G11B 5/58
With provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment
Official title: with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following {(spacing means incorporated in the head structure G11B5/187, G11B5/255, G11B5/3106)}
G11B5/58 (With provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment) appears on 10,247 US grants and 5,826 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
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| 2024 | 130 | 109 |
| 2025 | 131 | 86 |
| 2026 | 85 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Data storage device with BiCMOS impedance-matched amplifier with transducer-bias6 Oct 2026US 12,755,754 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Single data band data storage6 Oct 2026US 12,755,758 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Servo recording apparatus, servo write head, method of producing a magnetic tape, and magnetic tape6 Oct 2026US 12,755,759 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Burst pattern track-to-track phase adjustment in a data storage device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,504 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Burst Pattern Track-to-Track Phase Adjustment in a Data Storage Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301766 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Magnetic disk device and write processing method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290390 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Magnetic disk device and method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290391 A1
- Techniques for mitigation of carbonaceous smear in heat-assisted magnetic recording24 Sep 2026US 2026/0290392 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Edge-emitting laser diode, related apparatuses, data storage devices, systems, and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291184 A1Seagate Technology LLC
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- Timing based servo system for magnetic tape systems372US 5,689,384 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1997
- System for self-servowriting a disk drive251US 5,668,679 AQuantum Corporation · 1997
- High capacity submicro-winchester fixed disk drive235US 5,255,136 AQuantum Corporation · 1993
- Sector architecture for fixed block disk drive234US 5,523,903 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1996