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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026

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);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/55 (2006.01); G11B 21/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 5/4893 (2013.01); G11B 5/5504 (2013.01); G11B 21/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for a spring actuator positioned in a folded spring actuator assembly includes a top section, a middle section, and a bottom section of the spring actuator that form a C-shape for the spring actuator. The middle section includes two parallelized spring legs, where a cable head module is slidable into a gap formed by the top section and two parallelized spring legs of the middle section of the spring actuator.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lantz, Mark. (2026). Folded spring tape track following actuator (U.S. Patent No. 12555599). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12555599

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