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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James C. Anderson, Eagle, ID (US);
Darin D. Lindig, Meridian, ID (US);
Jeffrey S. McAllister, Boise, ID (US);
Carl R. Hoerger, Boise, ID (US);
Catherine Dinhobl, Vienna, AT;
Martin Haupt, Vienna, AT;
Josef Summer, Neunkirchen, AT;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/560 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/560 ;
Abstract
A tape guide in which the corner geometry between the flanges and the hub prevents the tape from abruptly bumping the flange and in which the corner is coated with a very hard wear resistant material such as titanium aluminum nitride, tungsten carbide, silicon nitride, chromium nitride or diamond like carbon.