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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164856 | Magnetic tape apparatus A magnetic tape apparatus includes a feeding unit for feeding a magnetic tape; a take-up unit for taking up the magnetic tape, a magnetic head disposed the downstream of the feeding unit and the upstream of the winding unit, in a traveling path of the magnetic tape ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8111480 | Electronic component and tape head having a closure An electronic component, comprising: a portion of a row cut from a wafer; and a closure coupled to the portion of the row of the wafer towards a first edge of the portion of the row of the wafer; the portion of the row of the wafer having a bonding area positioned a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8089726 | Method for counteracting longitudinal oscillations of magnetic tape in a tape drive system A method for counteracting longitudinal oscillations in a magnetic tape as it passes over a head in a tape drive system includes the steps of passing the magnetic tape over the head, detecting the occurrence of longitudinal oscillations in the magnetic tape, and gen... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7961430 | Tape path control system with precision-aligned conjugated rollers A tape path control system and related method for controlling the position of a tape medium in the tape drive. The tape path includes a first tape guide roller, a second tape guide roller spaced from the first roller, and a transducing head situated between the firs... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7894161 | Tape head assembly having a single beam and multiple modules coupled to the beam A tape head assembly according to one embodiment includes a single beam having an upper surface and a plurality of apertures into the upper surface, the beam defining a void positioned towards an inner portion thereof, the void being for receiving a cable; multiple ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7800863 | Guide for directing tape media along tape path while applying balanced lateral forces to minimize contact between guide and tape A tape guide is provided for use in routing a tape media, used in a computer or other application, along a pre-specified path of travel. The tape guide is oriented along a vertical axis and comprises three sections or components joined together to form an integral g... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7542234 | Apparatus for improving performance of a tape transducer positioning mechanism Apparatus is provided for a tape head actuator having a guide bearing preload mechanism, wherein the preload mechanism utilizes a magnet or magnets and an elongated steel member. These magnetic components interact to produce a force that is selectively directed to p... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7515382 | Tape guide roller with zoned non-smooth surface A tape guide roller comprises a cylindrical barrel with a cylindrical peripheral surface parallel to a central axis; the cylindrical peripheral surface comprising smooth cylindrical surface zones alternating in the circumferential direction about the cylindrical per... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7486479 | Magnetic head assembly with at least one guide block set back from sliding surface of servo signal recording head A magnetic head assembly to record servo signals, that serves for positioning of data recording magnetic heads and data reproducing magnetic heads, on magnetic tapes includes a servo signal recording head of which sliding surface has a magnetic gap embedded thereon ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483240 | Pivotable head brush assembly for cleaning read/write heads in a media tape drive One embodiment of a threader assembly for a tape drive has a retractable head brush assembly that is articulated into and out of wiping contact with the tape head. The head brush assembly is integrated into the cartridge loading assembly such that some of the same c... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7446975 | Servo writer In a servo writer for recording a servo signal on a running tape is provided, a guide member provided near a head, and the guide member includes a surface guide provided to guide a surface of the running tape and an edge guide including a plurality of contact portio... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7372661 | Tape guide system for engaging different tape widths A tape guide system for supporting magnetic tape about a rotary scan drum of a data transfer apparatus is disclosed. The tape guide system comprises a tape guide and a guide ramp. The tape guide has a supporting surface for supporting the magnetic tape in the tape g... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359156 | Magnetic tape head system method specifying parameters for near-constant resolution at varying tape velocities A magnetic tape head system and associated method are disclosed. Included is one or more head assemblies each including a base with a row bar coupled thereto with a head situated therein for defining a tape bearing surface defining a tape wrap angle with respect to ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349181 | 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 out... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336570 | Apparatus and method for adjusting the tilt angle of an optical pickup device A disk drive apparatus for recording (writing) and/or reproducing (reading) information on an optical disk by rotating the optical disk, and adjusting the tilt angle of an optical pickup device with respect to the optical disk. A spindle chassis rotationally support... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7319569 | Servo writer A servo writer is provided, which applies DC magnetization to a zone of a magnetic tape that is in advance subjected to AC erasing and writes a servo signal onto the DC magnetized zone. The servo writer has a DC erasing head and a servo signal writing head. The DC e... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295402 | Magnetic tape cartridge and recorder/reproducer a magnetic tape cartridge A magnetic tape cartridge and A magnetic tape cartridge recording/reproducing apparatus, which can prevent a magnetic tape from being charged to avoid damage of a magnetic head while lowering the resistance of the magnetic tape and maintaining optimum electromagneti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292410 | Tape drive head cleaner A tape drive head cleaner has a brush that is driven to sweep over a write/read head in the direction of longitudinal grooves on the write/read head. Debris that are within the grooves are swept out of the grooves by the movement of the brush in the direction of the... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278605 | Guide roller in tape drive and method of controlling the same A roller body receives a tape at a cylindrical surface. First and second flange members are located adjacent one and the other ends of the roller body for movement in the axial direction of the roller body, respectively. If one edge of the tape creases, the movement... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274528 | System and method for protecting head elements of a tape drive A method and apparatus is provided to protect head elements on a head of a head guide assembly, having a magnetic tape, and a leader coupled to the magnetic tape at a first end, such that the height of the leader is less than the height of the magnetic tape. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261250 | Roller guide tape path A tape guide mechanism in a storage device is disclosed for defining an improved roller guide tape path. A cartridge reel is provided for supplying tape to a take-up reel. Multiple flanged guides are provided located remotely from the cartridge and take-up reels. A ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256963 | Magnetic head with adaptive data island and mini-outrigger and methods of manufacture In one aspect, an exemplary method of manufacturing a magnetic head assembly is provided. In one example, the method includes forming islands in a magnetic head structure to define a pair of mini-outriggers adjacent a data island, where the data island is separated ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251093 | Tape system with adjustable wrap angles and method for adjusting tape wrap angle A method for adjusting a tape wrap angle is described comprising the steps of operating the tape system to generate or regenerate an electrical signal in the head from the tape, either increasing or reducing the tape wrap angle as appropriate until a signal from the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248438 | Compression zone recording head A compression zone recording head is provided having the recording tape in contact or near contact with the recording read/write transducer elements in a compression zone of the tape passing over a transducing surface. The compression zone recording head comprises a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240872 | Guide roller including a pair of bearing having bearings flanges for retaining a pair of firm disk-shaped annular flanges A pair of disk-shaped annular flanges is made of material firmer than that of a hollow cylindrical-shaped roller portion. The roller portion has an outer peripheral surface in which the flanges are mounted at opposite ends thereof. On press-fitting a pair of bearing... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7215505 | Pole base assembly for magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus A pole base assembly for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus for guiding a tape drawn from a reel through a predetermined path in parallel or substantially in parallel toward a lead surface of a head drum. The pole base assembly comprises a pole base disposed... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204446 | Data storage tape guiding systems using tapered guides The invention is directed to arrangements of tapered data storage tape guides which can improve the guiding of data storage tape. Tapered data storage tape guides having specific sizes relative to the data storage tape are also disclosed. The tapered data storage ta... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204445 | Guide arrangements for data storage tape guiding systems The invention is directed to arrangements of tape guides which can improve the guiding of data storage tape. Tape guides having specific sizes relative to the data storage tape are also disclosed. The disclosed tape guides and arrangements of tape guides can improve... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195189 | Tape system with an isolated load/unload tape path A tape recording system is provided having an improved load/unload path, the system comprising a first pair of guides and a second pair of guides movable from an unloaded position to a loaded position. In the unloaded position, a gap between the first pair of guides... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193813 | Angled flat-type recording head designed for near-constant resolution at varying type velocities A magnetic tape head system and associated method are disclosed. Included is one or more head assemblies each including a base with a row bar coupled thereto with a head situated therein for defining a tape bearing surface defining a tape wrap angle with respect to ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180708 | Stationary tape guide with spring arrangement and ceramic guide portion mating with plastic mounting portion A tape drive is provided having a pair of stationary guide assemblies disposed symmetrically about the magnetic read/write head. Each of the stationary guide assemblies has a mounting portion and a separate guide surface portion mounted on the mounting portion. The ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180697 | Tape loading apparatus A tape loading apparatus comprises a base, a tape guide post about which a tape is wrapped for tape loading, and a post end contact member provided on the base for fixing the height of the tape guide post by contacting and pressing an end surface of the tape guide p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170710 | Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus includes a cylinder; a first chassis section; a second chassis section; and at least first, second and third tape guide members. The second chassis section is movable between a first position and a second position. Whe... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167339 | Method for producing and inspecting tape head air-skiving edges A method is provided for providing air-skiving edges of a tape head. A slot is created in an upper face of a substrate of a tape head. The slot includes at least one edge defining an edge of a tape bearing surface (TBS) of the tape head. The surface of the tape head... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161764 | Thin-film tape head having single groove formed in head body and corresponding process A magnetic head according to another embodiment includes a head body including a top face, a bottom face, a pair of elongated side faces, and a pair of short end faces; at least one transducer formed in communication with the top face of the head body; and a single ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7133261 | Tape head having a support plate with contoured surface A tape recording head is provided comprising a support plate having a contoured surface with an opening in the contoured surface which allows head chips to protrude far enough to allow proper head tape contact for recording. The support plate is fixed on a coarse ac... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123432 | Servo writer with adjustment mechanism Disclosed is a low-cost servo writer with a simple adjusting mechanism, which can record/reproduce servo signals on or from magnetic tapes precisely, and which makes it possible to shorten the adjusting and maintenance time and to minimize the uneven wear of its hea... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116519 | Patterning of integrated closure for implementing pads connected to lapping elements A tape head comprised of a substrate and a closure coupled to the substrate. Read and/or write elements are embedded in the substrate. Contact pads are coupled to the substrate, the pads being in electrical communication with the read and/or write elements. At least... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116520 | Guide roller and magnetic tape drive A clockwise helical groove is formed on the outer periphery surface of a rigid roller toward one end from the center position in the axial direction. A counter-clockwise helical groove is formed on the outer periphery surface of the roller toward the other end from ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7099120 | Method for supporting a tape head assembly on an air cushion A method of supporting a transducer head in a read/write application provides an air bearing member that has a bearing surface area. The transducer is reciprocally supported on the air bearing member. Gas is flowed out of the bearing surface area so that the transdu... | 08/29/2006 |
