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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7826174 | Information recording method and apparatus using plasmonic transmission along line of ferromagnetic nano-particles with reproducing method using fade-in memory An information recording apparatus comprises a plurality of fine particles forming an array on a plane in close proximity of each other, each of the plural particles including a ferromagnetic metal, a light-emitting device for exciting a near-field light, and a phot... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7394618 | System and method for cleaning a tape drive A system, a method, and article of manufacture are employed to clean the input/output transducers on tape drives, verified by the tape drives reading alphanumeric information from data tracks and servo tracks of a cleaner tape. An aggressive cleaning frontcoat secti... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7289285 | Information storage systems An information storage apparatus includes a storage media including a plurality of information tracks. Each storage medium has a head assembly having a substantially planar surface and a plurality of read/write heads positioned in registry with the information track... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7256964 | Magnetic tape apparatus including a circumferential surface having a generally flat portion between peak portions and method for producing the same To lower the coefficient of static friction of the circumferential surface of the guide or drum constituting the magnetic tape apparatus. A flat portion is formed between peak portions. The peak portions and flat portion are formed so that the relationship: a′ | 08/14/2007 |
| 7178794 | Fluid isolator assembly and floating elastomeric damping element An isolator apparatus is described to attenuate or isolate vibration. The isolator apparatus includes a fluid isolator assembly including a flexible diaphragm and a pressure chamber having a flow passage opened to the pressure chamber to provide a fluid spring. A fl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7114048 | Recording apparatus, recording method, storage medium, program and communication apparatus The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method as well as a communication apparatus suitable for use where stored contents data of, for example, music tunes are supplied to a semiconductor memory or a portable device. At step S391, a C IN/C... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6980388 | Magnetic head supporting and positioning control mechanism A magnetic head supporting mechanism includes a fixing member, a piezoelectric element supported by the fixing member, and a head supporting member provided on the piezoelectric element, a magnetic head being supported by the head supporting member. An acceleration ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6934098 | Data card with a full circular track for alignment and amplitude calibration This invention discloses a flat data storage medium that includes a plurality of substantially parallel data arc-segments. The data arcs further include at least one full circle data track provided for obtaining a measurement of an average amplitude of data signals ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6680808 | Magnetic millipede for ultra high density magnetic storage The present invention relates to computer storage systems which have a tip (24) directed close or in contact to the storage medium (10) by which bit-writing and bit-reading is enforced. It is proposed to use a magnetizable storage medium (10), expose it t... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6417980 | Magnetic data card servo writer This invention discloses a magnetic servo writer. The magnetic servo writer includes a magnetic pickup head for rotationally moving over and writing servo data in a magnetic flat data-storage medium. The magnetic servo writer further includes a clock head... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6356406 | Magnetic storage system A multi-pattern is formed to have a plurality of read/write elements on a plane. A medium is formed on a single crystal of Si substrate. A motion of the head relative to the medium is made a simple harmonic motion to form linear recorded bits. This allows... | 03/12/2002 |
| 5981055 | Tape-type magnetic recording medium and signal reproducing method using the same A tape-type magnetic recording medium is disclosed which is adaptable to a yoke-type magnetoresistance effect magnetic head and with which a dense recording operation can be performed and a signal reproducing method is disclosed for reproducing a signal r... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5973421 | Voice coil motor actuator for magnetic disk device A voice coil motor actuator for a magnetic disk device includes a pivot bearing shaft, a positioner, a magnet, and a coil. The positioner is pivotally supported by the pivot bearing shaft. The positioner has a distal end portion at which a magnetic head i... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5870249 | Magnetic disk drive in which change in distance between magnetic head and disk is minimized A high-recording-density magnetic disk drive is provided which minimizes changes in the distance between a magnetic disk and a magnetic head and is reduced in size and weight. The magnetic head and a support spring which supports the magnetic head are rot... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5793560 | Storage device having vibratory head A storage device includes a substrate, a magnetic storage medium provided on the substrate, information being magnetically stored in the magnetic storage medium, a head unit, and a reciprocating mechanism provided on the substrate, the reciprocating mecha... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5559317 | Card reader with carriage powered by movement of inserted card A card reader stores the energy imparted by a user inserting a card into a slot. When the card is fully inserted, a release mechanism is triggered and the stored energy moves a read head over a coded stripe. In the preferred embodiment, a torsion spring m... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5541644 | Image reproducing apparatus An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film having a storage medium which information for each frame is readable from and writable on, the reproducing apparatus includes a pick-up device for picking up t... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5452146 | Recording current setting method and an information signal recording apparatus A recording current setting method comprises the steps of: recording signals on a tape by changing, by steps, recording current for the tape; detecting a reproduced signal level at each recording current; and determining an optimal recording current from ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5378886 | Magnetic head drive device having a cogged belt A drive device for a magnetic head (6) reciprocally movable in a slot (8) in a bank printer is suspended on a driving cogged belt (1), the cogged side of which at the same time serving as a covering for the slot to prevent the front edge of an inserted do... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5172282 | Single motor data storage device utilizing centrifugal force and counteracting spring The present invention proposes a memory device comprising a fixed disc on the surface of which data may be stored, and rotating transducers or heads which may be positioned to access any location on the disc. The rotating heads are mounted on transducer a... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5128820 | Static media/spinning head storage device The present invention proposes a memory device comprising a fixed disc on the surface of which data may be stored, and rotating transducers or heads which may be positioned to access any location on the disc. The rotating heads are mounted on transducer a... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4984113 | Information storage and reproduction apparatus and method employing a flexible belt record member An apparatus and method for magnetically transducing information with respect to select portions of selected of a multitude of parallel record tracks on an elongated magnetic record member such as a flexible magnetic belt which is supplied from a coiled f... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4974105 | Hand-held transducing device A hand-held transducing device for magnetically recording upon and playing from stationary records of a type adapted to be carried on back of a photograph or the like employs a rotating head for transducing information with respect to the record and means... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4944616 | Passbook read/write mechanism A magnetic read/write head is supported on the carriage that carries the platen of a passbook printer. The passbook is moved to the printing station and a sensor is provided for detecting the presence of the passbook. A height adjusting member operates to... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4916684 | Head drive arrangement for a data reproducing apparatus A disc data reproducing apparatus, including a rotating mechanism for rotating the disc about a central axis, an optical head disposed opposite the disc for receiving data from the disc, and a moving mechanism for moving the optical head along the radial ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4851929 | Recorder/player device with stationary recording medium and constant speed signal head drive Signal heads are displaced relative to a recording surface on a stationary recording medium having a separate surface on which visual data is recorded and displayed. Differential drive mechanism and adjustable resistor means effects signal head displaceme... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4843483 | Method for the simultaneous depiction of at least two temporally sequential events on television, and equipment for implementing this method A method for simultaneous depiction of at least two temporally sequential events, particularly sports events in the form of racing or jumping, on adjoining picture surfaces such as of at least one picture screen, with at least sections of the events being... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4636893 | Piezoelectric driven mass storage A planar array of high track density magnetic heads is mounted on a piezoelectric structural member. The heads are in contact with an area of magnetic recording medium coated onto a stationary support member located adjacent the head array structure. A re... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4613962 | Tracking device with linear motor A device for tracking a movable body along a linear path parallel to a plane includes a linear motor for driving the body along the linear path. The body is mounted, as by rollers, for movement along a guide, such as a pair of parallel guide rails, suppor... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4609957 | Magnetic card reader-encoder apparatus The invention relates to a reader-encoder of an magnetic card, which comprises means for maintaining the support in a fixed and well determined position in contact with read-write means disposed on a carriage moving in a uniform rectilinear movement. It c... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4607355 | Drive system A drive system for use in an optical disk file device has a multipolar motor such as a three-phase linear DC motor for positionally controlling a read/write head and driving the same to track an optical disk. Selection of the coils of the motor and phase ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4591937 | Head mounting arrangement in magnetic card reader A magnetic card reader of the moving head type in which a magnetic head is supported by a leaf spring on a supporting member horizontally. The leaf spring has an aperture at the center thereof to accommodate and support the magnetic head so that two wings... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4578717 | Magnetic record card transducing apparatus and method A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus are provided employing a flat, flexible magnetic record member, such as a plastic sheet or card coated with or containing a magnetic recording material and having parallel closely spaced record tracks. In on... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4541028 | Hand-held transducing device for insertable records A hand-held transducing device for magnetically recording upon and playing from stationary records of a type adapted to be carried on back of a photograph or the like employs a rotating head for transducing information with respect to the record and means... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4492991 | Method and apparatus for controlling the stepping feed of an information medium In a mass storage system, a method for controlling the stepping feed of an information medium (T) on which recording tracks are formed by stripes (Tn) which run diagonally or vertically across the information medium is disclosed. According to t... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4408906 | High speed on-demand processor for pressure sensitive labels An apparatus for encoding magnetic data and printing on a plurality of closely spaced labels releasably mounted on a supply roll of carrier strip, includes a magnetic head for encoding the labels and a printer for printing on the labels. The carrier strip... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4247872 | Facsimile signal converter A facsimile signal converter for mutually converting to each other one of a facsimile signal of one-way scanning and a facsimile signal of two-way scanning for each scanning line, in which a first read head and a second read head are reciprocated for scan... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4212037 | Method for scanning a card with video signal An apparatus and method are provided for transducing information with respect to record cards such as oblong cards containing magnetic recording material. In one form, a magnetic record card is made to conform or extend parallel to the cylindrical surface... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4165521 | Video signal reproducing system with moveable head for slow or stop tracking control A video signal reproducing system having a normal signal reproducing mode and a still signal reproducing mode includes a control signal generating means for reproducing a still mode control signal. A support means for supporting a signal reproducing means... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4151564 | Modular, semiautomatic credit card reader/writer apparatus A reader/writer credit card modular assembly wherein a T-shaped vertically disposed rail member provides accurate positioning of a credit card relative to a read/write transducer and to a timing track transducer through a reference plane established by me... | 04/24/1979 |
