1. A harness for retaining flexible straps on a body of a user, comprising:
first and second pouches, each having an interior, an open end for providing access to the interior, a closed end opposite the open end, an elastic draw string for adjusting a size of an opening of the open end, and an exterior;
mounting hardware that is adapted to be attached to the user for engaging and retaining at least one of the first and second pouches;
the first and second pouches are each adapted to be mounted to the user via the mounting hardware, and the second pouch is mounted to a distal, outer surface of the first pouch that is located opposite to and spaced apart from the user; and
a sling having a waist position that is adapted to be located about the waist of the user, and a quiver position that is adapted to be located over a shoulder and across a back of the user;
the first pouch is secured directly to an outer surface the sling rather than to the user, and the second pouch is mounted directly to an exterior of the first pouch opposite the sling rather than directly to the user, the second pouch being detachably removable from the first pouch via the mounting hardware; and
each of the elastic draw strings has a cord stop for adjusting a length of the elastic draw strings.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A tape drive, comprising:
a head actuator for a readwrite head;
a suspension system on which the head actuator is mounted; and
a damping system coupled to the head actuator to dampen suspension system resonance, the damping system including one or more position sensors mounted on the head actuator;
flexible printed circuits coupled to the readwrite head, wherein the damping system includes a servo system responsive to signals from the one or more position sensors to control movement of the head actuator, and wherein the one or more position sensors are coupled to the servo system via the flexible printed circuits;
a printed circuit board, wherein the head actuator has a fine positioner and a coarse positioner, and further comprising fine and coarse positioner loops coupled between the fine positioner and the coarse positioner respectively and the printed circuit board, the fine and coarse positioner loops being combined into a single loop carried by the flexible printed circuit wherein the single loop comprises adjacent portions of flexible printed circuits, attached to opposite sides of the readwrite head, simultaneously moving when the readwrite head is being moved by the fine or coarse positioner;
wherein the one or more position sensors are configured to generate a position signal proportional to motion of the readwrite head in a transverse direction;
wherein the servo system has a velocity determination module that differentiates the signals generated by the one or more position sensors and derives readwrite head velocity information from the differentiated position signals;
wherein the servo system has a servo control signal module that generates servo control signals to dampen suspension resonance based on the readwrite head velocity information.
2. The tape drive of claim 1, wherein the tape drive has a housing with a top cover, the printed circuit board being located at the top cover, the flexible printed circuits extending between a head carriage of the head actuator and the printed circuit board.
3. The tape drive of claim 2, further comprising a flexible printed circuit board routing bracket positioned at the top cover and between the head carriage and the printed circuit board, a top surface of the flexible printed circuit contacting a bottom portion of the bracket such that a loop remains in the flexible printed circuit at the highest position of the head carriage, the flexible printed circuit remaining out of contact with the top cover at the highest position of the head carriage.
4. The tape drive of claim 3, wherein the tape drive has a half-high form factor.
5. A tape drive, comprising:
a tape drive housing with a top cover;
a head actuator with a head covering for a readwrite head;
a printed circuit board;
a flexible printed circuit extending between a head carriage of the head actuator and the printed circuit board; and
a flexible printed circuit routing bracket positioned at the top cover and between the head carriage and the printed circuit board, the flexible printed circuit routing bracket interacting with the flexible printed circuit during movement of the head carriage to prevent all contact of the flexible printed circuit with the top cover in all positions of the head carriage.
6. The tape drive of claim 5, wherein the head actuator includes a fine positioner and a coarse positioner, with a fine positioner loop and a coarse positioner loop, the fine positioner loop and the coarse positioner loop combined into a single loop on the flexible printed circuit.
7. The tape drive of claim 6, further comprising one or more position sensors mounted on the head actuator and moving with the head actuator, the one or more position sensors being coupled to the printed circuit board via the flexible printed circuit.
8. The tape drive of claim 7, wherein the one or more position sensors comprise linear hall sensors, and wherein the tape drive further comprises double pole magnets stationarily positioned in the tape drive to interact with the linear hall sensors, such that the linear hall sensors generate position signals that are linearly proportional to motion of the readwrite head.
9. The tape drive of claim 7, further comprising a suspension system to which the head actuator is coupled, and a servo system responsive to position signals from the one or more position sensors to control movement of the head actuator to dampen suspension system resonance.
10. The tape drive of claim 9, wherein the servo system has: a velocity determination module that differentiates the position signals generated by the one or more position sensors to derive readwrite head velocity information; and a servo control signal module that generates servo control signals to dampen suspension system resonance based on the readwrite head velocity information.
11. A tape drive, comprising:
a head actuator for a readwrite head;
a suspension system on which the head actuator is mounted; and
a damping system coupled to the head actuator to dampen suspension system resonance, the damping system including one or more position sensors mounted on the head actuator;
flexible printed circuits coupled to the readwrite head, and wherein the one or more position sensors are coupled to the servo system via the flexible printed circuits; and
a printed circuit board, wherein the head actuator has a fine positioner and a coarse positioner, and further comprising fine and coarse positioner loops coupled between the fine positioner and the coarse positioner respectively and the printed circuit board, the fine and coarse positioner loops being combined into a single loop carried by the flexible printed circuit wherein the single loop comprises adjacent portions of flexible printed circuits, attached to opposite sides of the readwrite head, simultaneously moving when the readwrite head is being moved by the fine or coarse positioner.