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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Ashok B. Nayak, Glendora, CA (US);
Turguy Goker, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Ming-Chih Weng, Los Angeles, CA (US);
James Mark Decot, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A head rotator assembly () for dynamically compensating for a tape skew of a storage tape that moves over a head () in a tape drive () comprises a head supporter () that is coupled to and supports the head (), and a supporter mover assembly (). The supporter mover assembly () includes a first actuator (A) that indirectly rotates a portion of the head supporter () about an axis to move the head () in an azimuth direction relative to the storage tape to dynamically compensate for the tape skew as the storage tape moves over the head (). Additionally, the supporter mover assembly () can include a first lever (A) moved by the first actuator (A) to rotate the portion of the head supporter () so that the head () moves in the azimuth direction relative to the storage tape to dynamically compensate for the tape skew.