G11B 17/043
Direct insertion, i.e. without external loading means
G11B17/043 (Direct insertion, i.e. without external loading means) appears on 779 US grants and 189 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Archival data storage library20 Jun 2023US 11,682,426 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Cassette shutter11 May 2021US 11,004,469 B2Hyosung Tns Inc.
- Disk holder for disk cartridge3 Dec 2019US 10,497,392 B2Sony Corporation
- Media playback apparatus and shutter mechanism4 Jun 2019US 10,311,910 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Disc drive12 Jun 2018US 9,997,205 B2Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
- Archival data storage library16 Feb 2023US 2023/0048789 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Cassette shutter15 Aug 2019US 2019/0251998 A1Hyosung Tns Inc.
- Disk conveyor apparatus14 Mar 2019US 2019/0080714 A1Sony Corporation
- Media playback apparatus and shutter mechanism23 Aug 2018US 2018/0240497 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Disc drive19 Apr 2018US 2018/0108381 A1Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interchangeable cartridge data storage system for devices performing diverse functions137US 5,809,520 AIomega Corporation · 1998
- Recording and reproducing apparatus101US 5,473,584 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Method and apparatus for moving carriage assembly from initial position to target position and optical disc system including same92US 6,741,529 B1Discovision Associates · 2004
- Optical disc system having servo motor and servo error detection assembly operated relative to monitored quad sum signal84US 5,729,511 ADiscovision Associates · 1998
- Apparatus for coupling record disk to disk drive81US 4,901,173 A1990