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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/54 (2006.01); G11B 5/55 (2006.01); G11B 21/24 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 33/08 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/24 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 5/4833 (2013.01); G11B 33/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tape head system. The tape head system includes: a head for reading from and/or writing to magnetic tape; a support; and at least one leaf spring assembly supporting the head moveably relative to the support so as to allow the head to follow a motion of the tape, the at least one leaf spring assembly including at least one leaf spring and at least one damping element configured for damping a motion of the head relative to the support.