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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7983007 | Magnetic tape apparatus In a magnetic tape apparatus of the present invention, a magnetic head unit having magnetic elements capable of recording or reproducing information with respect to a magnetic tape includes a movable member that includes a magnetic element and has such a size that t... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7929255 | Magnetic head inspection system, magnetic head inspection method and magnetic disk drive manufacturing method Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic head inspection system having a simple configuration capable of inspecting magnetic heads. According to one embodiment, the magnetic head inspection system comprises an inspection module which is provided with ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7234227 | Methods for centering disks in a magnetic disk assembly An apparatus and a method are provided to facilitate building of a disk stack for inclusion in a magnetic disk drive. A spindle is provided which comprises first and second disk contacts. A mechanism is provided to bias an inner diameter of a stack of plural disks t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6631044 | Method of reducing a frequency-response peaking of a magneto-resistive preamplifier in a mass data storage device, or the like A mass data storage device system (70) and method for providing frequency compensation within it are disclosed. The system has a moving media (72) that contains signals encoded in oriented magnetic domains that are detected by a magneto-resistive head (78... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6522497 | Disk drive having positioning control system using logical cylinder address information A disk drive is provided which uses a disk having a maximal limit cylinder group formed based on an initially recorded servo data before being assembled in a drive body. A CPU sets an actually usable data recording area on the disk by seeking the head in ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6501613 | Generalized Fourier seek method and apparatus for a hard disk drive servomechanism A method and apparatus for moving a transducer across a disk surface so that the transducer has a generalized Fourier series seek acceleration trajectory. In one embodiment, the generalized Fourier series seek acceleration trajectory includes tuned coeffi... | 12/31/2002 |
| 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 |
| 5400192 | 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... | 03/21/1995 |
| 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 |
| 4734794 | Device for recording and reproducing audio signals on flat rectangular recording media Apparatus for recording and reproducing audio signals on flat rectangular recording media comprising a magnetic coating or the like on at least one side. A magnetic head on a swing arm moves across the magnetic media in mutually parallel lines guided by a... | 03/29/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4063296 | Method and means for erasing recordings on magnetic paper, particularly for distance measuring equipment A magnetic recording medium is erased by mounting at least one magnet with its north-south poles parallel to the surface of the recording medium and transporting the recording medium in a plane horizontal to the north-south pole axis such that the magneti... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4040097 | Magnetic card-reader with movable magnetic head The present invention relates to a magnetic card reader having a motor driven magnetic head sliding on a stationary magnetic card. An error-checking function for the inserted magnetic card is provided. A control means is provided for setting the start of ... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4040108 | Magnetic sheet reader A magnetic sheet or a magnetic slip with a magnetic tape or a magnetic coating on its back is driven intermittently by a sprocket wheel or a long roller. A rotating follower gives tension to the magnetic sheet. Between the follower and the drive roller, a... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3976858 | Card reader assembly with manual transducer An apparatus constructed to receive a card such as a credit card having one or more magnetic strips containing coded data. The card is inserted in the machine and a manually operated latch mechanism carries a read head along a rail to an abutment. A latch... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3961371 | Vibration absorption system for a card reading mechanism A dampening system operative to effectively lower the transmission function of an external frequency coming in on a drive mechanism as to an associated magnetic read head so that the head's natural frequency is significantly below its response level.... | 06/01/1976 |
