ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,754, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Head driving device" was invented by Gaku Nashimoto (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head driving device includes an actuator assembly driving a head member in a width direction of tape. The head driving device includes a first end support beam, a second end support beam, a first skew driving piezoelectric unit, and a second skew driving piezoelectric unit. The first end support beam is arranged between a first end portion of the head member in a length direction and a base member. The second end support beam is arranged between a second ...