G11B 5/49
Fixed mounting or arrangements
Official title: Fixed mounting {or arrangements, e.g. one head per track}
G11B5/49 (Fixed mounting or arrangements) appears on 291 US grants and 132 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 291
- Published applications
- 132
- Assignees
- 127
- Inventors
- 531
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 13 | 12 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12 |
| 2005 | 10 | 19 |
| 2006 | 8 | 6 |
| 2007 | 7 | 11 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2014 | 9 | 5 |
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| 2016 | 12 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Switch device and hard disk device1 Sep 2026US 12,726,194 B2Rohm Co., Ltd.
- Magnetic card reader comprising a stationary magnetic reading head16 Jun 2026US 12,657,409 B2Banks and Acquirers International Holding
- Magnetic bubble memory from 4F lanthanide and ferromagnetic type materials23 Dec 2025US 12,505,857 B2Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur FöRderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.
- Disk writing mode providing main pole relaxation11 Mar 2025US 12,249,353 B1Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
- Magnetic disk device having heater to adjust spacing between magnetic disk and magnetic head18 Feb 2025US 12,230,305 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Servo control system25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179651 A1Fanuc Corporation
- Magnetic card reader comprising a stationary magnetic reading head4 Dec 2025US 2025/0371293 A1Banks and Acquirers International Holding
- Memory Devices Comprising Magnetic Tracks Individually Comprising a Plurality of Magnetic Domains Having Domain Walls and Methods of Forming a Memory Device Comprising Magnetic Tracks Individually Comprising a Plurality of Magnetic Domains Having Domain Walls20 Feb 2025US 2025/0061956 A1Micron Technology, Inc.
- Switch Device and Hard Disk Device26 Sep 2024US 2024/0322813 A1Rohm Co., Ltd.
- Magnetic disk device and method of controlling the same19 Sep 2024US 2024/0312479 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic device using magnetic components385US 5,695,864 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1997
- Magnetoresistive head with minimal electromigration155US 6,163,426 ARead-Rite Corporation · 2000
- Method and system for providing a tape head subassembly structure having an integrated wear bar and outrigger rail154US 6,577,470 B1Read-Rite Corporation · 2003
- Multichannel digital recording system with multi-user detection118US 6,826,140 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. · 2004
- Magnetic data storage fixed hard disk drive using stationary microhead array chips in place of flying-heads and rotary voice-coil actuators102US 6,249,824 B12001