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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 |
| 7350218 | Optical-disk drive and optical-disk ejection control method An optical disk drive comprises a drive body, a spindle motor, an optical pickup device, a sled motor, a tray, a loading motor, and a controller. When the loaded optical disk is ejected, the controller controls the sled motor and the loading motor so that the return... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333402 | Magneto-optical head support structures A suspension supporting a magnetic head is formed by a member different in material from gimbals. As a result, the characteristic of the gimbals minimizing electric power loss in supplying current while sufficiently elastically holding the magnetic head can be compa... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7277363 | Magneto-optical recording or reproducing device A magneto-optical recording or reproducing device having an information erasing means for erasing information or data recorded on a magneto-optical recording medium. According to the invention, the information erasing means comprises an erasing magnet having a field... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263039 | Micro-actuator, manufacturing method thereof, optical pickup head of optical recording/reproducing apparatus with micro-actuator and manufacturing method thereof A micro-actuator, its manufacturing method, an optical pickup head of an optical recording/reproducing apparatus having the micro-actuator, and its manufacturing method are disclosed. A low voltage and low power bi-directional driving is accomplished so that a size ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7221985 | On-screen calibration system and operating method thereof An on-screen calibration system for disc drives and the operating method thereof. The calibration system includes an autocollimator detecting the inclined angle of the stage of a disc drive. A control module is connected to the on-screen display module and a bar cod... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7196975 | Magneto-optical disk with protective layer, and optical disk device On a pit information surface (22d) of a read-only optical disk (22), a protective layer (22f) suited for a floating-type or a sliding-type magnetic head (3) used for a magnetic field modulation type magneto-optical disk is f... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7158329 | Disk drive employing active braking using inductive sense A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a head actuated over the disk, and a spindle motor for rotating the disk, the spindle motor comprising a plurality of windings. Disk control circuitry executes a spin-down operation of the spindle motor by estimating an a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155732 | Heat assisted magnetic recording head and method A magnetic recording head comprises a write pole having a pole tip adjacent to an air bearing surface, a return pole, a near field transducer positioned adjacent to the air bearing surface for producing near field radiation for heating a portion of a magnetic storag... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146714 | Manufacturing a magneto-optical write/read head A method of manufacturing a digital magneto-optical signal write/read head including a thin-film in-plane magnetic coil disposed on an outwardly directed surface of a coil substrate. Coil lead in and coil lead out sections of the coil are extended to an interconnect... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7082007 | Method to achieve higher track density by allowing only one-sided track encroachment A disc drive includes a transducer having a separate element for writing information and a separate element for reading information to and from the disc. In a disc drive designated to read and write long sequential records, the track misregistration budget is reduce... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7020883 | Loading mechanism of disk player A disk loading mechanism has a turntable. A turntable 36 itself is fixed in external dimensions of a brushless spindle motor, and a chucking face relevant to a disk 11 is precisely placed on a turntable base 46 with a predetermined height. On th... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6930727 | Protection-cover opening/closing mechanism for recording/playback apparatus A protection-cover opening/closing mechanism for a digital still camera includes an electromagnet having stator around which an electromagnetic coil is formed and a movable member, a first lever to which the movable member is pivotally attached at a first end portio... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6920087 | Magneto-optical recording apparatus capable of adjusting the magnetic head A magneto-optical disk apparatus generates magnetic field onto a magneto-optical recording medium prior to recording signals in the magneto-optical recording medium having a recording layer and a reproduction layer, by use of magnetic field and laser beam. The magne... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6909673 | Magneto-optical recording apparatus having a magnetic head with a regulating member The magneto-optical recording apparatus of the present invention comprises: a magnetic head of which one end is fixed and of which the other end is free and provided with a magnetic field generating portion for applying a magnetic field onto a magneto-optical record... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6847591 | Magnetic head device and recording reproducing apparatus A head main body (12) is supported at a free end of a cantilevered suspension (14). The head main body (12) has a first holding portion (5) that is substantially in parallel to an information recording medium (1), and the suspensio... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6826130 | Magneto-optic disk device and method of positioning magnetic head of the device The invention relates to a structure for and a method of adjusting the position of a magnetic head especially tangentially of a magnetic disk with improved accuracy for use in an optomagnetic disk device. The device has a head support unit 20 comprising a pic... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6744582 | Thermal-assisted magnetic storage device and method for driving the reading/writing head thereof A thermal-assisted magnetic storage device includes a magnetic recording media of a transparent material, a first marker of a material that is optically singular compared with materials therearound, and a magnetic head disposed on a magnetic head slider facing a rec... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6563768 | Magneto-optical memory device A magneto-optical memory device includes a first unit projecting a light beam onto a desired position on a recording medium, and a second unit applying a magnetic field to a position onto which the light beam is projected. The second unit applies, to the ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6532125 | Apparatus and method suitable for magnetic-thermal recording The invention discloses novel apparatus/methodology for writing/erasing high-density data on a digital recording media. A preferred embodiment of the invention features a novel thermal near-field heater that may be employed in the apparatus, particularly ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6430113 | Magnetic head up/down mechanism for magneto-optical disc drive A magnetic head up/down mechanism for an magneto-optical disc drive is provided with a magnetic head supporting member mounting a magnetic head. The supporting member is attached to one end of an elongated plate spring member. A moving system is further p... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6341102 | Data writing/reading apparatus A data handling apparatus is provided which includes a rotatable disk provided with at least an innermost track and an outermost track for storing data, and a disk cartridge for housing the disk. The disk cartridge is formed with an opening for exposure o... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6314062 | Magneto-optical disk apparatus that can adjust position of magnetic head with respect to optical head A magnetic head which can apply magnetic fields in opposite directions from each other within a beam spot formed on a magneto-optical disk. This magnetic head includes two cores located in close proximity and two coils. The level of the magneto-optical si... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6088203 | Three position magnetic head vertical movement device A magnetic head vertical movement device for a magnetic-optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus for use with a disk cartridge, within which a magneto-optical disc is accommodated. The device includes a vertical movement drive mechanism for a magnet... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6044043 | Magneto-optical head capable of operation under inclination of the disc A head unit is provided which is able to satisfactorily record/reproduce an information signal to and from a disk even if the disk can considerably be inclined (deflected) by a load applied by the head. The load applied from the magnetic head to the disk ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6018505 | Magneto-optical disc apparatus In a magneto-optical disc apparatus using an initializing magnetic field generator, the magnetic field generator including a permanent magnet slides on or and floats above a surface of the magneto-optical disc for applying a magnetic field at a position o... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5995333 | Positioning a magnetic head base of a magneto-optical disk drive A magneto-optical disk drive incorporates: a structure to mount a front panel to a frame using a cartridge loading system, using a set of linearly movable control cam plates, to draw a cartridge into a cartridge holder and then to move the cartridge holde... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5905696 | Magneto-optical disk drive Method and apparatus for synchronizing movements of a magnetic head and an optical head of a magneto-optical disk drive. A magnetic head carriage moves a magnetic head between a standby position and a head application position. An optical head carriage su... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5815470 | Disc drive unit A disc drive unit for a magneto-optical disc accommodated in a disc cassette, comprises a magnetic head for applying a magnetic field to the magneto-optical disc, a magnetic head moving mechanism for moving the magnetic head between a loading and unloadin... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5682360 | Recording and reproducing apparatus for use with a recording medium having an optical recording layer and magnetic recording layer A disk-shaped recording medium includes a transparent substrate, and an optical recording layer and a magnetic recording layer formed at one side of the transparent substrate. An optical head applies light to the optical recording layer from a light sourc... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5594708 | Magnetooptical disc apparatus with magnetic head An information recording/reproducing apparatus for effecting recording of information on and/or reproduction of information from a recording medium by applying a magnetic field modulated according to information while irradiating a light beam to the recor... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5590098 | Magnetooptical recording and reproducing apparatus having an automatic head lifting device A magnetooptical recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information from a magnetooptical disk seated in a disk cartridge by using an optical pickup and a magnetic head. A cartridge holding member pivots for loading a disk cartri... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5583834 | Mini disc player A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for a recording medium including a head for reproducing the information on or from the recording medium, a movement mechanism for moving the recording medium between a first position enabling recording and/or repro... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5577008 | Magneto-optical disk drive system A magneto-optical disk drive system, utilizing a magnetic field modulation recording method, has a disk cartridge for housing a magneto-optical disk therein and insertable into a system housing and a magnetic head in the system housing for writing informa... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5557588 | Magnetooptical recording/reproducing apparatus with bias magnetic field generation devices for magnetic modulation recording and optical modulation recording In a magnetooptical recording/reproducing apparatus, a beam spot is formed on a recording medium by radiating a laser beam from an optical head to the recording medium. In magnetic field modulation recording, a bias magnetic field is applied from a first ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5557589 | Disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus that positions the magnetic head in response to a type of disc A disc type detection arm contacts a disc type opening formed in a disc cartridge when the disc cartridge is loaded into a recording and/or reproducing apparatus. The disc type detection arm determines the type of disc which has been loaded by the depth o... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5513159 | Device for selecting magnetic head to be operated together with an optical head A device is provided for selecting a magnetic head to be operated together with an optical head to record or reproduce a signal on a magneto-optical disc. The device includes a first magnetic head and a second magnetic head, each having different capabili... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5450377 | Magnetooptical recording and reproducing apparatus having an automatic hand lifting device A magnetooptical recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information from a magnetooptical disk seated in a disk cartridge by using an optical pickup and a magnetic head. A cartridge holding member pivots for loading a disk cartri... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5448535 | Head position control device A head position controlling device in which the head position may be controlled accurately even with a magneto-optical disc having regions with different reflectance values. A gap sensor consisting of a light emitting element 5 and light receiving element... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5442596 | Recording/reproducing apparatus having a magnetic head which is opened and closed together with a door A recording/reproducing apparatus for a magneto-optical disk includes an optical pickup a magnetic head, to record and reproduce information. The apparatus includes a connecting member for making the magnetic head move together with the optical pickup, an... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5333124 | Magnetic optical disk player having improved servoresponse sensitivity A magnetic optical disk player comprises a turn table for turning a magnetic optical disk, a recording head and an erasing head movable along two different radial directions of the turn table respectively, and bias magnets for generating bias magnetic fie... | 07/26/1994 |
