Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., has been assigned a patent (11735223) developed by Hanaoka, Koumei, Odawara, Japand, and Kobayashi, Masahito, Ushiko, Japan, for a “head suspension system for a tape drive.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A storage device comprises, a head assembly, motor(s) configured to actuate the head assembly. The storage device may optionally include tape reel(s) holding tape media for storing data and a casing. The head assembly and its suspension system comprises a support structure, a head housing having an upper attachment bracket and a lower attachment bracket, a first flat spring attached to the upper attachment bracket, a second flat spring attached to the lower attachment bracket, and a head bar attached on an upper side to the first flat spring and attached on a lower side to the second flat spring. The head bar includes at least one read head and at least one write head.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-06-29 (17/361997).