Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Head – Plural gaps
Patent
1994-04-04
1996-07-30
Wolff, John H.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Head
Plural gaps
G11B 5265
Patent
active
055417930
ABSTRACT:
A bidirectional thin-film magnetoresistive tape head assembly. The invention minimizes wear on the head assembly by: (1) minimizing the distance between the read elements and their respective write elements, (2) forming the head assembly from hard materials, and (3) placing a hard block between the read and write elements. The head assembly uses only a single pair of read and write elements per data track, but the pairs are reversed with respect to each other so that the head assembly is capable of reading-while-writing on the tape in both directions.
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Griswold Gary L.
Kirn Walter N.
Levinson Eric D.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Wolff John H.
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