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  3. /G11 · Information storage
  4. /G11B · Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
  5. /G11B 17/00 · Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of
  6. /G11B 17/02 · Details
  7. /G11B 17/022 · Positioning or locking of single discs
  8. /G11B 17/025 · Of discs which are stationary during transducing operation
  9. /G11B 17/0255
G11B 17/0255

Flexible discs

Official title: {flexible discs}

G11B17/0255 (Flexible discs) appears on 4 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. GPhysics
  2. G11Information storage
  3. G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
  4. G11B 17/00Guiding record carriers not specifically of filamentary or web form, or of
  5. G11B 17/02Details
  6. G11B 17/022Positioning or locking of single discs
  7. G11B 17/025Of discs which are stationary during transducing operation
  8. G11B 17/0255Flexible discs
Granted patents
4
Published applications
0
Assignees
4
Inventors
12
Latest grant
7 Apr 1998

Filings by year

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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Floppy Disk drive having a drive lever for driving a disk7 Apr 1998US 5,737,149 ASamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
  • Automatic disc loading apparatus3 Sep 1985US 4,539,670 APioneer Electronic Corporation
  • Apparatus for detachably mounting a record sheet in place in a sheet type recorder/player8 Nov 1977US 4,057,256 ARicoh Company, Ltd.
  • Magnetic sheet player with an adjustable inclined magnetic head26 Apr 1977US 4,020,505 AGakken Co., Ltd.

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Automatic disc loading apparatus11US 4,539,670 APioneer Electronic Corporation · 1985
  • Magnetic sheet player with an adjustable inclined magnetic head2US 4,020,505 AGakken Co., Ltd. · 1977
  • Apparatus for detachably mounting a record sheet in place in a sheet type recorder/player2US 4,057,256 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1977
  • Floppy Disk drive having a drive lever for driving a disk2US 5,737,149 ASamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. · 1998

Top assignees

Documents
  • GGakken Co., Ltd.1
  • Pioneer Electronic Corporation1
  • RRicoh Company, Ltd.1
  • SESamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.1

Often classified with

  • G09BEducational or demonstration appliances1

Documents that also carry the other class.

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