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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Applicants:
David H. Harper, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A. Taylor, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
David H. Harper, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A. Taylor, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B015/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method of controlling tape tension during operation of a tape drive by making use of pre-existing timing based servo patterns formatted on the media. Changes in servo pattern timing are read at regular intervals and used to calculate changes in tension, with the torque of the tape reel motors being adjusted accordingly.
Harper, David. (2005). Servo pattern based tape tension control for tape drives (U.S. Patent No. 6934108). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6934108
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