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  3. /G11 · Information storage
  4. /G11B · Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer
  5. /G11B 3/00 · Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing
  6. /G11B 3/02 · Arrangements of heads
  7. /G11B 3/08 · Raising, lowering, traversing otherwise than for transducing, arresting, or holding-up heads against
  8. /G11B 3/085 · Using automatic means
  9. /G11B 3/08535 · Driving the head
  10. /G11B 3/08538 · The head being driven by the same means as the record can
  11. /G11B 3/08541 · For pivoting pick-up arms
  12. /G11B 3/08545
G11B 3/08545

Driven by cams

Official title: {driven by cams}

G11B3/08545 (Driven by cams) appears on 24 US grants and 1 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 3/00Recording by mechanical cutting, deforming or pressing
  5. G11B 3/02Arrangements of heads
  6. G11B 3/08Raising, lowering, traversing otherwise than for transducing, arresting, or holding-up heads against
  7. G11B 3/085Using automatic means
  8. G11B 3/08535Driving the head
  9. G11B 3/08538The head being driven by the same means as the record can
  10. G11B 3/08541For pivoting pick-up arms
  11. G11B 3/08545Driven by cams
  12. 1subgroup, listed below
Granted patents
24
Published applications
1
Assignees
14
Inventors
33
Latest grant
30 Sep 2003

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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Subgroups

Granted patents
  • G11B 3/08548Using friction coupling1

Recent patents

  • Patterned media system30 Sep 2003US 6,628,598 B2Imation Corp.
  • Automatic record player pick-up arm control device having minimal height20 Oct 1987US 4,701,903 AU. S. Philips Corporation
  • Record playing device19 Jun 1984US 4,455,640 AKatoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd.
  • Record player with spring-assisted pick-up arm return5 Jun 1984US 4,453,244 AU. S. Philips Corporation
  • Automatic record player6 Mar 1984US 4,435,800 A
  • Patterned media system6 Jun 2002US 2002/0067680 A1Imation Corp.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Patterned media system12US 6,628,598 B2Imation Corp. · 2003
  • Disc player apparatus10US 4,347,596 APioneer Electronic Corporation · 1982
  • Automatic record player4US 4,435,800 A1984
  • Semi-automatic record player3US 4,201,390 AKato Electric and Machinery Co., Ltd · 1980
  • Automatic record changer3US 4,291,886 A1981

Top assignees

Documents
  • USU. S. Philips Corporation4
  • IImation Corp.2
  • Pioneer Electronic Corporation2
  • BBSR Limited1
  • ITInvestigaciones Tecnologicas Electromecanicas y Electronicas, S.A.1
  • KEKato Electric and Machinery Co., Ltd1
  • KEKatoh Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.1
  • KEKatoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd.1
  • SSKabushiki Kaisha Sankyo Seiki Seisakusho1
  • MEMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.1
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