Tape Head Assembly Single Beam Actuator Spring Adaptor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional tape heads require separate head structures for writing and read-verification, which are difficult to align accurately, leading to misalignment and inefficiencies in data storage.
Innovation Solution
A tape head assembly with a single structure incorporating a spring adaptor, a beam, and actuator that stabilizes and moves the modules to enable both writing and read-verification functions within a single head, using multiple transducers on the same beam to facilitate precise alignment and increased data tracks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If separate head structures are used for writing and read-verification, then data storage capacity can be increased, but alignment precision deteriorates due to difficulty in aligning multiple beams
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the write head and read-verify head into a single integrated head structure mounted on one beam. This eliminates the need to align multiple separate beams while still enabling both writing and read-verification functions, thus resolving the contradiction between increasing data storage capacity and maintaining alignment precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The single beam structure serves multiple functions by supporting both write transducers and read transducers. This multi-functional design allows the head to perform both writing and read-verification operations without requiring separate dedicated structures, thereby achieving high data storage capacity while maintaining precise alignment.
2Adaptability or versatility
If two or more separate head structures are used, then read-verify function is enabled, but device complexity increases due to precise assembly requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines write and read-verify functions into a single head structure mounted on one beam, eliminating the need for multiple separate structures. This integration reduces assembly complexity while still providing the read-verify function, as both write and read transducers are housed in the same structural unit.
Solution Approach 2:
The single beam structure is segmented into distinct modules for write transducers and read transducers, allowing each function to be independently designed and optimized while maintaining overall structural unity. This segmentation reduces assembly complexity compared to aligning multiple separate beams while still enabling both write and read-verify operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate beams are used for different head structures, then functional versatility is improved, but alignment time increases resulting in productivity loss
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple head structures onto a single beam, eliminating the time-consuming process of aligning multiple separate beams. Both write and read-verify functions are achieved within one integrated structure, significantly reducing alignment time while maintaining functional versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The single beam structure is pre-configured with both write and read transducer mounting positions during manufacturing, eliminating the need for time-consuming alignment operations during assembly. This preliminary configuration of the beam structure ensures proper positioning is built-in, thereby reducing alignment time and improving productivity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows for accurate and efficient alignment of write and read transducers within a single head structure, enhancing data storage capacity and reducing assembly complexity by eliminating the need for precise alignment of separate head structures.
Implementation Method 1
a spring adaptor, the spring adaptor comprising a first hole, a second hole, and a spring member disposed between the first hole and the second hole, a beam disposed within the first hole of the spring adaptor
Implementation Method 2
an actuator disposed in the first hole. The actuator is controllable to move the beam in a direction transverse to a media movement direction
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is generally related to a tape drive comprising a tape head assembly. The tape head assembly comprises a spring adaptor, the spring adaptor comprising a first hole, a second hole, and a spring member disposed between the first hole and the second hole, a beam disposed within the first hole of the spring adaptor, 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, and an actuator disposed in the first hole. The actuator is controllable to move the beam in a direction transverse to a media movement direction. The spring adaptor stabilizes the beam while the beam is being actuated.