公开(公告)号：USD389470S

公开(公告)日：1998-01-20

申请号：US062053

申请日：1996-11-06

申请人： Brian Schick ,  Fred C. Thomas, III ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  Jay Muse

设计人： Brian Schick ,  Fred C. Thomas, III ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  Jay Muse

公开(公告)号：US5943185A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-24

申请号：US33825

申请日：1998-03-03

申请人： Allen T. Bracken ,  Doug Mayne ,  Jay Muse ,  Brian Schick ,  Fred Thomas, III

发明人： Allen T. Bracken ,  Doug Mayne ,  Jay Muse ,  Brian Schick ,  Fred Thomas, III

IPC分类号： G11B23/03 ,  G11B17/04 ,  G11B17/043

CPC分类号： G11B17/0438 ,  G11B17/047

摘要： A disk insertion and ejection mechanism for use in a mini disk drive. The insertion and ejection mechanism operates by using cooperating cammed surfaces on a mini-cartridge and a movable sled within the mini disk drive. The cams operate to keep the mini-cartridge raised above the drive spindle during cartridge insertion. When the mini-cartridge is fully inserted into the drive, the cams in the drive mate with cam openings on the disk and the cartridge can move down onto the spindle. Additionally, wedges in the drive and wedge cut-outs on the cartridge cooperate to lock a cartridge into the drive during insertion. During cartridge ejection, the cams within the drive cooperate with the cammed surfaces in the cartridge to raise the cartridge above the spindle. At that moment, the cartridge is forced from the drive.

摘要翻译： 一种用于小型盘驱动器的盘插入和弹出机构。 插入和弹出机构通过在小型磁盘驱动器中的微型磁带盒和可移动滑板上使用协作的凸轮表面来操作。 凸轮操作以在盒插入期间将微型仓保持在驱动主轴上方。 当迷你墨盒完全插入驱动器时，驱动器中的凸轮与盘上的凸轮开口配合，并且墨盒可以向下移动到主轴上。 此外，驱动器中的楔形物和卡盘上的楔形切口配合在插入期间将墨盒锁定到驱动器中。 在墨盒弹出期间，驱动器内的凸轮与墨盒中的凸轮表面配合，以将墨盒升高到主轴上方。 此时，墨盒被迫从驱动器中取出。

公开(公告)号：US06359745B1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-19

申请号：US09160727

申请日：1998-09-25

申请人： Fred C. Thomas, III ,  Glenn B. Dixon ,  Todd R. Shelton ,  Todd L. Graves ,  Allen T. Bracken

发明人： Fred C. Thomas, III ,  Glenn B. Dixon ,  Todd R. Shelton ,  Todd L. Graves ,  Allen T. Bracken

IPC分类号： G11B1902

CPC分类号： G06K7/12 ,  G06K19/06046 ,  G11B7/0037 ,  G11B7/24 ,  G11B15/08 ,  G11B19/12 ,  G11B20/00086 ,  G11B23/285 ,  G11B23/30

摘要： A data storage cartridge for a data storage disk drive has a latent illuminance marker. A light source illuminates the marker and the marker emits illuminance as 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.

摘要翻译： 用于数据存储盘驱动器的数据存储盒具有潜照度标记。 光源照亮标记，标记物作为磷光发出照度。 光电传感器检测发射的照度，确定衰减时间。 检查衰减时间以提供不同类型或代数据的数据存储盒的识别。

公开(公告)号：US5768074A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-16

申请号：US834256

申请日：1997-04-15

申请人： Wayne A. Sumner ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  David W. Griffith ,  David E. Jones ,  Edward L. Rich

发明人： Wayne A. Sumner ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  David W. Griffith ,  David E. Jones ,  Edward L. Rich

IPC分类号： G11B23/03

CPC分类号： G11B23/0308

摘要： A cartridge for a magnetic disk drive has a rigid shell and a flexible door which covers an opening through which read/write heads engage the recording medium. The flexible door is guided outside of the shell to an open position as the cartridge is inserted into the drive. A projection on a flexible arm in the drive catches a hole in the flexible door to open it as the cartridge is inserted into the drive. The door which opens along the outside of the cartridge conserves space so that the recording medium can be large for a given form factor drive.

公开(公告)号：US5671109A

公开(公告)日：1997-09-23

申请号：US550819

申请日：1995-10-31

申请人： Wayne A. Sumner ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  David W. Griffith ,  David E.. Jones ,  Edward L. Rich

发明人： Wayne A. Sumner ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  David W. Griffith ,  David E.. Jones ,  Edward L. Rich

IPC分类号： G11B23/03

CPC分类号： G11B23/0308

摘要： A cartridge for a magnetic disk drive has a rigid shell and a flexible door which covers an opening through which read/write heads engage the recording medium. The flexible door is guided outside of the shell to an open position as the cartridge is inserted into the drive. A projection on a flexible arm in the drive catches a hole in the flexible door to open it as the cartridge is inserted into the drive. The door which opens along the outside of the cartridge conserves space so that the recording medium can be large for a given form factor drive.

摘要翻译： 用于磁盘驱动器的盒具有刚性外壳和柔性门，其盖住读/写头与记录介质接合的开口。 当盒被插入驱动器时，柔性门被引导到外壳外部的打开位置。 驱动器上的柔性臂上的突出部分将柔性门中的孔卡住，以便当墨盒插入驱动器时将其打开。 沿着盒的外部打开的门节省了空间，使得对于给定的形状因子驱动器，记录介质可以是大的。

公开(公告)号：US06781782B2

公开(公告)日：2004-08-24

申请号：US09746304

申请日：2000-12-21

申请人： Daniel D. Rochat ,  Mark L. Reimann ,  Allen T. Bracken

发明人： Daniel D. Rochat ,  Mark L. Reimann ,  Allen T. Bracken

IPC分类号： G11B2102

CPC分类号： G11B17/04

摘要： An information storage device (10, 510, 610, 710, 810) includes a cradle (12, 512, 612, 712, 812) which can removably receive a cartridge (11, 411, 511, 611, 711) that contains a rotatable hard disk (91, 326-327). A read/write head (107, 331-334) is supported for movement adjacent the disk by a pivotal actuator arm (101). The cradle controls alignment of the head with the disk using feedback servo tracking. Calibration parameters used to perform this tracking, such as servo information or read channel information, may be stored in a special track (414) which is on the disk, and which may be a read-only track. The special track stores a plurality of sets of calibration parameters, each corresponding to a respective combination of a cradle and an environmental characteristic such as temperature. The special track may also be used to store the number of times that the cartridge has been inserted into each of several different cradles, as well as a selected retry method which is more likely than other methods to be successful in recovering data that was subject to errors.

摘要翻译： 信息存储设备（10,510,610,710,810）包括可拆卸地接纳盒（11,411,511,611,711）的托架（12,512,612,712,812），所述盒包含可旋转的 硬盘（91,326-327）。 读/写头（107,331-334）被支撑用于通过枢转致动器臂（101）与盘相邻运动。 托架通过反馈伺服跟踪控制磁头与磁盘的对齐。 用于执行该跟踪的校准参数，例如伺服信息或读取通道信息，可以存储在盘上的特殊轨道（414）中，并且其可以是只读轨迹。 专用轨道存储多组校准参数，每组校准参数各自对应于支架和诸如温度的环境特性的相应组合。 特殊轨道也可用于存储盒式磁带已被插入到几个不同摇篮中的次数以及选择的重试方法，该方法比其他方法更有可能成功地恢复受到 错误。

公开(公告)号：US06496362B2

公开(公告)日：2002-12-17

申请号：US09858073

申请日：2001-05-14

申请人： Ryan D. Osterhout ,  Scott P. Thomas ,  Paul C. Kunz ,  Allen T. Bracken

发明人： Ryan D. Osterhout ,  Scott P. Thomas ,  Paul C. Kunz ,  Allen T. Bracken

IPC分类号： H05K502

CPC分类号： G11B33/08 ,  G11B5/54 ,  G11B5/5582 ,  G11B5/59694 ,  G11B33/121

摘要： An information storage device (10) includes a cartridge (14) which can be removably inserted into a cradle (13) coupled by a cable (12) to a host computer. The cartridge includes an outer housing (54) containing a chamber (122), and having an electrical connector (63) on the exterior. An inner housing (128) contains a hard disk mechanism, and is resiliently supported within the chamber by four resilient elements (131-134). A flex circuit (146) extends from the inner housing to the connector, and permits relative movement of the inner and outer housings. The resilient elements are formed by cutting a cross-shaped part (402) from a foam sheet, cutting two square parts (406-407) from a different foam sheet, adhesively laminating the outer parts to opposite sides of the center part, and then cutting the resulting assembly along two planes to form the four resilient elements.

摘要翻译： 信息存储装置（10）包括可拆卸地插入通过电缆（12）耦合到主计算机的支架（13）中的盒（14）。 盒包括容纳室（122）的外壳（54），并且在外部具有电连接器（63）。 内壳体（128）包含硬盘机构，并通过四个弹性元件（131-134）弹性地支撑在腔室内。 柔性电路（146）从内壳延伸到连接器，并允许内壳体和外壳体相对移动。 弹性元件通过从泡沫片切割十字形部分（402）而形成，从不同的泡沫片切割两个方形部分（406-407），将外部部分粘合地层压到中心部分的相对侧，然后 沿着两个平面切割所得的组件以形成四个弹性元件。

公开(公告)号：US5583710A

公开(公告)日：1996-12-10

申请号：US438255

申请日：1995-05-10

申请人： Carl F. Nicklos ,  David E. Jones ,  Edward L. Rich ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  Harold Woods ,  Clark Bruderer

发明人： Carl F. Nicklos ,  David E. Jones ,  Edward L. Rich ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  Harold Woods ,  Clark Bruderer

IPC分类号： G01P5/16 ,  G11B17/028 ,  G11B17/035 ,  G11B19/00 ,  G11B23/03 ,  G11B25/04 ,  G11B17/00

CPC分类号： G11B17/0288 ,  G11B19/00 ,  G11B23/0308

摘要： A disk drive for writing and reading data to and from a disk contained in a cartridge which is inserted through an opening into the disk drive comprises a motor ring rotatably mounted in the disk drive and a spindle motor for rotating the disk. The spindle motor is mounted in the motor ring such that rotation of the motor ring moves the spindle motor into and out of engagement with the hub of the disk cartridge. A position transducer provides an output signal indicative of the rotational position of the motor ring. A load/eject motor controls the rotation of the motor ring in response to the output signal from the position transducer.

摘要翻译： 用于向包含在通过盘片驱动器的开口插入的盒中的盘写入和读取数据的磁盘驱动器包括可旋转地安装在盘驱动器中的马达环和用于旋转盘的主轴马达。 主轴电动机安装在电动机环中，使得电动机环的旋转将主轴电动机移动到与盘盒的轮毂接合。 位置传感器提供表示电动机环的旋转位置的输出信号。 负载/弹出电机响应于位置传感器的输出信号控制电机环的旋转。

公开(公告)号：US5216558A

公开(公告)日：1993-06-01

申请号：US647845

申请日：1991-01-30

申请人： David Griffith ,  David Jones ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  Theon Rawlings

发明人： David Griffith ,  David Jones ,  Allen T. Bracken ,  Theon Rawlings

IPC分类号： G11B17/035 ,  G11B17/04

CPC分类号： G11B17/047 ,  G11B17/035

摘要： In a disk drive the drive motor and actuator are mounted in a drawer which is slidable to an open position in which there is no vertical obstruction over the motor. The removable cartridge can be placed on the motor with the motor extending into the cartridge to engage the hub. A shutter in an edge of the cartridge is moved to an open position when the drawer is closed to provide access for the actuator to move magnetic heads into read/write relationship with the disks. A lock for the shutter maintains it in the closed position when the drawer is open.

摘要翻译： 在磁盘驱动器中，驱动电动机和致动器安装在可滑动到电动机上没有垂直障碍的打开位置的抽屉中。 可拆卸的盒可以放置在电动机上，电动机延伸到盒中以接合轮毂。 当抽屉关闭时，盒的边缘中的快门移动到打开位置，以提供致动器的进入以将磁头移动到与盘的读/写关系。 当抽屉打开时，快门的锁将其保持在关闭位置。

公开(公告)号：US4583213A

公开(公告)日：1986-04-15

申请号：US628198

申请日：1984-07-06

申请人： Allen T. Bracken ,  Harold A. Lunka ,  William J. Benker ,  Howard A. Snyder ,  Gary W. Collins

发明人： Allen T. Bracken ,  Harold A. Lunka ,  William J. Benker ,  Howard A. Snyder ,  Gary W. Collins

IPC分类号： G11B33/08 ,  G11B33/14 ,  G11B25/04 ,  G11B23/02

CPC分类号： G11B33/1446 ,  G11B33/08

摘要： An air shroud is disclosed for reducing vibration of the disk storage medium and controlling contamination in the environment above the disk in an optical disk data recording system. The shroud is placed over the rotating disk and pressurized air is forced into the center of the air space between the shroud and the disk where it moves from the center to the outside edge in a laminar flow. The shroud includes a circular plate with a slot for allowing the laser read/write beam to shine through the shroud and contact the surface of the disk for reading and writing data on the disk. An air duct is mounted around a center hole of the circular plate to distribute the pressurized air into the air space and a flange is mounted on the outer edge of the circular plate to reduce turbulence in the air flowing across the disk.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于减少盘存储介质的振动并控制光盘数据记录系统中盘上环境中的污染的空气罩。 将护罩放置在旋转盘上方，并且加压空气被迫进入护罩和盘之间的空间中心，其中它以层流从中心移动到外边缘。 护罩包括带有槽的圆形板，用于允许激光读/写光束穿过护罩并与盘的表面接触以便在盘上读取和写入数据。 在圆形板的中心孔周围安装有空气管道，以将加压空气分配到空气空间中，并且法兰安装在圆形板的外边缘上以减少流过盘的空气中的湍流。