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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7310223 | Electrical connector device for a disc drive An electrical connector device for an enclosure is provided. The electrical connector device includes an outer frame that is configured to at least partially surround an enclosure. The outer frame includes a plurality of mutually coupled sidewalls. The outer frame a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7251099 | Hard disk drive tray structure with flex circuit extending between exposed sides and connected to metal pad and indicator A HDD tray structure is disclosed. The HDD tray structure includes a tray housing, a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) installed on the tray housing, and at least one indicator, wherein one end of the FPC has a metal pad electrically connected to a connector of a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7149051 | Hard disk drive with connector assembly A hard disk drive (1) includes a baseplate (10), a disk stack (90), a head stack (50), a spindle motor (80) and a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a connector (100) and a circuit board (140). The co... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136259 | Frame structure and flexible disk drive having the same In order to provide a positioning mechanism that can be processed easily and accurately by press forming and a frame structure having the same, especially a main frame and a method of manufacturing the same, the invention provides a frame structure of the flexible d... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7109623 | Motor and electrically-driven fan employing the same An electrically-driven fan 1 comprises a base portion 2; a bearing portion 11; a stator 13 including iron core portions 15 and coils 16; a rotor 4 including a rotary shaft 20 and a cylindrical magnet 22;... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7007996 | Lock of information reproducer for car In a lock of information reproducer for car, when a passenger or a driver stays in a car, in more detail, only when a car key is inserted into a car key holder (power of the car is ON), an information reproducer can be detached from a contact support unit, when the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6947257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTRODUCING A PREFERENTIAL CURVATURE TO A FLEXIBLE MEDIUM FOR REDUCED MEDIUM VIBRATION AND SENSOR TO MEDIUM SPACING WITH A DISK DRIVE HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY HAVING A NON-ZERO STATIC ROLL ATTITUDE A head stack assembly is provided for interfacing with a flexible medium of a disk. The head stack assembly includes a first head and a second head located substantially adjacent to the first head wherein the flexible medium may be disposed between the first head an... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6906891 | Flexible disk drive having a frame structure comprising a main frame and a sub-frame of a lower cover A main frame has a size where only high precision parts are mounted thereon and has structure where a front portion of a frame is deleted. A lower cover, which covers a lower surface of the main frame, has a function as a sub-frame mounting low precision parts corre... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901650 | Adjusting method for an optical disc apparatus A relative adjustment between an optical disc rotating mechanism and an optical pickup is adjusted by rotating a rotary member against a biasing force of an engaging projection. As the rotary member is rotated, the projection is slid for movement on an inclined surf... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6876516 | Disk drive having a reinforcing arrangement against an external stress applied thereto In a disk drive for using a disk cartridge including a magnetic disk, a reinforcing arrangement is coupled to a main frame, a main board fixed to the main frame, and a head assembly which is movable in a radial direction of the magnetic disk. The reinforcing arrange... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6873493 | Disk drive having a reinforcing arrangement against an external stress applied thereto In a disk drive for using a disk cartridge including a magnetic disk, a reinforcing arrangement is coupled to a main frame, a main board, and a disk receiving/ejecting mechanism which is for receiving and ejecting the disk cartridge. The reinforcing arrangement resi... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6813147 | Portable disk player A disk player includes: a base unit, to which a display unit is rotatably connected, having an upper housing and a lower housing, a board installed between the upper housing and the lower housing, a display LCD installed on an upper surface of the board for displayi... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6813114 | Magnetic recording medium having a disk drive and cartridge A magnetic recording medium comprising a card-type disk drive and a magnetic disk cartridge. The disk drive has a length of 38 to 55 mm, a width of 35 to 51 mm, and a thickness of 3 to 5 mm, and comprises a drive mechanism for rotating the magnetic disk of the magne... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6775095 | Floppy disc driving device The invention provides a floppy disc driving device that is manufactured at a low cost and capable of maintaining light emitting brightness at a constant value continuously by using a membrane conductor for connection between a light emitting diode and an integrated... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6762906 | Disk drive for removable disk cartridges and receivable into a PCMCIA port of a computer A disk drive device includes a protective case having an upper case and a lower case. The disk drive device has a form such that the disk drive device can be inserted into and removed from a PCMCIA port of a computer. The disk drive device has an output connector lo... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6747831 | Floppy disk drive and frame structure therefor In a floppy disk drive having a main frame in which a floppy disk is inserted and a DD motor for rotatably driving the floppy disk inserted in the main frame, the floppy disk drive has a motor frame for mounting the DD motor thereon that is constituted by one piece ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6710961 | Floppy disc drive apparatus A floppy disc drive apparatus includes a spindle motor, a magnetic head, a drive mechanism, a mechanism controller, a floppy disc controller, and a universal serial bus interface. The spindle motor rotatably drives a floppy disc at a rotational speed of 600 rpm or m... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6568452 | Attachment apparatus for disc protective sheet and attachment method therefore An attachment apparatus for disc protective sheet which is adapted for attaching disc protective sheet for protecting disc rotatably accommodated within a cartridge body formed by connecting or joining a pair of upper and lower halves with respect to the ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6525900 | Flexible recording system, flexible disk drive and recording disk A small-sized and thin flexible recording system including a flexible disk drive and a recording disk is provided. The recording disk has a disk-shaped recording medium and a recording medium cartridge rotatably receiving therein the recording medium. The... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6459572 | Locking device A locking device adapted to secure a retractable storing device in a frame of an electrical apparatus is provided. The locking device includes a main body, an activating element assembled with the main body and having an activating button and a first enga... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6388839 | Magnetic head device and recording medium drive This invention relates to a magnetic head device and a disk drive, which are suitable for application to a mass-storage floppy disk drive. A first and second rails are provided on the disk side in projected form on a slider of each of magnetic head elemen... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6351093 | Floppy disk drive control apparatus capable of ensuring seek operation using a stepping motor having a low torque In an FDD control apparatus for controlling a floppy disk drive for driving a floppy disk loaded in the floppy disk drive, an FDD control part including a floppy disk controller (FDC) is disposed in an FDD side in lieu of a host side (a SET side). The hos... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6304419 | Magnetic head device and recording medium drive This invention relates to a magnetic head device and a disk drive, which are suitable for application to a mass-storage floppy disk drive or the like. A first and a second rail are provided on the disk side in projected form on a slider of each of magneti... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6278574 | Data storage device having a single-piece integral frame A data storage device has a disk-drive motor, a head-drive motor, read/write heads, and an integrated circuit board, all mounted on a single-piece integral frame and enclosed by a casing. Each motor is mounted within a surface recess on the frame via an a... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6243346 | Disk device having a drive unit for providing a small-height structure A disk device includes a drive mechanism having at least a disk motor and an optical head, the disk motor rotating a recording disk, and the optical head accessing the disk to reproduce information from the disk and/or record information in the disk. A fi... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6215620 | Data storage diskette with modified hub A data storage diskette incorporates a hub having a reduced diameter. A circular sheet of magnetic media is mounted about the hub. The reduced diameter imparts added flexibility to inner regions of the sheet of magnetic media between the bond point of the... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6195225 | Disk drive having anti-wobbling mechanism A casing 60 made of metal and having side walls 60-1 formed on both sides thereof is attached to a chassis 30 to over a back surface of the chassis 30. The casing 60 is coupled to the chassis with its side walls fitted to outer surfaces of side walls 30-1... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6094324 | Disk drive with chassis opening for receiving disk mounting portion of motor drive cone A motor 40 for rotation driving a magnetic disk is comprised of a rotor 41 and a stator 42 assembled with the rotor. The rotor has a central cone 41-11 with a closed top at the center of a casing 41-1, the central cone having a trapezoidal configuration i... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6094047 | Method and apparatus for balancing rotating components of a spinstand of a magnetic head and disk tester An apparatus for balancing the spinstand of a magnetic head and disk testing system includes a base that rotationally supports a rotating spindle. The spindle supports a pack of disks and a slide moveable along guide rails of the spinstand. The slide, in ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6031686 | Disk drive with reinforced frame plate structure made of two thin metal plates adhered together, and a reinforcing bead formed thereon A disk drive comprises a frame plate having a principal surface on which a receiving portion for receiving a disk and a recording/reproducing unit for carrying out recording/reproducing operations onto and from the disk are provided. The frame plate compr... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5877917 | Floppy disk unit A floppy disk unit rotates a recording medium loaded thereon and reads information from or records information on the medium with magnetic heads. The unit is provided with an adjustment portion for adjusting beforehand portions of the magnetic heads with ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875068 | Magnetic recording/reproducing device with retaining structure for engaging a top cover and bottom cover A magnetic recording/reproducing device including a top cover having a plurality of leg portions 1e with cutouts that project from each side face of the top cover such that the location of a leg portion at one side face does not correspond to the location... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5859747 | Cover structure for magnetic recording and reproducing device A magnetic recording/reproducing device including a top cover having a plurality of leg portions 1e with cutouts that project from each side face of the top cover such that the location of a leg portion at one side face does not correspond to the location... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5841606 | Magnetic recording/reproducing device with magnetic shield between voice coil motor and flexible cable In a magnetic recording/reproducing device, a voice coil motor includes a voice coil and a magnetic circuit for producing a magnetic field intersecting the electric current flowing through the voice coil. The voice coil motor drives a carriage holding a m... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5834084 | Disc drive flex assembly having a low particulating circuit board A low particulating circuit board for a disc drive flex assembly, and a method for forming the same, are disclosed. The circuit board comprises a conductive metal substrate which has sufficient thickness to provide mechanical support and backplane suppres... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5748404 | Magnetic recording/reproducing device with chassis support structure A magnetic recording/reproducing device including a top cover having a plurality of leg portions 1e with cutouts that project from each side face of the top cover such that the location of a leg portion at one side face does not correspond to the location... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5719731 | Locking device for preventing unauthorized access to floppy disk drives of personal computers A locking device (10) is inserted within the disk drive (11) of a personal computer (12) to prevent unauthorized use thereof. The locking device (10) includes a part of pivoted plates (15, 16) retained in their expanded locking position by a key-operated ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5675452 | Thin data storage device having a flexible recordable disk and recording heads arranged on both sides of the disk In one embodiment, the invention provides a thin data storage device comprising a housing that has a top and a bottom cover and a printed circuit board having electronic integrated circuits mounted thereon. A rotatable spindle is formed about a cylindrica... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5633768 | Sheet metal frame construction for a disk apparatus There is provided a frame construction for a disk apparatus of which manufacturing cost is reduced by reducing a number of parts and a number of assembly processes. A cartridge accommodating a recording medium is loaded in the disk apparatus. A driving un... | 05/27/1997 |
