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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2025
Magnetic head, magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, magnetic tape drive, and magnetic tape system
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
FUJIFILM CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The magnetic head comprises a recording module in which a plurality of recording elements are provided, and a reproducing module in which a plurality of reproducing elements are provided. The recording module and the reproducing module are disposed along a longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape. A pair of first servo reading elements of the recording module and a pair of second servo reading elements of the reproducing module are shifted from each other by a predetermined difference along one direction in the width direction of the magnetic tape. The predetermined difference is defined based on a pitch between a plurality of tracks formed using an SMR method and a length of the recording element in the width direction of the magnetic tape.