Patents Assigned to Philips Semiconductor Gratkorn
  • Tape guide with wear resistant coating
    Patent number: 6570740
    Abstract: A tape guide in which the corner geometry between the flanges and the hub prevents the tape from abruptly bumping the flange and in which the corner is coated with a very hard wear resistant material such as titanium aluminum nitride, tungsten carbide, silicon nitride, chromium nitride or diamond like carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Philips Semiconductor Gratkorn
    Inventors: James C. Anderson, Darin D. Lindig, Jeffrey S. McAllister, Carl R. Hoerger, Catherine Dinhobl, Martin Haupt, Josef Summer