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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120050909 | TAPE GUIDE ROLLER There is disclosed a tape guide roller for guiding a tape (11) in a tape storage. The tape guide roller is tiltable such that by tilting the tape guide roller the tape (11) may be returned from a laterally offset position to a centered position. An actuato... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110181982 | SERVO WRITE HEAD, SERVO WRITER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC TAPE WITH SERVO SIGNAL WRITTEN THEREON A servo write head for writing a servo pattern on a magnetic tape is provided. A flat magnetic pattern writing surface has a magnetic gap contoured to correspond to the servo pattern, and is disposed to allow the magnetic tape to slidably contact therewith. Sloped surfa... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110116187 | Contactless Method for Power and Communications in a Tape Library A tape library is provided with a fixed coupling mechanism so that the tape library includes discrete locations via which power and communication are provided to an accessor. The use of such a coupling mechanism in a vertical tape library allows for the use of gravity t... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20100177421 | STORING PARTIAL DATA SETS TO MAGNETIC TAPE Methods, logic, apparatus and computer program product write data, comprising less than a full Data Set, to magnetic tape. Data is received from a host, a do-not-interleave command is issued and C1 and C2 ECC are computed. Codeword Quad (CQ) sets are then formed. At lea... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100165506 | METHOD OF MANIPULATING DATA STORAGE ELEMENTS A device and method for simultaneously manipulating multiple data storage cartridges or other storage elements in a storage library. The device housing includes an opening for receiving data storage cartridges. A gripping mechanism extends from the opening. The gripping... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20090284864 | TAPE CARTRIDGE AUXILIARY MEMORY CONTAINING TAPE DRIVE FUNCTIONAL STATUS INFORMATION A data storage library is described including a plurality of tape cartridges each possessing an auxiliary radio frequency memory device. The library also includes, at least one tape drive capable of determining at least one functional status when loaded with one of the ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090091856 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM A magnetic recording medium includes a tape-shaped nonmagnetic support, and a vertical magnetic layer formed on a main surface of the nonmagnetic support by a vacuum thin-film forming technique, signals being recorded on and reproduced from the vertical magnetic layer i... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090015963 | DUAL-DECK CASSETTE PLAYER HAVING AN INTEGRATED DIGITAL COMPUTER SERIAL PORT An audio cassette tape player with a computer serial port is disclosed. The player includes a housing having a front panel and a rear panel. An analog output port, analog input port and computer serial port are located on the rear panel. An analog input port located on ... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080225432 | MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUS In a magnetic tape apparatus of the present invention, a magnetic head unit having magnetic elements capable of recording or reproducing information with respect to a magnetic tape includes a movable member that includes a magnetic element and has such a size that the m... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080218900 | MULTI-CHANNEL THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE APPARATUS WITH THE MULTI-CHANNEL THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD A multi-channel thin-film magnetic head has magnetic read head elements, magnetic write head elements, servo magnetic head elements, a plurality of pairs of external connection pads for reading connected with magnetic read head elements, a plurality of pairs of external... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080218901 | System and Method to Display Information on a Data Storage Cartridge A method and a system are provided for displaying information on a data storage cartridge. The data storage cartridge includes a driver circuit coupled to a display and a cartridge memory. The driver circuit activates the display on the data storage cartridge. In respon... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080062559 | Contactless Method for Power and Communications in a Tape Library A tape library is provided with a fixed coupling mechanism so that the tape library includes discrete locations via which power and communication are provided to an accessor. The use of such a coupling mechanism in a vertical tape library allows for the use of gravity t... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080062558 | Automated Tape Library for Docking Within a Server Docking Station An automated tape library employs a docking frame structurally defining a tape storage workstation operable to be interlocked with one or more server slots of a server docking station for docking the automated tape library within the server docking station. The tape sto... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080019035 | TAPE CARTRIDGE RECORDING/PLAYBACK APPARATUS A tape cartridge recording/playback apparatus that receives a tape cartridge into an interior portion of the apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tape cartridge misleading prevention key that prevents misloading of the tape cartridge. The tape cartridge misl... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070274001 | Band-Pass Delta-Sigma Ad Modulator For Ad-Converting High Frequency Narrow Signal With Higher Precision and Lower Consumption The present invention is directed to provide a tape drive capable of securely pressing and holding a thin-type or a thick-type loaded tape cartridge being different in case thicknesses, so as to be vertically immovable. The tape drive D ac... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070236826 | MAGAZINE INSERTION AND EJECTION SYSTEM Described herein is a mobile data storage magazine for interacting with a docking station. The magazine can include a magazine frame containing a plurality of operatively interconnected disk drives, a first contact element associated with the magazine frame capable of c... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070076324 | Low impedance flexible circuit for tape head A dual layer flexible circuit for tape drives is provided that has a flexible substrate with first and second sides. A plurality of write trace pairs are provided on the substrate, with each write trace pair including a first write trace on the first side of the substra... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070064338 | Rotatable tape guide with tapered flanges A rotatable tape guide with a cylindrical barrel having a cylindrical peripheral surface; and a guide flange substantially at each outer side of the cylindrical barrel and having a frusto-conical surface. The frusto-conical surface is configured at a taper angle outward... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060187574 | Integral transformer junction module A compact integral transformer-junction module combination suitable for use in junction modules and vaults in distribution circuits and in industrial and commercial circuits, comprising: a transformer, and a sectionalizing element comprising a plurality of primary bushi... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060181804 | Tape recording and reproducing apparatus A damping member of a tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus, the apparatus having a main chassis and a capstan motor with a metallic substrate, wherein the damping member is removably provided to the main chassis to maintain a substantially constant spacing betwee... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060181803 | Tape recording system with coupled paired roller guides A tape recording system is provided for coupling the angular velocities of a pair of roller guides disposed one on either side of a head assembly. In one embodiment, the roller guides each comprise cylindrical first and second surfaces wherein the first surfaces guide a... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20050185322 | Magnetic head apparatus and drive apparatus including magnetic head apparatus A narrow magnetic body 66 in which outward path and inward path recording magnetic head devices 1WF and 1WR, capable of recording at least data on a metal evaporated type magnetic tape 51 running in the outward and inward direction and vice v... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050134999 | Interconnect structure having multiple layers of traces for electrical connection to a tape head assembly An apparatus and method for electrically coupling read elements and write elements of a tape head assembly to another component includes an interconnect structure having plural layers of traces, with the traces comprising write traces electrically connected to respectiv... | 06/23/2005 |
