Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (11495270) developed by Namihisa, Miki, Uefune, Kouki, Kanagawa, Japan, and Takahashi, Toshio, Tokyo, Japan, for a “tape embedded drive with multiple feedthrough connections.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The present disclosure generally relates to a tape embedded drive having a plurality of feedthrough connectors. The feedthrough connectors are symmetrically placed within the tape embedded drive such that regardless of whether an even or odd number of feedthrough connectors are present, the feedthrough connectors are symmetrical about a centerline of the tape embedded drive. In such a layout, the tape embedded drive is more stable due to symmetrical mass balance. Additionally, the tape embedded drive is more cost effective to produce.”

The patent application was filed on 2021-09-20 (17/448168).