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Tape head and system having asymmetrical construction

  • US 9,928,855 B1
  • Filed: 10/31/2016
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a module having a tape bearing surface, a first edge, and a second edge, wherein a first tape tenting region of the tape bearing surface extends from the first edge along the tape bearing surface toward the second edge, the first edge of the tape bearing surface being a first end of the first tape tenting region, a second end of the tape tenting region being positioned between the first and second edges;

    a first guide positioned relative to the first edge for inducing tenting of a moving magnetic recording tape over an entirety of the first tape tenting region; and

    a transducer in a thin film region of the module, wherein a distance from the first edge to the transducer is less than a distance from the second edge to the transducer, wherein the transducer is positioned in the first tape tenting region.

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