Quantum Assigned Patent

Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (11929092) developed by Goker, Turguy, Oceanside, CA, Peng, James P., Santa Maria, CA, and Saliba, George, Boulder, CO, for “system and method for conditioning new LTO media.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A tape drive (226) for use in a tape library (10) that retains at least one tape cartridge (220) that retains magnetic tape (250) includes a drive housing (226A) and a media conditioner (255). The drive housing (226A) is configured to receive the tape cartridge (220). The media conditioner (255) is coupled to the drive housing (226A). The media conditioner (255) is configured to condition the magnetic tape (250) when the tape cartridge (220) is received within the drive housing (226A). The media conditioner (255) can be configured to remove at least one of abrasives, contaminants and lubricants that are on the magnetic tape (250) when the tape cartridge (220) is received within the drive housing (226A). The magnetic tape (250) is configured to move along a predefined path (251) within the drive housing (226A), which is defined by one or more rollers (254). The rollers (254) can include a modified roller (270) having a roller body (274) and an outer coating (276) that is affixed on an outer surface (274A) of the roller body (274). The media conditioner (255) can include the modified roller (270).”

The patent application was filed on 2022-05-13 (17/743840).