The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
David J. Seagle, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Diane L. Brown, San Jose, CA (US);
Trevor W. Olson, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael T. Babin, Sr., Saratoga, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a tape drive comprising one or more tape head modules. Each tape head module comprises a chip and a beam, such as a u-beam. Each chip comprises a first data element array and a second data element array, where each data element array comprises 33 write elements or 33 read elements and one or more servo element pairs. Each data element of both the first and second data element arrays is coupled to two pads. The pads and the data element arrays of each chip are offset in a first direction such that the pads and data element arrays are offset from a central axis a distance about one-half the span of either the first or second data element array. Either the first data element array or the second data element arrays is centered upon the central axis.