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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Oscar J. Ruiz, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenji Kuroki, Fujisawa, JP;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relate to a tape drive including a tape head assembly comprising a tape head. The tape head assembly further comprises a substrate having a leading edge (LE), a trailing edge (TE), and a first media facing surface (MFS) disposed between the leading and trailing edges, and a recession disposed in the substrate, the recession being recessed from the first MFS. The tape head is disposed in the recession. The tape head has a second MFS that extends above the first MFS by a distance of about 20 nm to about 200 nm. The LE comprising a first step and a second step. The first and second steps, the recession, and the extended tape head enable a tape of the tape drive to be spaced from the substrate and tape head as the tape moves over the tape head assembly during operation.