ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,363, issued on July 29, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Magnetic tape device and method of operating magnetic tape device" was invented by Ren Ishikawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a magnetic tape device including: a magnetic head having a magnetic element that acts in proximity to a magnetic layer formed on a front surface of a magnetic tape; and a support member which is disposed at a position facing the magnetic head and against which a back surface of the magnetic tape provided on a side opposite to the front surface is pressed, in which the support member has a groove formed along a runnin...