G11B 17/057
Specially adapted for handling both discs contained within cartridges and discs not
Official title: specially adapted for handling both discs contained within cartridges and discs not contained within cartridges
G11B17/057 (Specially adapted for handling both discs contained within cartridges and discs not) appears on 109 US grants and 50 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 109
- Published applications
- 50
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 156
- Latest grant
- 22 Mar 2011
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7 |
| 2002 | 6 | 8 |
| 2003 | 11 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- First surface removable optical disc within a cartridge22 Mar 2011US 7,913,270 B2DPHI Acquisitions, Inc.
- Disk drive with established resonance frequencies for damper member9 Nov 2010US 7,831,984 B2Panasonic Corporation
- Disk loading apparatus with cartridge urging member operating cooperatively with disk rotating unit transverse holder25 Aug 2009US 7,581,233 B2Panasonic Corporation
- Disc protection casing and drive for receiving the same3 Mar 2009US 7,499,390 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Recording medium drive16 Dec 2008US 7,467,394 B2Pioneer Corporation
- Disk drive4 Feb 2010US 2010/0031278 A1Panasonic Corporation
- Optical disc device3 May 2007US 2007/0101346 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- First-surface removable optical disc28 Dec 2006US 2006/0294536 A1DPHI Acquisitions, Inc.
- Recording medium drive21 Dec 2006US 2006/0288357 A1Pioneer Corporation
- Optical disk drive27 Jul 2006US 2006/0168599 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disc player and disc loading device185US 5,355,357 ASony Corporation · 1994
- Disk recording and reproducing apparatus58US 5,812,511 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Compact disc handling mechanism40US 5,274,620 AKubik Enterprises, Inc. · 1993
- Disk loading technique permitting loading of both a disk set in a disk loading adaptor and a naked disk34US 5,724,332 AYamaha Corporation · 1998
- Disc loading apparatus for loading optical discs in a cartridge or without34US 5,737,293 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1998