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4149200 Transducer positioning system  
Principal embodiment teaches method and apparatus for radial positioning of a magnetic recording transducer relative to the concentric tracks of a rotatable magnetic disk having work data and servo...
4131924 Flexure mounted magnetic head positioner for high-speed translation  
Data is recorded on a magnetic recording disk with data transducers adjustably positioned relative to respective "data zones," each zone comprising a prescribed number of adjacent data tracks. A...
4130844 Method and means for tracking magnetic tracks  
In a tracking system using an error signal derived from recorded dipulses of opposing polarity on each side of the center of a data track recorded on a magnetic medium, the need for highly accurate...
4115823 Track following servosystem for data storage apparatus  
A data storage apparatus, such as an accessing head magnetic disk file, includes at least one data disk surface and a servo disk surface. In operation, a continuous position signal having high...
4092683 Dual-mode demodulator for movement of a servo head  
An improved demodulator principally for receiving dibits from a servo track and generating a position error signal responsive to the servo head position relative to the track as indicated by the...
4092682 Cross coupled demodulator for generating a servo head position error signal  
An improved demodulator principally for receiving dibits from a servo track and generating a position error signal responsive to the servo head position relative to the track as indicated by the...
4087842 Recording track eccentricity compensation method and means  
Playback method and apparatus compensate exactly for both tracking and speed errors due to any eccentricity in the information track on a rotating recording member during playback by moving the...
4085427 Transducer positioning system  
A transducer positioning system wherein a pair of position information signals are first processed by means which tend to equalize the offset errors in each, the signals then being further...
4084201 Magnetic disc, especially a flexible magnetic disc, for track adjustment and amplitude control  
The invention relates to a magnetic disc for track adjustment and amplitude control having at least one control track with magnetic control signals, this track being arranged in the central region...
4075667 Method and apparatus for aligning read/write heads in a disc recorder  
In a magnetic disc recorder utilizing a servo head to generate a feedback signal for the positioning of the heads on the recording disc, a method for aligning the read/write heads with the servo...
4072990 Servo positioning system for data storage apparatus  
Data track positioning information for data tracks on a stack of recording disks is provided by servo information pre-recorded on one surface of the stack. In addition, each data track on the...
4056831 Thermal compensation for disk pack systems  
A temperature compensation technique for memory disk pack systems used in data processing apparatus wherein the temperatures at the base plate and at the disk pack are monitored so as to generate a...
4053937 Calibration timing bands  
A method of preparing an alignment disc pak in which first and second signals of different frequencies f1 and f2 are recorded in eccentric bands at a selected track on the disc such that the...
4012777 Record carrier and device for playing back same  
A recording device for storing and playing back information in which mechanical deformations which are representative of the stored information are provided in the surface of a record carrier...
3994016 Head positioning servo system for disk drives  
A closed loop head positioning servo system is disclosed for use in a disk drive employing a disk pack having a dedicated servo surface and a number of data surfaces carrying both data and servo...
3969574 Tubular player arm for an optical recording and reproducing device with drive coil and tachogenerator coil on other end  
A device for writing information in a disk-shaped record carrier, and/or for reproducing the recorded information, the transducer being radially movable relative to the record carrier, which...
3962724 Method of and device for testing movable magnetic heads for ability to trace a predetermined spiral magnetic track without deviating therefrom  
A method of and a device using a testing sheet having magnetically recorded thereon a magnetic head deviation detection signal formed on a portion of a predetermined spiral magnetic track or on a...
3959820 System for increasing the number of data tracks in a magnetic recording system  
A system is provided for positioning a transducer over a magnetic media by the sensing of previously recorded information. The previously recorded information is in the form of a plurality of...
3953889 Electronic head adjust system for removable magnetic discs  
Means for making field alignment of transducers with reference tracks prerecorded on a master disc comprising a source of regulated voltage, a separate potentiometer associated with each selected...
3914791 Memory unit flying pad linkage  
A disc drive information storage unit is disclosed having a fixed operative position head mount coupled flying pad and a linear motor responsive reciprocative head mount coupled flying pad and in...
3911211 Stop frame for optical playback system  
An optical playback system for reading video discs with a laser beam has a radial servo including an arrangement for developing a correction signal representing the sense and extent of deviations...
3872241 Video disc pickup with capacitive tracking  
The electrostatic pick-up system is used for deriving signals which represent video program information stored on a video disc and are suitable for application to a television receiver to reproduce...
3869721 Recovery of normally illegible, magnetically recorded information  
Illegible information recorded along a track of a magnetic record medium is recovered by relatively moving the read head from its normal position at the approximate center of the track to a new...
3854015 SERVO SYSTEM FOR READING FROM A DISC-SHAPED RECORD CARRIER CONTAINING SIGNALS CODED IN OPTICAL FORM  
Apparatus for reading a disc-shaped record carrier in which video and/or audio information is recorded in a preferably spiral track. This information is optically read by means of a beam of...
3840893 TRACK FOLLOWING SERVO SYSTEM  
A movable member, such as a random access disc file, has signals impressed on a disc surface in the form of concentric tracks alternately recorded at first and second frequencies. A transducer...
3818502 AUTOMATIC HEAD WIDTH CORRECTION  
The invention relates to means for compensating for variations in the effective head gap width of a servo transducer used in a track following servo system and more specifically used within the...
3789378 TRANSDUCER POSITIONING MECHANISM  
In a magnetic disc store system, transducers are positioned over tracks on the discs by a stepping motor controlled by a central unit which sends signals over three channels commanding first and...
3775655 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSDUCER TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION  
Method and apparatus for compensating a position servomechanism for errors introduced by differences in coefficients of thermal expansion between a transducer element and a positioned element. A...
3772665 SYSTEM FOR LOADING AND POSITIONING A TRANSDUCER IN A DATA STORAGE DISC CARTRIDGE  
A disc cartridge has a cutout at its periphery and a rigid interior plate that overlies the rotating disc. The plate has flat guide surfaces that straddle a slot extending from adjacent the opening...
3753254 THERMAL EXPANSION COMPENSATION FOR DISC DRIVE MEMORY  
Apparatus for a disc drive memory is described for continuously compensating for the effects of thermal expansion on the positioning of read/write heads with respect to a disc pack. The apparatus...
3742470 MEMORY DISC PACK DRIVE HAVING ACCURATE READ/WRITE HEAD POSITIONING  
An apparatus is described which is incorporated into a memory disc pack drive mechanism to enable each read/write head thereof to be properly positioned with respect to corresponding disc pack...
3702997 HEAD LOADING SYSTEM FOR MAGNETIC MEMORY DISK DRIVES  
A head loading system for a disk drive where levers extend from the support fingers of each of the read/write heads which are coupled to a radially movable carriage. The levers are capable of being...
3691543 POSITIONING SYSTEM INCLUDING SERVO TRACK CONFIGURATION AND ASSOCIATED DEMODULATOR  
The invention relates to a positioning system which provides a series of adjacent servo tracks, the boundary between adjacent servo tracks defining a path for the servo system to follow. The servo...
3597750 SERVO WITH AGC FOR POSITIONING A MAGNETIC HEAD  
Apparatus for maintaining an array of read/write heads in position at a given track location on a stack of rotating discs, including: a photoelectric transducer for producing two alternating...
3590222 RECORD STORER UTILIZING HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED MEANS FOR POSITIONING THE WRITING AND READING HEADS THEREOF  
A record storer with selective control of the positioning or setting of the writing and reading heads thereof relative to the recording tracks of the recording carriers thereof, in which movement...
3534344 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND DETECTING INFORMATION  
3531789 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE  
3491347 SERVO SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING TRANSDUCERS AT TRACK LOCATIONS  
3449734 POSITIONING APPARATUS FOR A RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE DEVICE USING A DUAL-FREQUENCY REFERENCE TRACK  
3425047 MAGNETIC TRACE RECORDER WITH TRACE-FOLLOWING HALL EFFECT READOUT HEAD  
3399391 Holding circuit for servo mechanism  
3343148 Transducer positioning circuit  
3292168 High resolution, head positioner system  
3234443 Analogue signal delay device  
3023404 Magnetic drum head positioning system  
2925238 Positioning mechanism  
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3562725 Title is not available