US 11,990,164 B1
Tape head assembly with single beam, actuator and spring adaptor
Kenji Kuroki, Fujisawa (JP); Oscar J. Ruiz, San Jose, CA (US); Eduardo Torres Mireles, San Jose, CA (US); Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US); and Masahito Kobayashi, Fujisawa (JP)
Assigned to Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/227,520.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/442,971, filed on Feb. 2, 2023.
Int. Cl. G11B 5/56 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 5/54 (2006.01); G11B 20/20 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 5/56 (2013.01) [G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 20/20 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tape head assembly, comprising:
a beam;
a first module disposed on the beam, the first module comprising a first plurality of write transducers and a first plurality of read transducers;
a second module disposed on the beam adjacent to the first module, the second module comprising a second plurality of write transducers and a second plurality of read transducers;
an actuator disposed in contact with a first end of the beam, the actuator being controllable to move the beam in a first direction towards a second end of the beam and a second direction opposite to the first direction, the second end of the beam being opposite the first direction; and
a spring adaptor disposed around the beam and the actuator.