US Patent Issued to NHK SPRING on Nov. 25 for "Head driving device configured to move a head member relative to tape as a recording medium and configured to stably hold the head member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,495, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Head driving device configured to move a head member relative to tape as a recording medium and configured to stably hold the head member" was invented by Ryo Kuwata (Yokohama, Japan), Gaku Nashimoto (Yokohama, Japan), Tatsuhiko Nishida (Yokohama, Japan), Mikio Arai (Yokohama, Japan), Hiroshi Nakayama (Yokohama, Japan) and Isamu Kuchiwaki (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head driving device includes a base member, a head supporting member, a beam member, a piezoelectric unit, and a reinforcement member. The reinforcement member includes a...