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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2008
Robert Glenn Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
Wayne Isami Imaino, San Jose, CA (US);
Calvin Shyhjong Lo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gary Miles Mcclelland, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Glenn Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
Wayne Isami Imaino, San Jose, CA (US);
Calvin Shyhjong Lo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gary Miles McClelland, Palo Alto, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system comprises a head having a tape bearing surface and an array of transducers in the tape bearing surface, the transducers being selected from a group consisting of readers, writers and servo readers, a length of the array being defined between outer transducers thereof, the head having a feature that induces formation of a larger spacing between a tape and portions of the tape bearing surface positioned laterally to the array in a direction about perpendicular to a direction of tape travel thereacross than between the tape and a contiguous portion of the tape bearing surface wherein the feature has a continuous length that is at least as long as the plurality of transducers, wherein the feature has a continuous length that is at least as long as the plurality of transducers.