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7551385 |
Systems and method for selectively controlling a state of hydration of a magnetic data storage medium
A magnetic storage system according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head adapted for at least one of reading from a magnetic medium and writing to the medium; a drive mechanism for directing...
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7520168 |
Vibration reduction for head gimbal assembly testing
An assembly for testing a head gimbal assembly (HGA) comprises a support platform configured to hold a base plate of the HGA. A base plate of the HGA is mounted on the support platform. The...
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7505860 |
Alignment of unmounted head gimbal assemblies for testing
A method for dynamic electrical testing of head gimbal assemblies may include initiating an automated continuous process that includes selecting an unmounted head gimbal assembly; aligning the...
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7496778 |
Autonomous thermal management
The present invention provides both a peripheral device that regulates its own temperature by adjusting its power consumption, and a method to accomplish the same. The method generally includes...
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7489475 |
Information output from a single character display for LTO drives
A tape drive, including: a housing including a single character display that displays a single character at a time; and an activator configured such that, when the single character display displays...
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7483238 |
Shock absorbing device for an enclosure
A shock absorbing device for an enclosure. The shock absorbing device including a shock absorbing frame. The shock absorbing frame includes an inner surface coupled adjacent to the enclosure and an...
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7453670 |
Suspension holder pallet
A pallet main body is provided with a block holding member which presses a positioning surface of an actuator block against a block reference surface formed in the pallet main body, and a movable...
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7419123 |
Front panel operating apparatus and method
A front panel operating apparatus and method of a vehicle display device such as a car audio can include a main chassis for accommodating an audio device, a front panel provided in the front side...
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7372654 |
Noise reduction system, disk storage unit, hard disk drive and noise reduction method
An active noise canceller outputs a noise pattern learning request signal to a hard disk drive causing the hard disk drive to perform a predetermined operation, receives noise at this moment...
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7301776 |
Light-weight flash hard drive with plastic frame
A light-weight flash hard drive includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) mounted in a housing formed by a plastic frame and a pair of metal panels that are mounted on the plastic frame over...
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7277842 |
Overscan helical scan head for non-tracking tape subsystems reading at up to 1X speed and methods for simulation of same
A helical scan drum design for use in non-tracking tape devices which assures 70% coverage of a track to be read by overscanning with at least two read heads at approximate 1X speed. The present...
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7245980 |
Method and apparatus for calculation of production quantities
A method and apparatus calculates production quantities of a production system such as the throughput of a tool group, good unit equivalents of a tool group, number of units shipped and started for...
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7242554 |
Hard disk drive fixing structure
A hard disk drive fixing structure can accommodate a hard disk drive and can electrically connect with a computer to transmit information therebetween. The hard disk drive fixing structure has an...
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7239593 |
Magnetic disk device and electronic apparatus for mounting the magnetic disk device thereto
A magnetic disk device is removable from an apparatus body includes a case, a driving unit, and a connector. The driving unit is installed in the case, and includes a magnetic disk and a rotary...
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7167371 |
Low profile latch activator
A technique is provided for coupling and uncoupling modular devices with electronic and computing devices. A latch is coupled to a release member, which operates to release the latch from a mate...
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7120028 |
Fastening mechanism for rear panel of computer
The present invention is to provide a mechanism for fastening a rear side of computer comprising a rear panel provided at the rear of a case of the computer, and a fastening assembly having one end...
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7092211 |
Tape cleaner having a weft arranged perpendicular to a running direction of a tape
A tape cleaner with a cleaning tape to wipe out dirt adhered to a surface of a tape is composed to wipe out the dirt adhered to the surface of the tape by pressing said cleaning tape on a surface...
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7092188 |
Method for assembly level disk erase
A method of erasing information on one or more disks in a disk drive uses a high strength magnetic field to erase the disks while the disks are in the HDD assembly. The design of the head disk...
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7061720 |
Turntable structure that controls function selection for a media player
A turntable structure to control function selection for a media player. The turntable structure includes a base, a retaining ring, a bearing assembly, a rotating assembly and a rotating shaft. The...
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7035097 |
3.5 inch hot-swappable docking module
A docking module for conventional small form factor disk drives provides, in one embodiment, space for two such disk drives embedded in tray loaders, within a standard 3.5 inches halve height...
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6980398 |
Disposable LTO cartridge retention spring cleaner tool
An apparatus and a method for the cleaning of magnetic tape cartridge drive, particularly such as removable data-storage media tapes, and especially an arrangement and method of providing a...
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6923402 |
Tape guide post mechanism
A tape guide post mechanism for guiding running of a tape includes: a post arm, the post arm including a tape guide post, around which the tape is looped at a predetermined angular distance, and...
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6898058 |
Composite substrate for use in magnetic recording-and-reproducing device
Disclosed is an improved composite substrate for use in a magnetic recording-and-reproducing device. It comprises an “L”-shaped main plate and a separate sub-plate. The “L”-shaped main...
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6889928 |
Leader block rotary mechanism for cartridge magnetic tape device
Provided is a leader block rotary mechanism for a cartridge magnetic tape device, which allows over-rotation of a rotator cam in the capture direction by providing an over-rotation limiting device...
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6882484 |
Magnetic transfer system
A magnetic transfer system includes magnetic recording medium stocker which holds a plurality of magnetic recording media, a magnetic transfer apparatus which magnetically transfers information...
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6855417 |
Chemical monolayer memory device
The present invention includes a chemical monolayer construction that comprises: (a) a substrate having a contact surface; and (b) a plurality of substantially parallel molecular units, wherein...
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6819556 |
Server system and vibration-free extractable hard disc drive assembly thereof
A server system and a vibration-free extractable hard disc drive assembly thereof. The server system includes a chassis and the vibration-free hard disc drive assembly. The assembly is disposed in...
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6801427 |
Drive bracket structure
A drive bracket structure includes first and second drive brackets ( 20, 40 ), a connect panel ( 30 ), and a securing bar ( 50 ). The first drive bracket includes a bottom plate ( 22 ) having a...
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6797072 |
Process for restoring magnetic recording tape damaged by “sticky shed” syndrome
A process for restoring magnetic recording tape damaged by “Sticky Shed” syndrome cleans magnetic tapes of the Backcoating which is causing their eventual degradation and destruction. The...
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6781781 |
Magnetic read head having decode circuitry
The present invention features a magnetic read head having an IC component provided within or adjacent to the head case. No low-level, analog signals, which are generally highly susceptible to...
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6771582 |
Control dial and optical disk apparatus having the control dial
An optical disk apparatus comprising a control dial unit having a jog dial and a shuttle dial which is concentrically mounted outside the jog dial is provided to solve the problem that when...
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6722570 |
Smart data storage device
An insertable device, for use with electronic data processing equipment storage units, e.g., disk drives or cassette units. The device includes a housing for insertion at least partially into the...
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6717803 |
Bracket for quick installation and removal of system components in a computer system
A bracket attached to a peripheral device of a computer system aligns and attaches the peripheral device to the inside of a computer system chassis. The bracket is detachably mountable and includes...
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6714409 |
Drive bracket assembly for computer enclosure
A drive bracket assembly includes a first bracket ( 30 ), a connecting board ( 60 ), and a second bracket ( 70 ). The first bracket includes a bottom wall ( 32 ) and a sidewall ( 34 ). An arcuate...
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6700743 |
Tape media cleaning/finishing device
A system and method for cleaning a tape media, such as a magnetic tape. The system preferably includes first and second cleaning heads. The first cleaning head has a plurality of spaced ridges...
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6697891 |
Parallel read/write circuit and method for efficient storing/retrieval of data to/from a recording medium
A parallel read/write circuit for use with a plurality of transducer head assemblies and method of operation thereof. The parallel read/write circuit includes a parallel read/write cache, e.g., a...
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6687087 |
System and method for visually indicating usage of magnetic tape cartridges
A system and method are disclosed for visually indicating a usage of a magnetic tape that is included in a magnetic tape cartridge. The apparatus includes a take-up spindle for receiving magnetic...
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6683785 |
Mobile rack for hard disk drives
A mobile rack for hard disk drive has a removable cartridge with guiding rails, a pull back spring, a pivot block, a mounting bracket, and a driver door held by a pivot block. The driver door is...
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6674588 |
Magnetic transfer apparatus
Surface of a transfer disk for performing magnetic transfer is repeatedly contacted or separated relative to a cleaning disk having a smaller hardness than the surface, thereby removing a foreign...
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6667853 |
Holding structure of indicating display device for recording medium drive, and recording medium drive
In a recording medium drive, a frame on which a deck is attached and a printed circuit board are equipped on a bottom chassis in the drive body, and an indicating display device such as a...
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6667846 |
Information storage device having tape cassette with noncontact memory and antenna
A tape cassette includes an MIC (Memory-In-Cassette) installed inside the center section of the label surface, and a case capable of housing the magnetic tape. A switch circuit board is installed...
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6657430 |
Noncontact type magnetic hear wear-rate measuring apparatus
A magnetic head wear-rate measuring apparatus for measuring the rate of head wear in noncontact form arranged to be opposed to a magnetic head and to serve as a part of oscillating elements of an...
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6631863 |
Reel hub lock releasing mechanism for use in a tape drive that comprises a seesaw-type release lever
In order to release a reel hub lock by operating a lock lever ( 41 ) in response to rotation of a ring cam ( 51 ), a reel hub lock releasing ( 30 ) mechanism comprises a seesaw-type release lever (...
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6628474 |
Method and apparatus for electrostatic discharge protection in a removable cartridge
An information storage device ( 10, 510, 610, 710 ) includes a cradle ( 12, 512, 612, 712 ) which can removably receive a cartridge ( 11, 411, 511, 611, 711 ) that contains a rotatable hard disk (...
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6618221 |
System and method for utilizing an actuator-activated pumping mechanism for reducing the operating pressure of a disk drive assembly
A disk drive having an actuator-activated pumping mechanism is disclosed. The pumping mechanism creates a low pressure operating environment for the disk drive in order to enhance the performance...
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6597535 |
Process and device for recognizing tape cassettes of different playing times
A method for the determination of the cassette type of a cassette, which contains a recording medium in the form of tape for recording and/or replaying information using an apparatus having a...
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6596184 |
Non-homogeneous laminate materials for suspensions with conductor support blocks
An integrated lead suspension is formed from a laminate of three materials in a variety of configurations having from three to five layers. The materials are stainless steel, polyimide and copper....
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6594099 |
Apparatus for erasing data stored on a magnetic disk
A data eraser applies a strong magnetic field to a magnetic disk while suppressing the strength of a magnetic field applied to a spindle motor. The data eraser includes an upper magnet fixer, a...
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6590766 |
Mounting structure for data storage device
The invention disclosed a mounting structure for supporting data storage device via sliding and securing mechanisms, wherein sliding rails and at least one securing hole are installed to each...
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6587307 |
Method of controlling the internal environment of a data storage cartridge
A method to control the inside environment of a cartridge is disclosed. The method includes providing a cartridge having a first chamber for the data storage media and a second chamber for material...
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