Patent ID: 6195238
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A frame for setting an azimuth angle of a tape head relative to magnetic tape passing by the tape head, the azimuth angle defined as the rotation of the tape head about an azimuth axis relative to a fixed base, the tape head held in a carriage for moving the tape head across the tape width, the frame comprising:a first portion rigidly attached to the base;a second portion holding the carriage, the second portion rotated a frame angle relative to the first portion, the frame angle measured about an axis parallel to the azimuth angle;a plurality of flexures, each flexure connected on a first end to the first portion and connected on a second end opposite of the first end to the second portion, each flexure positioned such that, when the frame angle is at a preset value, the first end and the second end are radially aligned with the azimuth axis; anda drive set between the first portion and the second portion, the drive operative to rotate the second portion relative to the first portion by deflecting the plurality of flexures, thereby changing the azimuth angle.