NHK Spring Assigned Patent

NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan, has been assigned a patent (12387754) developed by Nashimoto; Gaku, Yokohama, Japan, for a “head driving device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A head driving device includes an actuator assembly driving a head member in a width direction of tape. The head driving device includes a first end support beam, a second end support beam, a first skew driving piezoelectric unit, and a second skew driving piezoelectric unit. The first end support beam is arranged between a first end portion of the head member in a length direction and a base member. The second end support beam is arranged between a second end portion of the head member in the length direction and the base member. The first skew driving piezoelectric unit and the second skew driving piezoelectric unit drive the head member around the Z-axis.”

The patent application was filed on 2024-04-19 (18/640280).