Patent ID: 11935563
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A tape drive, comprising:
a first tape head;
a second tape head disposed adjacent to the first tape head;
a first actuator coupled to the first tape head, the first actuator configured to tilt the first tape head in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, and to move the first tape head in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and a fourth direction opposite the third direction; and
a second actuator coupled to the second tape head, the second actuator configured to tilt the second tape head in the first direction and the second direction, and to move the second tape head in the third direction and the fourth direction, wherein the first actuator is configured to tilt and move the first tape head different amounts than the second actuator is configured to tilt and move the second tape head when the first and second tape heads concurrently write data to a tape.