Patents Assigned to Microcomputer Systems Corp.
  • Fixed disc head actuator assembly
    Patent number: 4300176
    Abstract: An actuator assembly for magnetic heads used with fixed magnetic discs. The heads are supported from one end of arms in a support assembly which is pivoted at the other end. Drive forces are applied directly to each of the arms through the support assembly at the center of percussion between the pivot and the heads. Drive forces are generated by a drive assembly including a coil and permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Microcomputer Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Paul A. Gilovich, Joseph S. Tung
  • Disc, tape and hybrid disc-tape memory apparatus and drive assembly
    Patent number: 4285016
    Abstract: A drive assembly for driving disc, tape or disc-tape hybrid apparatus. A tape apparatus for mass storage in which rotating heads record longitudinal adjacent tracks of predetermined length on a tape to form blocks of recorded data. The tape is advanced to write or read a plurality of blocks. Also provided is a hybrid apparatus which combines the tape apparatus and disc apparatus in a unit which is driven from a common drive assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: Microcomputer Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Paul A. Gilovich
  • Tape transport
    Patent number: 4274608
    Abstract: A tape transport for presenting tape from a replaceable tape roll to a rotating drum. The transport includes a belt for moving the tape between the tape roll and a take-up reel and maintaining the tape on the drum with uniform pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Assignee: Microcomputer Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Paul A. Gilovich, Thomas A. Hickox