G11B 15/18
Driving
Official title: Driving; Starting; Stopping; Arrangements for control or regulation thereof {(G11B15/56 takes precedence)}
G11B15/18 (Driving) appears on 3,669 US grants and 568 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 3,669
- Published applications
- 568
- Assignees
- 483
- Inventors
- 3,859
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 101 | 0 |
| 1977 | 105 | 0 |
| 1978 | 98 | 0 |
| 1979 | 67 | 0 |
| 1980 | 82 | 0 |
| 1981 | 75 | 0 |
| 1982 | 96 | 0 |
| 1983 | 103 | 0 |
| 1984 | 90 | 0 |
| 1985 | 105 | 0 |
| 1986 | 113 | 0 |
| 1987 | 133 | 0 |
| 1988 | 125 | 0 |
| 1989 | 153 | 0 |
| 1990 | 109 | 0 |
| 1991 | 124 | 0 |
| 1992 | 95 | 0 |
| 1993 | 108 | 0 |
| 1994 | 149 | 0 |
| 1995 | 131 | 0 |
| 1996 | 132 | 0 |
| 1997 | 149 | 0 |
| 1998 | 171 | 0 |
| 1999 | 140 | 0 |
| 2000 | 141 | 0 |
| 2001 | 97 | 28 |
| 2002 | 73 | 50 |
| 2003 | 53 | 46 |
| 2004 | 56 | 49 |
| 2005 | 39 | 32 |
| 2006 | 44 | 34 |
| 2007 | 42 | 12 |
| 2008 | 29 | 42 |
| 2009 | 11 | 21 |
| 2010 | 20 | 13 |
| 2011 | 18 | 12 |
| 2012 | 17 | 13 |
| 2013 | 19 | 14 |
| 2014 | 27 | 24 |
| 2015 | 26 | 21 |
| 2016 | 24 | 18 |
| 2017 | 15 | 9 |
| 2018 | 15 | 16 |
| 2019 | 27 | 14 |
| 2020 | 28 | 17 |
| 2021 | 19 | 23 |
| 2022 | 20 | 22 |
| 2023 | 19 | 17 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 |
| 2025 | 13 | 4 |
| 2026 | 7 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G11B 15/46Controlling, regulating, or indicating speed1,450
- G11B 15/1808Driving of both record carrier and head1,019
- G11B 15/26Driving record carriers by members acting directly or indirectly thereon864
- G11B 15/44Speed-changing arrangements507
- G11B 15/43Control or regulation of mechanical tension of record carrier474
- G11B 15/1883For record carriers inside containers388
- G11B 15/22Stopping means173
- G11B 15/20Moving record carrier backwards or forwards by finite amounts, i.e. backspacing, forward102
Recent patents
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- Magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, servo pattern recording device, magnetic tape drive, magnetic tape system, detection device, inspection device, servo pattern recording method, manufacturing method of magnetic tape, detection method, and inspection method12 May 2026US 12,626,721 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Magnetic tape head usable in two or more modes of operation24 Mar 2026US 12,586,605 B1International Business Machines Corporation
- Magnetic tape control system and magnetic tape control device3 Feb 2026US 12,542,152 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Tape reader3 Feb 2026US 12,542,156 B2Tape Ark
- Tape drive, tape, and storage system19 Mar 2026US 2026/0080902 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Head driving device13 Nov 2025US 2025/0349319 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, servo pattern recording device, magnetic tape drive, magnetic tape system, detection device, inspection device, servo pattern recording method, manufacturing method of magnetic tape, detection method, and inspection method17 Jul 2025US 2025/0232791 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Enhanced dynamic braking algorithm for tape storage device16 Jan 2025US 2025/0022484 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Tape reader2 Jan 2025US 2025/0006224 A1Tape Ark
Most cited
By later US patents
- Digital video recorder compatible receiver with trick play image enhancement527US 5,377,051 AHitachi America, Ltd. · 1994
- Apparatus and method for tracking the playing of VCR programs447US 5,488,409 A1996
- Recorder for cardiac signals with manually actuated event marking213US 4,123,785 ADel Mar Avionics · 1978
- Method and apparatus for controlling a videotape player to automatically scan past recorded commercial messages202US 5,333,091 AArthur D. Little Enterprises, Inc. · 1994
- Method for selectively playing back programs recorded on a video tape191US 5,621,579 AIndex Systems, Inc. · 1997