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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2023
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mark Alfred Lantz, Adliswil, CH;
Walter Haeberle, Waedenswil, CH;
Simeon Furrer, Altdorf, CH;
David Harper, Vail, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for a reworkable tape track following actuator includes a spring actuator, a head module, a voice coil, and a mounting body, where the spring actuator is coupled to the mounting body and the mounting body is removable from a tape drive assembly. The apparatus further includes the head module being coupled to a middle section of the spring actuator and the voice coil being positioned beneath the head module.