G11B 21/26
Means for interchange or replacement of head or head element
G11B21/26 (Means for interchange or replacement of head or head element) appears on 24 US grants and 4 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 24
- Published applications
- 4
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 39
- Latest grant
- 28 Feb 2017
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Portable turntable device, system, and method28 Feb 2017US 9,583,122 B2Love Turntable, Inc.
- Suspension clamp for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm24 Nov 2015US 9,196,301 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Suspension clamp for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm22 Apr 2014US 8,705,209 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Suspension for disc drive apparatus19 Jul 2011US 7,983,006 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Multilayered suspension with conductive lead structure extending beyond base layer5 Nov 2002US 6,477,014 B1International Business Machines Corporation
- Portable turntable device, system, and method26 Jan 2017US 2017/0025134 A1Ernest Turntable, Inc.
- Suspension clamp for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm18 Apr 2013US 2013/0094110 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Suspension for disc drive apparatus28 Feb 2008US 2008/0049360 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Thin film magnetic recording head and sub-mount6 Oct 2005US 2005/0219756 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Clamp for mounting head-load beam slider arm in a disk drive64US 4,912,583 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1990
- Suspension clamp for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm48US 8,705,209 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2014
- Ceramic support arm for movably positioning transducers44US 4,949,194 AQuest Technology Corporation · 1990
- Low profile head-load beam slider arm for disk drive43US 5,003,420 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1991
- Actuator arm assembly with self-locking arm29US 5,495,375 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1996