Helical Scan Patents (Class 360/130.23)
  • Patent number: 10068697
    Abstract: There are provided a coil component and a board having the same. The coil component includes: a magnetic body including first and second coil parts disposed to be symmetrical to each other on one surface of a substrate on the basis of a central portion of the magnetic body and third and fourth coil parts disposed to be symmetrical to each other on the other surface of the substrate on the basis of the central portion of the magnetic body; and first to fourth external electrodes disposed on outer surfaces of the magnetic body and connected to the first to fourth coil parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan Yoon, Dong Hwan Lee, Young Ghyu Ahn
  • Patent number: 7420758
    Abstract: Disclosed is a head system including a plurality of recording heads for azimuth recording. The system includes a first recording head having a plurality of magnetic gaps having a first azimuth angle, and a second recording head having a plurality of magnetic gaps having a second azimuth angle different from the first azimuth angle. After first magnetization patterns are formed on a recording medium by the first recording head, second magnetization patterns are formed by overwriting side edge portions in the formation direction of the first magnetization patterns by the second recording head. This makes it possible to prevent the worsening of the accuracy of the magnetization pattern width due to a relative height stagger (offset) between the heads, to thereby enhance the accuracy of the magnetization pattern width, and to achieve high-density recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Inoue, Hiroaki Hida, Toshiaki Wakita, Tetsuro Makise, Ichiro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7408736
    Abstract: A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed that is arranged to receive a tape cassette accommodating a tape recording medium that is selectively loaded thereto. The loaded tape cassette is selected from plural types of tape cassettes accommodating tape recording media with differing widths. The magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus includes a rotating drum unit with a rotating head, and a loading mechanism that pulls the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette out of the loaded tape cassette, winds the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette around the rotating drum unit over a winding angle, and forms a tape path. The loading mechanism adjusts the winding angle for winding the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette according to the width of the tape recording medium of the loaded tape cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Annen, Kazuya Tamura, Kazuhide Murase
  • Patent number: 7342742
    Abstract: A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus includes a rotatable head cylinder for recording information to, and/or reproducing information from, a magnetic tape; a tape pull-out member for pulling out the magnetic tape; and a guide member for guiding the tape pull-out member. The tape pull-out member is engaged with a groove formed in the guide member. The tape pull-out member is movable between a first position and a second position along the groove. The first position is a position at which information recording to, and information reproduction from, the magnetic tape is possible. The second position is a position at which information recording to, and information reproduction from, the magnetic tape is impossible. The rotatable head cylinder is provided on a cylinder holding member integrally formed with the guide member. A profile of the groove is continuous with no gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Konishi, Koichiro Hirabayashi, Yoshiyuki Saito, Hiroshi Kurumatani
  • Patent number: 6822820
    Abstract: A data tape drive for recording information on the data tape of a tape cartridge has a transducer head with air bleed slots that define side walls, a tape guide, and a device for detecting damage to the transducer head and tape guide. The damage detection device has a conductor loop that is located along the outer edges of the air bleed slots and tape guide for detecting any brittle fracture damage that may be present. The conductor loop is a thin filament of wire that is preferably attached to the ends of the side walls. When the transducer head or tape guide experiences a fracture, such as a fracture in one of the side walls, the delicate filament breaks and forms an open circuit. The open circuit in the conductor loop is detected by the data tape drive so that remedial actions can be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Winarski, Lee C. Randall, Craig A. Klein, Robert G. Emberty
  • Patent number: 6801385
    Abstract: A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data by drawing a tape from a cassette and winding the tape onto a rotating drum including a head, includes a non-rotatable inclined post for changing the position of the tape in a direction crossing the running direction of the tape and along the axis of the inclined post, and a tapered part disposed in the vicinity of an end of the inclined post, for restricting the position of the tape in a direction crossing the running direction by being in contact with the tape when the tape is loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6515833
    Abstract: A rotating drum assembly, and a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus including the rotating drum assembly, are provided. The rotating drum assembly comprises a cylindrical rotating drum; a magneto-resistive head installed on the rotating drum to project at least a part thereof from the outer surface of the rotating drum; and a tape-contact piece installed on the rotating drum so as to project from the outer surface of the rotating drum and to be in contact with the surface of a magnetic tape; the tape-contact piece being formed to have a larger tape-contact width than that of the magneto-resistive head and disposed to be in earlier contact with the magnetic tape than the magneto-resistive head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Shirai, Tadashi Ozue, Yoshiteru Kamatani, Ichiro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 6288864
    Abstract: In a method of calibrating a helical scan magnetic tape drive, a dual scan calibration tape having a calibration stripe is loaded into the tape drive. As a head traverses differing paths along the calibration stripe, a series of calibration signal waveforms is obtained. For each calibration signal waveform in the series, a voltage measurement is made at a predetermined position within each waveform. A maximum one of the voltage measurements is used to generate a measured overlap scale factor (MOV) indicative of an overlap of the read head relative to the calibration stripe. As a subsequent calibration stripe on the calibration tape is read in a dual scan calibration mode, the measured overlap scale factor is utilized to generate a track position error vector. The track position error vector is used to adjust a tape path guide of the tape drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Exabyte Corporation
    Inventors: William Widener, Timothy C. Hughes
  • Patent number: 6282057
    Abstract: An apparatus of the present invention is a magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus for pulling out a magnetic tape from a tape cassette, forming a predetermined tape drive system with a group of tape guide posts while winding the magnetic tape around a rotary head cylinder, having a rotary head, for a predetermined arc, so as to perform recording/reproduction of the magnetic tape. The group of tape guide posts include at least one inclination adjustment tape guide post whose inclination angle can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LTD
    Inventors: Akio Konishi, Koichiro Hirabayashi, Shuzo Takeda, Shinji Tanaka, Kazuo Shibukawa, Kenji Kawamata, Hisashi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6256167
    Abstract: An apparatus of the present invention is a magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus for pulling out a magnetic tape from a cassette, forming a predetermined tape drive system with a group of tape guide posts while winding the magnetic tape around a rotary head cylinder, having a rotary head, for a predetermined arc, so as to perform recording/reproduction of the magnetic tape. The apparatus includes: an inclined post around which a non-magnetic side of the magnetic tape from the rotary head cylinder is wound; a rail provided integrally with a base on which the rotary head cylinder is mounted; and a tape guide post carrier which has the inclined post mounted thereon and is guided along the rail. The inclined post is a tape guide post around which the winding contact line, along which the magnetic tape contacts the tape guide post, is not perpendicular to a tape drive direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Konishi, Yoshiyuki Saito, Takefumi Yanagihara