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Tape drive corrosion protection

US10249344B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Ole Asmussen · Henstedt-Ulzburg, DE
Robert Beiderbeck · Wassenberg, DE
Erik Rueger · Mainz, DE
Markus Schaefer · Winnweiler, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2017
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11B33/1453
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for corrosion protection of a tape drive. The system includes: the tape drive, a temperature sensor, a heating entity and a controller for activating the heating entity. The method includes: establishing, via the temperature sensor, temperature information indicative of a temperature in an area of, or within, the tape drive; receiving the temperature information at the controller; and activating the heating entity in a manner dependent on the temperature information established via the temperature sensor in order to prevent corrosion within the tape drive.

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