Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02N—ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • H02N1/00—Electrostatic generators or motors using a solid moving electrostatic charge carrier
  • H02N1/002—Electrostatic motors
  • H02N1/006—Electrostatic motors of the gap-closing type
  • H02N1/008—Laterally driven motors, e.g. of the comb-drive type
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G02—OPTICS
  • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
  • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
  • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
  • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
  • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
  • G02B6/351—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements
  • G02B6/3512—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being reflective, e.g. mirror
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G02—OPTICS
  • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
  • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
  • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
  • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
  • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
  • G02B6/3564—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details
  • G02B6/3568—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details characterised by the actuating force
  • G02B6/357—Electrostatic force
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
  • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
  • G11B11/00—Recording on or reproducing from the same record carrier wherein for these two operations the methods are covered by different main groups of groups G11B3/00 - G11B7/00 or by different subgroups of group G11B9/00; Record carriers therefor
  • G11B11/10—Recording on or reproducing from the same record carrier wherein for these two operations the methods are covered by different main groups of groups G11B3/00 - G11B7/00 or by different subgroups of group G11B9/00; Record carriers therefor using recording by magnetic means or other means for magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier, e.g. light induced spin magnetisation; Demagnetisation by thermal or stress means in the presence or not of an orienting magnetic field
  • G11B11/105—Recording on or reproducing from the same record carrier wherein for these two operations the methods are covered by different main groups of groups G11B3/00 - G11B7/00 or by different subgroups of group G11B9/00; Record carriers therefor using recording by magnetic means or other means for magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier, e.g. light induced spin magnetisation; Demagnetisation by thermal or stress means in the presence or not of an orienting magnetic field using a beam of light or a magnetic field for recording by change of magnetisation and a beam of light for reproducing, i.e. magneto-optical, e.g. light-induced thermomagnetic recording, spin magnetisation recording, Kerr or Faraday effect reproducing
  • G11B11/1055—Disposition or mounting of transducers relative to record carriers
  • G11B11/10556—Disposition or mounting of transducers relative to record carriers with provision for moving or switching or masking the transducers in or out of their operative position
  • G11B11/10563—Access of indexed parts
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
  • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
  • G11B7/00—Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation by modifying optical properties or the physical structure, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power by sensing optical properties; Record carriers therefor
  • G11B7/08—Disposition or mounting of heads or light sources relatively to record carriers
  • G11B7/085—Disposition or mounting of heads or light sources relatively to record carriers with provision for moving the light beam into, or out of, its operative position or across tracks, otherwise than during the transducing operation, e.g. for adjustment or preliminary positioning or track change or selection
  • G11B7/08547—Arrangements for positioning the light beam only without moving the head, e.g. using static electro-optical elements
  • G11B7/08564—Arrangements for positioning the light beam only without moving the head, e.g. using static electro-optical elements using galvanomirrors

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• Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)

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• 1999
  • 1999-12-15 EP EP99967365A patent/EP1181765A1/en not_active Withdrawn
  • 1999-12-15 CA CA002354604A patent/CA2354604A1/en not_active Abandoned
  • 1999-12-15 AU AU23655/00A patent/AU2365500A/en not_active Abandoned
  • 1999-12-15 JP JP2000588889A patent/JP2002542747A/ja active Pending
  • 1999-12-15 CA CA002356905A patent/CA2356905A1/en not_active Abandoned
  • 1999-12-15 CN CN 99815672 patent/CN1333943A/zh active Pending
  • 1999-12-15 WO PCT/US1999/029964 patent/WO2000036740A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation

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