Flexible circuit support structure and head carrier

Details Flexible circuit support structure and head carrier Flexible circuit support structure and head carrier

1998-05-14

2000-06-20

Klimowicz, William

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Head mounting

For shifting head between tracks

360260, G11B 555, G11B 549

Patent

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060784830

ABSTRACT:
A stiffener attached to the magnetic head or heads in a tape drive to support the flexible circuit and provide a flat surface against which the flexible circuit rolls when the head moves up and down. The stiffener is, preferably, fastened to a head carrier that is attached directly to the magnetic head. This head sub-assembly is mounted to the movable carriage that carries the head up and down at the urging of the head positioning actuator.

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patent: 5886858 (1999-03-01), Yanagihara
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European Search Report, Aug. 30, 1999.

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