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G11B 15/18

Driving; Starting; Stopping; Arrangements for control or regulation thereof

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function > Driving; Starting; Stopping; Arrangements for control or regulation thereof

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
INFORMATION STORAGE
Subclass:
INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER

9 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G11B 15/2 Moving record carrier backwards or forwards by finite amounts, i.e. back-spacing, forward-spacing
  • G11B 15/22 Stopping means
  • G11B 15/24 Drive-disengaging means
  • G11B 15/38 Driving record carriers by pneumatic means
  • G11B 15/43 Control or regulation of mechanical tension of record carrier, e.g. tape tension
  • G11B 15/44 Speed-changing arrangements; Reversing arrangements; Drive-transfer means therefor

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G11, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. MICRON TECHNOLOGY US 10,574
  2. SK HYNIX KR 9,138
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,004
  4. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 3,739
  5. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 3,443
  6. INTEL CORPORATION US 2,952
  7. SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES US 2,905
  8. WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,630
  9. TOSHIBA CORPORATION JP 2,593
  10. SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US 2,472