Western Digital Technologies Assigned Patent

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (11615807) developed by Biskeborn, Robert G., Hollister, CA, Ruiz, Oscar J., San Jose, CA, Kuroki, Kenji, Fujisawa, Japan, Babin, Sr., Michael T., Saratoga, CA, and Torres, Eduardo, San Jose, CA, for a “flat profile tape recording head having beveled non-functional portions.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The present disclosure is generally related to a tape head assembly narrower than the width of a tape, wherein the tape head assembly comprises one or more heads, wherein each of the one or more heads comprise a curved surface comprising a first beveled wing, a second beveled wing, and a flat-lapped surface disposed between the first beveled wing and the second beveled wing. The first beveled wing and the second beveled wing each comprise outer corners recessed from a top surface of the flat-lapped surface such that there is no interaction between the outer corners of the beveled wings and the tape.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-03-30 (17/657248).