G11B 33/121
The apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device
Official title: {the apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device}
G11B33/121 (The apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device) appears on 2,175 US grants and 1,668 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 2,175
- Published applications
- 1,668
- Assignees
- 554
- Inventors
- 4,003
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 23 | 30 |
| 2025 | 21 | 23 |
| 2026 | 19 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Storage device bracket22 Sep 2026US 12,744,061 B2Jabil Circuit (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Disk device18 Aug 2026US 12,711,996 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Disk device with constrained layer configurations between inner and outer covers18 Aug 2026US 12,711,997 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Active humidity control using heat-responsive water-releasing substances in data storage devices18 Aug 2026US 12,711,998 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Base plate, motor, and disk drive device4 Aug 2026US 12,700,431 B2Nidec Corporation
- Base plate, motor, disk drive device, and method for manufacturing base plate24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290402 A1Nidec Corporation
- Storage device carrier with robust device attachment20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244250 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Hard disk adapter apparatus, hard disk storage system, server, and computer device2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188351 A1Suzhou Metabrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
- Optical disk drive and electronic equipment unit2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188352 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Disk device11 Jun 2026US 2026/0162688 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ruggedized hand held computer708US 6,532,152 B1Intermec IP Corp. · 2003
- Adapter and a removable slide-in cartridge for an information storage system340US 4,941,841 A1990
- Paperless portable book230US 5,339,091 ASemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd. · 1994
- Disk drive apparatus using dynamic loading/unloading217US 4,933,785 APrairietek Corporation · 1990
- Robust serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) PCB connector202US 6,832,929 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2004