G11B 15/28 through rollers driving by frictional contact with the record carrier, e.g. capstan; Multiple arrangements of capstans or drums coupled to means for controlling the speed of the drive; Multiple capstan systems alternately engageable with record carrier to provide reversal
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 > Driving record carriers by members acting directly or indirectly thereon > through rollers driving by frictional contact with the record carrier, e.g. capstan; Multiple arrangements of capstans or drums coupled to means for controlling the speed of the drive; Multiple capstan systems alternately engageable with record carrier to provide reversal
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- INFORMATION STORAGE
- Subclass:
- INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
Filing statistics
IPC G11B 15/28 belongs to the parent subclass G11B, which recorded 61,937 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 8,033 in 2013 to 4,203 in 2023 (-48%). The most active applicants in class G11 are MICRON TECHNOLOGY (10,574 applications), SK HYNIX (9,138 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (9,004 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
2 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G11B 15/29 through pinch-rollers
- G11B 15/295 with single capstan or drum simultaneously driving the record carrier at two separate points of an isolated part thereof, e.g. the capstan acting directly on the tape rollers
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