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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2009
Hideki Saga, Koganei, JP;
Masaki Nagashima, Monterey, CA (US);
Hideki Saga, Koganei, JP;
Masaki Nagashima, Monterey, CA (US);
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information recording and reproducing apparatushaving a high efficiency of information transfer includes one or more recording media forming a plurality of recording surfaces, a plurality of heads respectively disposed on the recording surfaces, a first actuator for supporting the heads and moving the heads uniformly, a plurality of second actuators provided one for an associated one of the heads, the second actuators moving the heads independently relative to the first actuator, recording processing circuits for simultaneously outputting recording signals, and reproducing processing circuits simultaneously supplied with reproduced signals read out by the heads to reproduce information from the reproduced signals.