IPC Subgroup
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 15/26 Driving record carriers by members acting directly or indirectly thereon
- G11B 15/38 Driving record carriers by pneumatic means
- G11B 15/4 Driving record carriers otherwise than by electric motor
- 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
- G11B 15/46 Controlling, regulating, or indicating speed
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G11, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY US 10,574
- SK HYNIX KR 9,138
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,004
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 3,739
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 3,443
- INTEL CORPORATION US 2,952
- SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES US 2,905
- WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,630
- TOSHIBA CORPORATION JP 2,593
- SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US 2,472