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Granted Patent B1
US 10,720,181 · App. 16/696,394 · Granted Jul 21, 2020

Magnetic recording cartridge

Inventors: Minoru Yamaga (Miyagi, JP); Noboru Sekiguchi (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
G11B23/107G11B5/584G11B5/66G11B5/70678G11B5/714G11B5/716G11B5/73G11B5/78
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Patent No.
US 10,720,181
App. No.
16/696,394
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A magnetic recording cartridge is provided and including a magnetic recording medium, wherein an average thickness of the magnetic recording medium t T is 3.5 μm≤t T ≤5.6 μm, a dimensional change amount Δw in a width direction of the magnetic recording medium with respect to a tension change in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic recording medium is 700 ppm/N≤Δw≤20000 ppm, and the magnetic recording medium is accommodated in a state of being wound around the reel in the cartridge case and (a servo track width on an inner side of winding of the magnetic recording medium)−(a servo track width on an outer side of winding of the magnetic recording medium)>0 is satisfied.

Claims (48)

1. A magnetic recording cartridge comprising:

a cartridge case,

a reel, and

a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, a base layer and a back layer,

wherein an average thickness of the magnetic recording medium t T is 3.5 μm≤t T ≤5.6 μm,

a dimensional change amount Δw in a width direction of the magnetic recording medium with respect to a tension change in a longitudinal direction of the magnetic recording medium is 700 ppm/N≤Δw≤20000 ppm, and

the magnetic recording medium is accommodated in a state of being wound around the reel in the cartridge case and (a servo track width on an inner side of winding of the magnetic recording medium)−(a servo track width on an outer side of winding of the magnetic recording medium)>0 is satisfied.

2. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the dimensional change amount Δw in the width direction of the magnetic recording medium with respect to the tension change in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic recording medium is 750 ppm/N≤Δw≤20000 ppm.

3. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the dimensional change amount Δw in the width direction of the magnetic recording medium with respect to the tension change in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic recording medium is 800 ppm/N≤Δw≤20000 ppm.

4. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the average thickness of the magnetic recording medium t T is 3.5 μm≤t T ≤5.3 μm.

5. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the average thickness of the magnetic recording medium t T is 3.5 μm≤t T ≤5.2 μm.

6. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the magnetic layer t m is 35 nm≤tm≤120 nm.

7. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the non-magnetic layer is 0.6 μm to 2.0 μm.

8. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the base layer is 2.5 μm to 6 μm.

9. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the base layer is 2.6 μm to 5 μm.

10. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the back layer t b is t b ≤0.6 μm.

11. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein 0.01 μm≤(the servo track width on an inner side of winding of the magnetic recording medium)−(the servo track width on an outer side of winding of the magnetic recording medium)≤2.5 μm is satisfied.

12. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic layer has magnetic powder and a binder, and the magnetic powder includes one or more of ε iron oxide magnetic powder, barium ferrite magnetic powder, cobalt ferrite magnetic powder, and strontium ferrite magnetic powder.

13. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 12 , wherein the magnetic powder includes the ε iron oxide magnetic powder, and

a peak ratio X/Y of a main peak height X and a height Y of a sub peak in the vicinity of magnetic field zero in a switching field distribution (SFD) curve of the magnetic recording medium is no less than 3.0 and no more than 100.

14. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 13 , wherein an average particle size of the magnetic powder is no less than 8 nm and no more than 22 nm.

15. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 12 , wherein the magnetic powder includes the barium ferrite magnetic powder,

an average thickness of the magnetic layer t m is 35 nm≤t m ≤100 nm, and

a coercive force Hc of the magnetic recording medium measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 160 kA/m to 280 kA/m.

16. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 15 , wherein an average particle size of the magnetic powder is no less than 12 nm and no more than 25 nm.

17. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a thermal expansion coefficient α of the magnetic recording medium is 5.5 ppm/° C.≤α≤9 ppm/° C. and a humidity expansion coefficient β of the magnetic recording medium is β≤5.5 ppm/% RH.

18. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a surface roughness R ab of the back layer is 3.0 nm≤R ab ≤7.5 nm.

19. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a friction coefficient μ between a surface on a side of the magnetic layer and a surface on a side of the back layer is 0.20≤μ≤0.80.

20. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a Poisson's ratio ρ of the magnetic recording medium is 0.25≤ρ.

21. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic limit value σ MD of the magnetic recording medium in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic recording medium is 0.7 N≤σ MD .

22. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 21 , wherein the elastic limit value σ MD does not depend on a speed V when an elastic limit is measured.

23. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic layer is vertically aligned.

24. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of servo bands are formed in the magnetic layer and a number of the servo bands is 3 to 11.

25. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the base layer includes a polyester resin.

26. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a squareness ratio measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 65% or more.

27. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a squareness ratio measured in the vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 70% or more.

28. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a squareness ratio measured in the vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 73% or more.

29. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a coercive force Hc of the magnetic recording medium measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 220 kA/m to 310 kA/m.

30. The magnetic recording cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic layer has a barium ferrite magnetic powder and a binder,

the base layer includes a polyester resin,

an average particle size of the barium ferrite magnetic powder is 12 nm to 25 nm,

an average thickness of the magnetic layer t m is 35 nm≤t m ≤100 nm,

an average thickness of the non-magnetic layer is 0.6 μm to 2.0 μm,

an average thickness of the base layer is 2.5 μm to 6 μm,

an average thickness of the back layer t b is t b ≤0.6 μm,

a surface roughness R ab of the back layer is 3.0 nm≤R ab ≤7.5 nm,

a coercive force Hc of the magnetic recording medium measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 160 kA/m to 280 kA/m, and

a squareness ratio measured in a vertical direction of the magnetic recording medium is 65% or more.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2020
From: YAMAGA, MINORU; SEKIGUCHI, NOBORU
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-086717 · Apr 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Continuation 16502418 · Jul 3, 2019
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