{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542460","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8542460","title":"Head for tape drive with transversely varying contour","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2008-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G11B","G11B","G11B","G11B","G11B","G11B"],"num_claims":18,"abstract":"A system comprises a head having a tape bearing surface and an array of transducers in the tape bearing surface, the transducers being selected from a group consisting of readers, writers and servo readers, a length of the array being defined between outer transducers thereof, the head having a feature that induces formation of a larger spacing between a tape and portions of the tape bearing surface positioned laterally to the array in a direction about perpendicular to a direction of tape travel thereacross than between the tape and a contiguous portion of the tape bearing surface wherein the feature has a continuous length that is at least as long as the plurality of transducers, wherein the feature has a continuous length that is at least as long as the plurality of transducers."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Head for tape drive with transversely varying contour","description":"A system comprises a head having a tape bearing surface and an array of transducers in the tape bearing surface, the transducers being selected from a group consisting of readers, writers and servo re","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542460","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542460","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Head for tape drive with transversely varying contour\" (US-8542460). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542460","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542460","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8542460","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-30T16:24:06.347Z"}