NEC Platforms Assigned Patent

NEC Platforms, Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan, has been assigned a patent (11657838) developed by Urahama, Hidehiro, Kanagawa, Japan, for “cleaning enabling device, cleaning device, and magnetic tape device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “In order to reduce the possibility of occurrence of retraction of a cleaning member during cleaning of a magnetic head and the possibility of the cleaning member not being able to return to a retraction position due to stopping part way, the cleaning enabling device is provided with: a holding member having a first surface capable of holding the cleaning member for cleaning the magnetic head, and a second surface capable of lifting a magnetic tape from the magnetic head, a transmission part which transmits a first driving force for driving a first driving member, and a first force application part which applies, to the holding member, a first force in a direction that causes the cleaning member to remain in the retraction position when the cleaning member is in the retraction position and releases the first force when the cleaning member is drawn away from the retraction position.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-02-10 (17/430067).