Patent ID: 9019653
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A product as comprising: a magnetic recording tape having opposite ends, a longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape being defined between the ends; the magnetic recording tape having at least one servo track, the at least one servo track having a plurality of first magnetic bars and a plurality of third magnetic bars oriented to form chevron-like patterns with the first magnetic bars, the first magnetic bars each having a longitudinal axis oriented at a first angle between 2 and 88 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape, the third magnetic bars each having a longitudinal axis oriented at a second angle between 2 and 88 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape, the second angle having a different numerical absolute value than the first angle, wherein at least first and second ones of the servo tracks are present, wherein a centerline between the first and third magnetic bars of the first servo track is substantially collinear with a centerline between the first and third magnetic bars of the second servo track, the centerlines being at an angle less than 90 degrees from the longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape.