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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Alan Eckberg, Rochester, MN (US);
Gerald Daniel Malagrino, Jr, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian Lee Rappel, Grand Meadow, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360106 ; 360 7802 ; 360109 ;
Abstract
An actuator for coarse and fine positioning of a read/write head incorporates at least one pivoted member to position the read/write head relative to storage tape that stores the data. The pivoted member may be a beam supporting a read/write head or link of a four bar linkage and is typically pivoted on a carriage. The pivoted motion and the associated motion of the read/write head must not introduce excessive zenith tilt or the recording/writing of data will be unreliable.