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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2012
Applicant:
William Vanderheyden, Loveland, CO (US);
Inventor:
William Vanderheyden, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/127 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); G11B 23/037 (2006.01); G11B 23/113 (2006.01); G11B 15/32 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 23/037 (2013.01); B29C 45/14426 (2013.01); G11B 15/32 (2013.01); G11B 23/113 (2013.01); B29L 2031/75 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated reel hub and motor shaft assembly for a tape drive that limits axial and radial run-out of tape (e.g., magnetic, optical) relative to a read/write head assembly and the various errors (e.g., loading, tension, reading, writing, and the like) associated therewith. In one arrangement, a reel hub of a reel assembly is directly molded (e.g., via an injection molding process) onto and around an end of a drive or motor shaft of a drive assembly. As a result, a more consistent head to tape interface, greater tape tracking performance, increased track density, and the like may be achieved.