G11B 21/22
While the head is out of operative position
Official title: while the head is out of operative position
G11B21/22 (While the head is out of operative position) appears on 514 US grants and 251 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 514
- Published applications
- 251
- Assignees
- 122
- Inventors
- 918
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 44 | 0 |
| 2001 | 43 | 15 |
| 2002 | 22 | 17 |
| 2003 | 17 | 19 |
| 2004 | 28 | 21 |
| 2005 | 19 | 25 |
| 2006 | 21 | 21 |
| 2007 | 13 | 19 |
| 2008 | 13 | 20 |
| 2009 | 21 | 20 |
| 2010 | 24 | 14 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7 |
| 2012 | 18 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 10 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of operating hard disk drive, corresponding control circuit, hard disk drive and processing device28 Jul 2026US 12,694,903 B2STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Ramp and magnetic disk device30 Jun 2026US 12,670,929 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Disk device and head gimbal assembly having a load beam with a varying rail configuration16 Jun 2026US 12,658,203 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Disk device with stopper for actuator assembly12 May 2026US 12,626,719 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Latch for zero/fixed skew data storage device14 Apr 2026US 12,603,105 B2Seagate Technology LLC
- Ramp pad spacer for a hard disk drive17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279398 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Disk device12 Mar 2026US 2026/0073939 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Disk device and head gimbal assembly27 Nov 2025US 2025/0364007 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Method of operating hard disk drive, corresponding control circuit, hard disk drive and processing device27 Nov 2025US 2025/0364012 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Disk device30 Oct 2025US 2025/0336414 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disk drive apparatus using dynamic loading/unloading217US 4,933,785 APrairietek Corporation · 1990
- Architecture for 21/2 inch diameter single disk drive185US 5,025,335 AConner Peripherals, Inc. · 1991
- Method of controlling an actuator, and disk apparatus using the same method165US 7,265,929 B2Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2007
- Airflow assisted ramp loading and unloading of sliders in hard disk drives156US 6,437,945 B1Read-Rite Corporation · 2002
- Magnetic disk drive incorporating a magnetic actuator lock and a very small form factor147US 5,034,837 ARodime PLC · 1991