IPC Subgroup
G11B 5/127 Structure or manufacture of heads, e.g. inductive
Introduced: January 1985
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor > Structure or manufacture of heads, e.g. inductive
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 5/133 with cores composed of particles, e.g. with dust cores, with ferrite cores
- G11B 5/147 with cores being composed of metal sheets, i.e. laminated cores
- G11B 5/17 Construction or disposition of windings
- G11B 5/187 Structure or manufacture of the surface of the head in physical contact with, or immediately adjacent to, the recording medium; Pole pieces; Gap features
- G11B 5/265 Structure or manufacture of a head with more than one gap for erasing, recording or reproducing on the same track
- G11B 5/29 Structure or manufacture of unitary devices formed of plural heads for more than one track
- G11B 5/31 using thin film
- G11B 5/325 Erasing heads using permanent magnets
- G11B 5/33 Structure or manufacture of flux-sensitive heads
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