US Patent:
20060181806, Aug 17, 2006
Inventors:
Saeed Fahimi - Bloomington MN, US
Anthony Banal - Fergus Falls MN, US
Geoffrey Lauinger - Campbell MN, US
Kellan Pauly - Wahpeton ND, US
International Classification:
G11B 5/74
G11B 23/00
Abstract:
Reference heads for use in flexible data storage cards are disclosed. In one embodiment, a reference head includes a planar card surface for attachment to an interior housing surface of a flexible data storage card, and a non-planar reference surface opposite the planar card surface. In one embodiment, a non-symmetric reference head for use in a flexible data storage card housing a rotatable media disc includes a body defining a first planar surface opposite an optically smooth second planar surface, and a location feature formed in the body. In this regard, the location feature is configured to reproducibly orient the optically smooth second planar surface toward the rotatable media disc.
