Flexible circuit support structure and head carrier
 A stiffener attached to the magnetic head or heads in a tape drive to support the flexible circuit and provide a flat surface against which the flexible circuit rolls when the head moves up and down. The stiffener is, preferably, fastened to a head carrier that is attached directly to the magnetic head. This head sub-assembly is mounted to the movable carriage that carries the head up and down at the urging of the head positioning actuator. 
Hewlett-Packard Co.
G
G11B
inventional
James C.
Anderson