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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
David H. F. Harper, Vail, AZ (US);
Peter Reininger, Rueschlikon, CH;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 15/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/60 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 15/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, according to one embodiment, includes: a module having transducers positioned along a tape bearing surface of the module; a roller guide; and a patterned bar positioned relative to the roller guide and module to engage a magnetic tape. The patterned bar has a plurality of recessed regions along a tape bearing surface thereof. Moreover, the patterned bar is not directly coupled to the module. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.