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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2025
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Robert G Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
Trevor W. Olson, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a tape head module assembly and a tape drive including the tape head module assembly. The tape head module assembly comprises a first tape head module disposed on a first actuator and a second tape head module disposed on a second actuator. The first actuator is configured to move the first tape head module in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction to tilt the first tape head module, and the second actuator is configured to move the second tape head module in the first direction and the second direction to tilt the second tape head module. The first tape head module is operable to write data to a tape using perpendicular magnetic recording, and the second tape head module is operable to read-verify the newly written data.