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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2009
Nhan Xuan Bui, Tucson, AZ (US);
Giovanni Cherubini, Rueschlikon, SZ;
Robert Allen Hutchins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jens Jelitto, Rueschlikon, SZ;
Kazuhiro Tsuruta, Yamato, JP;
Nhan Xuan Bui, Tucson, AZ (US);
Giovanni Cherubini, Rueschlikon, SZ;
Robert Allen Hutchins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jens Jelitto, Rueschlikon, SZ;
Kazuhiro Tsuruta, Yamato, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to position a head module, where the head module comprises at least one servo element and a plurality of data elements, where the servo element and each of the plurality of data elements can detect a servo signal, wherein the method includes moving a sequential information storage medium having a servo band encoded therein across the head module and detecting the servo band using the at least one servo element or any one of the plurality of data elements.