Abstract: A disk drive system having a disk-shaped disk storage medium and a disk drive for accessing the disk storage medium including a media cartridge of the same shape as that of the disk storage medium to which not less than one small-sized storage medium is attachable, and an access unit provided in the disk drive for accessing the small-sized storage medium attached to the media cartridge.

Abstract: A lower inertial compact disk driving device is disclosed. The disk and laser head are static and optical unit device are used as a medium of the laser optical path. Furthermore, a rough tracing unit device is used to change the optical path projected by optical unit device on the compact disk, a precise tracing unit device is used to control the optical spot to emit to the desired compact disk track precisely; the precise tracing unit device includes two fixed shelves, two permanent magnets, a tracing movable block and a balance movable block, the tracing movable block and balance movable block are wound around focus coils, respectively, and are hung between two fixed shelves by elastic wire, the central thereof is installed with the steel wire whose end connects to the optical unit device. The focusing error from the laser beam passing through the optical unit device is converted into a focusing driving voltage which is applied to the focus coil so that a magnetic field is generated.

Abstract: A disc drive system includes a base with sidewalls, a spindle attached to the base, and at least one disc attached to the spindle. A cover is also included for attaching to the base. The cover and the base form a disc enclosure which encloses the at least one disc, a portion of the spindle, and the actuator assembly. The disc drive system also includes a cover that is the prime acoustical radiator from the disc drive. The cover includes at least one dampening member attached by the adhesive. The dampening member is provided with a cut or slit therein to shift the resonant frequency of the cover. The cut increases area with high value of shear deformation in the adhesive and increases the loss factor.

Abstract: In a magnetic tape cartridge comprising a thin cartridge casing having flat upper and lower surfaces and a single reel which is housed in the cartridge casing for rotation and around which a magnetic tape is wound, island-like or point-like projections are provided at least three places of the lower surfaces of the cartridge casing near the leading edge and the trailing edge of the cartridge casing as viewed in the direction X of insertion of the magnetic tape cartridge in a recording and reproducing apparatus and recesses which are adapted to be engaged with the projections are provided on the upper surface of the cartridge casing so that, when a plurality of the magnetic tape cartridges are stacked, the projections and the recesses of the cartridge casings of magnetic tape cartridges which are just above and below each other are engaged with each other, whereby the magnetic tape cartridges are prevented from being displaced with respect to each other when a plurality of magnetic tape cartridges are stacked

Abstract: According to the present invention, when a land-groove recording method is adopted, thermal crosstalk between a land and an adjoining groove is suppressed effectively. Inhomogeneity of a recording layer between the land and groove is suppressed effectively. A substrate for optical recording media comprises groove-like concave parts (2) and convex parts each created between adjoining concave parts. A border sidewall (4) between a concave part and an adjoining convex part (2) has a plurality of sidewall planes, that is, at least a first sidewall plane (41) that leads to the bed of the concave part and a second sidewall plane (42) that leads to the apical plane of the convex part. The first sidewall plane meets the bed of the concave part at an angle ranging from 120° to less than 180°. The second sidewall plane meets the bed of the concave part at an angle ranging from 90° to 110°.

Abstract: In high-speed high-density recording, heat generation becomes a problem as high-frequency modulation and strong magnetic field of a magnetic head are realized. A thermally coupling contact portion is extended from a part of a suspension and is brought into contact with a magnetic core, by which heat generated in a coil is dissipated to the suspension via the magnetic core and the thermally coupling contact portion.

Abstract: Provided in the vicinity of both sides of a disk loading slot, are rods which rotate when contacted by a disk that is loaded, and disk check levers which are in contact with the rods and rotate by a principle of a lever. With such a disk loading apparatus, when loading a disk into a reproduction apparatus, incorrect loading of a disk due to a difference in disk sizes is prevented.

Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge has a thin cartridge casing having flat upper and lower surfaces and a single reel around which a magnetic tape is wound. Projections are provided on at least three places of the lower surfaces of the cartridge casing near the leading edge and the trailing edge of the cartridge casing and recesses, which can engage with the projections, are provided on the upper surface of the cartridge casing so that, when a plurality of the magnetic tape cartridges are stacked, the projections and the recesses of the cartridge casings of magnetic tape cartridges are engaged with each other, whereby the magnetic tape cartridges are prevented from being displaced with respect to each other when they are stacked and the sliding resistance when the magnetic tape cartridge is inserted into a recording and reproducing apparatus is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-actuatable, self-limiting wear contact pad slider and method for making the same. A protruding element surrounding the transducer is fabricated using a third etch step so that the protruding element has a height that is greater than or equal to the designed fly height of the aerodynamic lift surface minus the disk roughness.

Abstract: In order to enable a hand inserting direction against a disk tray to be freely changed during loading/unloading of a laser disk in respect to the disk tray, there is provided a disk drive apparatus in which a disk outer circumference mounting surface to be formed on the disk tray is formed substantially flush with an upper surface of the disk tray and its outer circumference is provided with a plurality of disk guides.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and systems are described for lifting a read/write head in a digital tape system. Headlift systems according to the present invention include a guide pin that is an element of a stepper motor, a bracket coupled with the head, and a shaft-linking element. Such headlift systems provide reduced headlift error tolerances, and can therefore accurately place the head for reading and writing to smaller width data tracks on the tape. The bracket is configured to mate with the guide pin and to couple with a stepper motor rotational shaft. A motor according to the present invention includes a stepping motor, a shaft, and a guide pin. A bracket according to the invention includes a head mating surface, an arm, and typically includes a guide pin bushing. The arm includes a first opening aligned to receive the shaft, and a second opening aligned to receive the guide pin.

Abstract: A disc drive includes a casing having a bottom cover and an outer cover, a disc tray which supports an optical disc thereon and is movable with respect to the casing between a disc eject position and a disc reproducing position, a loading chassis for supporting and guiding the disc tray, a feed chassis on which a turntable and an optical pick-up are provided, the feed chassis being pivotally displaceable between a raised position for reproducing the disc and a lowered position lower than the raised position, and a main circuit board having a roughly rectangular shape and having various electrical elements for driving and controlling the disc drive. The loading chassis is designed such that it is arranged on a roughly front-half part of the bottom cover, and the main circuit board is designed such that it is arranged on a roughly rear-half part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modified perpendicular magnetic recording head which generates a relatively small magnetic field in the soft underlayer of a magnetic recording disk in order to reduce unwanted noise from the underlayer. The noise-suppressing magnetic field is sufficiently strong to effectively drive magnetic domains out of the soft underlayer underneath the head.

Abstract: A loading device for an optical disk medium is described.

Abstract: To make a soft magnetic underlayer of a double layered perpendicular magnetic recording medium thinner than heretofore while avoiding saturation. Assuming that Tb1 is the thickness of the soft magnetic underlayer of the double layered perpendicular magnetic recording medium, BS2 the saturation flux density of the same, Tm the thickness of a magnetic recording head's main pole 1 along a track direction in the vicinity of its floating surface, TWW the track width of the same, and BS1 the saturation flux density of the same, then Tb1<(BS1×Tm×TWW)/2(BS2×(Tm+TWW)) is satisfied.

Abstract: A cleaning disc is provided to clean contaminated interior surfaces of a CD player. The cleaning disc is dimensioned to simulate a CD; however, in the first embodiment, the cleaning disc has stop tabs which prevent it from being fully loaded within a CD player. The front edge of the cleaning disc has a progressively narrowing contour, preferably semi-circular in shape, which simulates a CD. The CD player attempts to fully load the cleaning disc but fails as the stop tabs prevent further insertion. The load roller continues to spin thereby increasing the cleaning action of the load roller with the cleaning disc. The cleaning disc can be single or multiple layers, and can be composed of materials which most advantageously clean the load roller, and the other contact surfaces within the CD player including the upper and lower skid plates which also may become contaminated. In a second embodiment, the cleaning disc has the same shape and size as a CD.

Abstract: A data recording/reproduction apparatus is provided, which apparatus includes a spindle motor which is held by a base body and rotates an optical disk, an optical pickup which projects a laser beam into a spot on the optical disk for data recording/reproduction, first and second support mechanisms provided on the base body, and a seek mechanism which is held by the first and second support mechanisms so as to be freely tilted with respect to the base body and actuates the optical pickup in radial directions of the optical disk. The first support mechanism is vertically movable in directions of a thickness of the optical disk so that a tilt of the optical pickup with respect to the optical disk is adjusted.

Abstract: An optical disc unit is disclosed, comprising a turntable on which an optical disc is placed, an optical pickup, guide shafts for guiding the optical pickup radially of the optical disc, first and second support members, as well as third and fourth support members, for supporting the guides shafts respectively, the turntable, the optical pickup, the guide shafts, and the first to fourth support members being disposed on a chassis, the second and fourth support members being respectively provided with pawl pieces spaced a predetermined gap from end portions of the guide shafts. Near the second and fourth support members are disposed adjust screws for adjusting the height of end portions of the guide shafts, as well as torsion coil springs for urging the guide shafts elastically. When the above end portions of the guide shafts are displaced away from upper end faces of the adjust screws, the displacement is restricted by the pawl pieces of the second and fourth support members.