Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Shevlin

Patrick J. Shevlin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MAGNETIC TAPE MEDIA
    Publication number: 20100290147
    Abstract: An apparatus including a read head and at least two tape guides. The read head detects a magnetic field representative of information recorded on magnetic tape media, and the at least two tape guides guide the magnetic tape media on a path adjacent a read surface of the read head. The at least two tape guides are positioned to contact a substrate of the magnetic tape media and to maintain a non-zero distance between the path and the read surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Patrick J. Shevlin, James E. Burd, Robert J. Strauss