公开(公告)号：EP1292949A2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-19

申请号：EP01941761.7

申请日：2001-05-31

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： WILKE, Thomas, A. ,  BRACKEN, Allen, T. ,  WATSON, Brent, J. ,  THOMAS, Fred, C., III ,  DEFOREST, Marvin, R. ,  OGDEN, Dennis, D. ,  REIMANN, Mark, L. ,  SMITH, Theodore, J. ,  PENMAN, Jeffery, D. ,  SHELTON, Todd, R. ,  BAUCK, Randall, C. ,  GREENHALGH, David, S.

IPC分类号： G11B33/00

CPC分类号： G11B23/03 ,  G11B17/04 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/1493

摘要： An information storage device (10, 510, 610, 710) includes a cradle (12, 512, 612, 712) which can removably receive a cartridge (11, 411, 511, 611, 711). The cartridge contains a rotatably supported disk (91, 326-327), and a pivotal actuator arm (101) which supports a read/write head (107, 331-334) for movement adjacent the disk. A coil (117) on the arm interacts with an external magnetic field to effect pivotal movement of the arm. The cartridge may contain a spin motor (92) for effecting rotation of a disk. A preamplifier (111) and an electrostatic discharge buffer (112) are provided for the head. A connector (71) is provided to electrically couple external circuitry to electrical components within the cartridge.

公开(公告)号：EP0985209B1

公开(公告)日：2003-02-05

申请号：EP98922104.9

申请日：1998-05-06

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： THAYNE, Mark, S. ,  VILLIARD, Jeff

IPC分类号： G11B5/54

CPC分类号： G11B5/54

摘要： A carriage assembly for a disk drive actuator comprises a load beam having a tab extending distally from its distal end, a gimbal having a proximal end connected to the distal end of said load beam, and having a flexure upon which a read/write head is the load attached. The gimbal had a restraining member at its distal end, through which the tab of the load beam extends. The restraining member contacts the tab when the carriage assembly undergoes shock, to prevent excessive movement of the gimbal.

公开(公告)号：EP1202274A2

公开(公告)日：2002-05-02

申请号：EP01402713.0

申请日：2001-10-19

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： Hall, David L.

IPC分类号： G11B21/00

CPC分类号： G11B21/22 ,  G11B5/6005

摘要： An improved head assembly having a staggered leading edge step scheme for tuned air entrainment for improved head performance in higher capacity disk drives. The head assembly having a staggered leading edge step scheme improves the performance of the heads by controlling an entrainment of air thereby forming a desired air bearing between a disk surface and the longitudinal rails of each slider of the head assembly thereby forcing the storage media to comply in an advantageous way (e.g., conform) to cause intimacy at the sensor. The improved head assembly having a staggered leading edge step scheme allows the flying characteristics of the head to be controlled by providing a first rail including a sensor for interfacing with the disk media and having a relatively long leading edge step that does not entrain air well and a second rail not having a sensor and having a relatively short leading edge step that entrains air better than the long leading edge step of the first rail. The first rail having a relatively poor leading edge step for entraining air as compared to the second rail allows the sensor to interface (e.g., contact) with the disk media, while the second rail having a relatively good leading edge for the entrainment of air allows the second rail and the balance of the slider to fly over the surface of the disk. This helps to improve the performance of the head assembly for higher capacity disk drives. In addition, the present invention provides for forming one leading edge step differently from the other and for varying the dimensions of the staggered leading edge steps to further control the flying characteristics of the head assemblies.

摘要翻译： 改进的头部组件具有交错的前沿步骤方案，用于调谐空气夹带，以在更高容量的磁盘驱动器中提高头部性能。 具有交错前缘步进方案的头部组件通过控制空气的夹带来改善头部的性能，从而在盘表面和头部组件的每个滑块的纵向轨道之间形成期望的空气轴承，从而迫使存储介质符合 以有利的方式（例如，符合）以在传感器处引起亲密。 具有交错前缘步进方案的改进的头部组件允许通过提供包括用于与盘介质接合的传感器的第一轨道并且具有不会很好地夹带空气的相对长的前缘台阶来控制头部的飞行特性， 不具有传感器并具有比第一轨道的较长前缘台阶更好地夹带空气的相对短的前缘台阶的第二轨道。 与第二轨道相比，用于夹带空气的相对较差的前缘步骤的第一轨道允许传感器与盘介质接合（例如，接触），而具有用于夹带空气的相对较好的前缘的第二轨道允许 第二轨道和滑块的平衡在盘的表面上飞行。 这有助于提高高容量磁盘驱动器的磁头组件的性能。 此外，本发明提供了形成一个不同于另一个的前缘台阶，并且用于改变交错的前缘台阶的尺寸，以进一步控制头组件的飞行特性。

公开(公告)号：EP0830680B1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-07

申请号：EP96920505.3

申请日：1996-05-28

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： SONDEREGGER, Ralph, L.

IPC分类号： G11B23/03

CPC分类号： G11B23/0316 ,  G11B23/0308

摘要： A disk cartridge (10) comprises a disk-shaped storage medium (14) and an outer casing (12) that houses the storage medium. The outer casing has a head access opening (30) for providing access by the read/write heads (42, 44) of a disk drive to the disk-shaped storage medium within the casing. Head loading/unloading ramps (34 and 36) are provided in the cartridge proximate the head access opening for loading and unloading the read/write heads of the disk drive to and from the storage medium.

公开(公告)号：EP1149380A1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-31

申请号：EP00965249.6

申请日：2000-09-21

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： ROCHAT, Daniel, D. ,  MA, Yiping ,  PAN, Weimin

IPC分类号： G11B20/18 ,  G11B27/36 ,  G11B19/04 ,  G11B33/14

CPC分类号： G11B20/1816 ,  G11B20/1879

摘要： Methods are provided for detecting transient write errors based on difficulty in reading pre-recorded information on a disk such as servo marks, ID marks, etc. In the event of such a difficulty, the disk drive will automatically read the data it just wrote. If errors were encountered during this write process, the disk drive will either rewrite the data or report errors to the host system which will in most cases issue a rewrite operation. The methods also distinguish between transient errors and permanent media damage and reallocate permanent disk damages to prevent further loss.

公开(公告)号：EP1116235A1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-18

申请号：EP99948334.0

申请日：1999-09-20

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： GRAVES, Todd, L. ,  WASHBURN, Klinton, D.

IPC分类号： G11B23/03 ,  G11B23/04

CPC分类号： G11B23/042 ,  G11B23/0302

摘要： A data storage cartridge for a data storage disk drive has a latent illuminance marker. A reflective surface on the cartridge increases the intensity of the irradiance on the marker and illuminance from the marker. A light source illuminates the marker and the marker emits phosphorescence. A photosensor detects the emitted illuminance, and the decay time is determined. The decay time is checked to provide identification of different types or generations of data storage cartridges or provides a secure keying mechanism for authorized access to proprietary software.

公开(公告)号：EP1093602A1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-25

申请号：EP99932152.4

申请日：1999-07-01

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： THOMAS, Fred, C., III ,  BAR, Refael ,  ALFONSI, Daniel ,  FENG, Dai ,  CARTER, Jeff, G. ,  MONROE, Charlie, M., Jr. ,  HALES, Ronald, F. ,  KRIEGER, George, T.

IPC分类号： G06F1/00 ,  G11B20/00

CPC分类号： G11B20/00115 ,  G11B20/00123 ,  G11B20/00384 ,  G11B20/00586 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： A storage media is disclosed and comprises a storage body and a readable indelible mark formed in the body such that portions thereof are indelibly altered. The mark is read by writing first data to the body in the region of the mark, and reading second data from the body in such region. The written first data is not accepted where the portions of the body are indelibly altered. Accordingly, the read second data corresponds to the written first data with segments thereof missing. The missing segments of the first data correspond to the portions of the body indelibly altered. In a preferred embodiment, the storage media comprises a magnetic rotatable disk having a substantially planar substrate and a magnetizable layer deposited thereon. The reading and writing are therefore performed magnetically.

公开(公告)号：EP1086459A1

公开(公告)日：2001-03-28

申请号：EP99927275.0

申请日：1999-06-08

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： BRAITHWAITE, David, G. ,  REIMANN, Mark ,  JACKSON, G., Paul ,  FRAZIER, Alan ,  BERO, James, M. ,  ALFONSI, Daniel ,  SCHWARTZ, James, H. ,  BAR, Refael ,  FENG, Dai ,  HARMAN, James, S. ,  KEPLER, Robert, Neal

IPC分类号： G11B19/12 ,  G11B33/00 ,  G11B23/00 ,  G11B23/28 ,  G11B23/30 ,  G11B19/02

CPC分类号： G11B19/12

摘要： An apparatus and method for enabling/disabling selective features of a disk drive is provided. A data structure contained on a disk is read by the drive and based on this data structure, selective features of the drive are manipulated to improve the performance of the disk drive. The data structure is preferably disposed on a portion of the disk that is inaccessible to the host computer system. Additionally, the data structure preferably is read by the drive during disk insertion or activation and used to enable and/or disable features of the drive.

公开(公告)号：EP1073058A1

公开(公告)日：2001-01-31

申请号：EP99949433.9

申请日：1999-10-26

申请人： Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. ,  IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： Wakita, Maki, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. ,  Mukaijima, Katsutoshi, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.

IPC分类号： G11B33/02 ,  G11B25/04

CPC分类号： G11B33/121 ,  G11B17/043 ,  G11B23/0316 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/025

摘要： A card-type electronic device comprises a casing (4) composed of a rectangular frame (5) and two covers (6, 7) individually covering the upper and lower surfaces of the frame (5). Substantially U-shaped retaining pieces (11a, 11b) are formed by bending tongues (10), which partially protrude from the long side edge portions of the covers (6, 7), so that their distal ends are directed toward the other covers (6, 7) and further bending the distal ends on the inner peripheral side. On the other hand, the side faces of the frame (5) are formed with recesses (19a, 19b) for vertically guiding the retaining pieces (11a, 11b) and retaining portions (20a, 20b) adapted individually to engage the retaining pieces (11a, 11b) fitted in the recesses when the retaining pieces slide in the longitudinal direction of the casing (4).

摘要翻译： 卡式电子设备包括由矩形框架（5）组成的壳体（4）和分别覆盖框架（5）的上表面和下表面的两个盖子（6,7）。 基本上U形的保持件（11a，11b）通过弯曲部分（10）形成，该舌片部分地从盖子（6,7）的长边缘部分突出，使得它们的远端指向另一个盖子 并且进一步弯曲内周侧的远端。 另一方面，框架（5）的侧面形成有用于垂直引导保持片（11a，11b）的凹部（19a，19b）和分别适于接合保持片的保持部（20a，20b） 11a，11b），当所述保持片沿着所述壳体（4）的长度方向滑动时嵌合在所述凹部中。

公开(公告)号：EP1047053A2

公开(公告)日：2000-10-25

申请号：EP00201395.1

申请日：2000-04-19

申请人： Iomega Corporation

发明人： Rich, Edward L.

IPC分类号： G11B7/13

CPC分类号： G11B5/6005

摘要： A read/write head for use in a disk drive having chamfered surfaces reducing possible damage to the head assembly and/or media during loading and unloading of heads form media surface. In an inadvertent collision between the media and head assembly, the media may become displaced, possibly damaging the head suspension assembly or critical electrical connections between the head assembly and media drive. Similarly, such a collision may impart irreversible physical damage to the recording medium, making the data on the medium unrecoverable. The present invention comprises chamfered surface, preferably formed into the head, which reduces the likelihood of damage caused to the head assembly or media in the event of an inadvertent collision. These chamfered surfaces deflect the media to its proper position such that damage is minimized during collision.

摘要翻译： 包括具有臂的致动器臂组件，其能够跨越数据存储介质的边缘来回前后移动。 磁性硬盘。 读/写头机械耦合到致动器臂的远端。 头部组件附近的倒角表面在致动器臂组件的行进期间暴露于数据存储介质的边缘。 独立权利要求包括在方法和头部。