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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karl Ziegler, Denver, CO (US);
Kevin D. McKinstry, Westminster, CO (US);
Assignee:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/09 (2006.01); G11B 33/14 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); H05F 3/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/40 (2006.01); H05K 3/12 (2006.01); H05K 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/092 (2013.01); G11B 33/1493 (2013.01); H05K 1/0259 (2013.01); H05K 1/117 (2013.01); H05K 1/118 (2013.01); G11B 5/40 (2013.01); G11B 5/6094 (2013.01); H05F 3/00 (2013.01); H05K 3/1216 (2013.01); H05K 3/321 (2013.01);
Abstract
A head assembly for a magnetic tape storage device includes a head and a flexible circuit connected to the head. The flexible circuit includes a gripping portion, an end including electrical contacts for the head, conductors extending from the electrical contacts, and ink patterned onto the electrical contacts and gripping portion to form electrical paths therebetween. The ink conducts electrostatic charge from the electrical contacts and conductors to a grounded user in response to skin of the user contacting the ink.