Tape drive with head-gimbal assembly and contact plate
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDiane L. BROWN, Trevor W. OLSON
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a tape embedded drive having a head-gimbal assembly (HGA) and a contact plate. By using a support structure or contact plate beneath the tape, read and write heads can be designed to be narrower than the tape. The support structure or contact plate can stretch or relax the tape so that the spacing between servo tracks on the tape corresponds to the servo to servo spacing on the head. HGAs, which are narrower than the tape, can fly over the tape and read data from and write data to the tape. The HGA can have a single head or multiple heads. Additionally, multiple independent head assemblies can also be used for reading from and writing to the same tape.
Claims20
A storage device, comprising:
- a tape reel;
- a tape media coupled to the tape reel;
- and
- a head-gimbal assembly for reading data from and writing data to the tape media, wherein the head-gimbal assembly is configured to fly above the tape media when reading data from and writing data to the tape media and wherein the head-gimbal assembly comprises a slider and a magnetic head assembly.
A storage device, comprising:
- a tape media;
- and
- a head-gimbal assembly comprising:
- a suspension having a top end and a base end;
- a magnetic head assembly disposed on the top end of the suspension for reading data from and writing data to the tape media;
- a first actuator coupled to a first side of the base end;
- and
- a second actuator coupled to a second side of the base end opposite the first side, wherein the first and section actuators are configured to move the magnetic head assembly in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the first direction is parallel to a width of the tape media and the second direction is anti-parallel to the first direction.
A storage device, comprising:
- a tape media;
- and
- a head-gimbal assembly comprising:
- an elongated suspension;
- a slider disposed on a top end of the elongated suspension;
- a magnetic head assembly disposed on the slider for reading data from and writing data to the tape media;
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- means for moving the magnetic head assembly in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein the head-gimbal assembly is configured to fly above the tape media when reading data from and writing data to the tape media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.