to a support structure by a dual parallelogram spring structure. This du... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6372314 | Base plate with toothed hub for press-in attachment of suspension assembly in hard disk drive A base plate for press fitting into an actuator arm boss hole of a predetermined nominal diameter. The base plate has a flange and a hub extending from a region at which the hub meets the flange to an outer end of the hub. The hub has a number of vertical... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6342982 | Card reader The card reader includes a main body 40 having a card passage 40A, a magnetic head for reading the information recorded on a card 30, an opening 42 provided in a card passage 41 of the main body 40, and an elastic member 100 for biasing the magnetic head ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6338899 | Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic head, magnetic head assembly, magnetic storage system Disclosed are a high-sensitivity and high-reliability magnetoresistance effect device (MR device) in which bias point designing is easy, and also a magnetic head, a magnetic head assembly and a magnetic recording/reproducing system incorporating the MR de... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6221559 | Method of making crack resistant magnetic write head The front edge of the a zero throat height (ZTH) defining insulation layer in a magnetic head is formed with a central portion which is centered with respect to a second pole tip with first and second lateral portions which are on each side of the central... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6134075 | Magnetic head suspension with single layer preshaped trace interconnect A trace interconnect assembly is designed for transmitting electrical signals to and from a head assembly in a hard disk drive. The interconnect assembly includes one or more single-layer thin, elongated, and generally flat substrate-free trace interconne... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5535080 | Magnetic head connecting structure having temporarily retaining pawls A magnetic head connecting structure includes a back of a magnetic head held by a tape guide covered with a backshield made of a metal strip and a flexible board soldered to lead terminals of the magnetic head which project from openings of the backshield... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5432653 | Loop-shaped pneumatic drive A loop-shaped drive and drive system for retrieving and storing information on flexible recording strips. The drive has a loop-shaped conduit having a working surface on its inner periphery. A fluid, such as air, is supplied to the conduit and emerges fro... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5400200 | Magnetic head suspension apparatus A magnetic head suspension apparatus for reading and/or recording information during photofinishing of photographic filmstrips comprises an elongated pivotally mounted follower bar having a pair of magnetic heads attached thereto in a predetermined orient... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5270523 | Plate spring for mounting a magnetic stripe card reader's magnetic head For mounting a magnetic stripe card reader's magnetic head, a plate spring made from a thin metal sheet having two opposite fixing wings bilaterally extending outwards from a square frame and longitudinally aligned with each other, wherein said square fra... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5091811 | Read head mounting structure for magnetic card reader A read head mounting structure for a magnetic card reader, comprising a read head secured to a read head mounting frame by a plane spring which is secured to the read head mounting frame by two pin rods at two opposite ends. Two rows of bolt holes are mad... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5041933 | Magnetic head suspension apparatus for use with a photographic film A magnetic head suspension system for use in a photofinishing operation comprises a fixed support and a pair of magentic head suspension assemblies each rotatably mounted on the support. The magnetic head suspension assemblies are biased towards each othe... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5034836 | Magnetic head suspension apparatus for use with a photographic film A head suspension system for use in a photofinishing operation comprises a movable support mounted for movement through an arc having a predetermined radius and a pair of magnetic head suspension assemblies each rotatably mounted on the movable support. T... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4875276 | Method of producing magnetic head device A method of producing a magnetic head with use of a mounting jig which comprises a head projection amount setting member having a flat portion adapted to contact an upper surface of a vacuum generating member formed with a vacuum generating recess and hav... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4823221 | Magnetic head with planar interface position registration means Various embodiments of a magnetic head are described that include access means for accessing a planar interface between the sandwiched halves of a magnetic core within the magnetic head. By accessing this planar interface, the magnetic head may be precise... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4811141 | Head mounting in magnetic storage devices Techniques are described for securing a magnetic head to a support carrier for the head in a magnetic storage device (e.g., a tape drive apparatus or disk drive apparatus). One such technique involves temporarily supporting a magnetic head on a fixture wh... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4750069 | Head mounting in magnetic storage devices Techniques are described for securing a magnetic head to a support carrier for the head in a magnetic storage device (e.g., a tape drive apparatus or disk drive apparatus). One such technique involves temporarily supporting a magnetic head on a fixture wh... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4731920 | Method for mounting a magnetic head A method and a structure for mounting to a head carriage a magnetic head applicable to a magnetic recorder or reproducer in an electronic camera system wherein an object is electronically photographed and recorded into a rotating magnetic disc and an imag... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4689704 | Pressure device for at least one electromagnetic transducer head With a device for pressing at least one magnetic read/write head (16) against a recording medium (14) in motion relative to it with a swivel-mounted pressure lever (52) carrying the read/write head (16) that runs in the recording medium's (14) direction o... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4646181 | Magnetic head retaining device A magnetic head retaining device, comprising a support member carrying a magnetic head which contacts a magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic card moving in one direction relative thereto and at least a pair of support holes provided downstream and... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4631610 | Multichannel magnetic head supporting mechanism A magnetic head supporting mechanism for a card reader or the like allows the heads to "float," that is, to move in a direction normal to the surface of the card to compensate for warp or irregular curvature of the card while maintaining good contact betw... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4628386 | Magnetic reading and/or writing head support assembly The invention provides a magnetic reading and/or writing device comprising a guide for a magnetic data carrier and a magnetic head support. The magnetic head support has a stirrup piece movable in translation with respect to a fixed piece and a magnetic h... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4476507 | Magnetic card transporting apparatus This invention provides a reference member for supporting and giving reference positions to principal components, i.e. a feed roller for transporting magnetic cards, a driver for driving said feed roller and a member for pressing magnetic cards against th... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4449160 | Arrangement for holding a part attached to a support frame held against a rotatable member which is mounted within that support frame A part which is attached to a support frame is pressed against a rotatable member mounted within that support frame. An element having four degrees of freedom is mounted between the support and a point on the part. A biasing element is mounted between the... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4375071 | Mounting means for magnetic read head An improved means for mounting a magnetic read head in a card reader is disclosed. The subject mounting means is simpler in construction and requires both fewer parts and smaller space in which to operate than previous mounting means. The subject mounting... | 02/22/1983 |
