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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
David H. F. Harper, Vail, AZ (US);
Peter Reininger, Rueschlikon, CH;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 15/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/60 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 15/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, according to one embodiment, includes: a module having transducers positioned along a tape bearing surface of the module, a guide configured to guide a magnetic tape over the module, and a patterned bar positioned relative to the guide and module to engage the magnetic tape. The patterned bar has a plurality of recessed regions along a tape bearing surface of the patterned bar. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.