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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:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2021
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/12 (2006.01); G11B 15/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 33/122 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 15/60 (2013.01); G11B 33/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a tape embedded drive having a plurality of feedthrough connectors. The feedthrough connectors are symmetrically placed within the tape embedded drive such that regardless of whether an even or odd number of feedthrough connectors are present, the feedthrough connectors are symmetrical about a centerline of the tape embedded drive. In such a layout, the tape embedded drive is more stable due to symmetrical mass balance. Additionally, the tape embedded drive is more cost effective to produce.