Patents by Inventor William E. Beebe

William E. Beebe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Universal magnetic recording disk cartridge
    Patent number: 4400753
    Abstract: An information storage cartridge utilized in a disk drive including a rotary magnetic recording disk and cover for containing the disk. The cover includes a plurality of orientation apertures and transducer apertures which are associated such that orientation sensing means in the disk drive can determine the orientation of the cartridge when it is inserted in the disk drive and thereby whether the information recorded on the disk is recorded on both sides of the disk or only on one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Beebe, Dean R. Duff