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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174792 | Opening and closing mechanism for a removable storage medium receptacle An opening-closing mechanism for a record medium is arranged to include a moving body moves, on which an inserting slot and a revolving door are provided; a supporting means for causing the revolving door to support by the moving body in openable and closeable manne... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8144428 | Recording tape cartridge and drive device for reducing friction The present invention provides a recording tape cartridge that when loaded in a drive device, generation of abrasion dust from a case can be restrained. The recording tape cartridge includes: a case in which a single reel with a recording tape being wound thereon is... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8089727 | Managing data storage media and multiple cartridge memories of a data storage cartridge A data storage cartridge comprises data storage media configured to store data for read and/or write access, wherein the data may be arranged in a plurality of partitions; and a plurality of cartridge memories. A control system, for example of a data storage drive, ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8049991 | Digital audio book cartridge and player with manipulation-facilitating features A cartridge for use by print-disabled users to play digital audio content and a player having a receptacle for receiving the cartridge are provided. The cartridge includes a random-access digital storage device storing the digital audio content and having a connecto... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049992 | Tape reel, recording tape cartridge, take-up reel, pullout member, and drive device having a recording tape wound therein The present invention provides a tape reel, a recording tape cartridge, a take-up reel, a pullout member and a drive device that can control fluctuation of a recording tape in the axial direction of a hub and can, even when the recording tape is thinned in accompani... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8014102 | Data storage tape for minimized damage A data storage device has a cartridge with tape having data and landing zones. One of the landing zones is aligned with a head during stopping of advancement of the tape to minimize damage. A data storage system is provided with a data storage device with data and l... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7940496 | Reinforced tape for a data storage device A data storage device is disclosed with a housing sized for a tape drive. A tape reel is mounted for rotation within the housing and a guide is mounted in the housing spaced apart from the tape reel. A first end of a data tape segment is mounted to the tape reel and... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7881013 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge houses a reel including a hub around which recording tape is wound and at least part of which is formed by a resin. The rigidity (modulus of elasticity) y in the radial direction of the hub and the creep deformation ratio x of the recordin... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7813081 | Magnetic tape cartridge with write protect member movable to irreversibly retaining position A tape cartridge includes a case, a magnetic tape stored in the case, and a write protect structure for blocking information recording onto the magnetic tape, in which the write protect structure includes, for example, a slidable write protect member and a retention... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7656608 | Media cartridge with multi-distance antennas and cartridge export prevention and tracking mechanisms The aspects of the present invention provide a device for tracking, a method for tracking, and a method for building the device for tracking the location of a media cartridge. The device includes a first antenna connected to a media unit. The device also includes a ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7522381 | Recording medium built-in cartridge and cartridge built-in package A recording medium built-in cartridge of the present invention includes: a case; a recording medium housed in the case; and at least one humidity control member disposed in the case and including at least one humidity control material that absorbs moisture in the ca... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7483241 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge has a door with a first guard portion provided on the upper end of the door in the height direction and having a first through-hole through which a support axis is inserted; and a second guard portion provided on the lower end of the door ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7477484 | Tape cartridge write protect mechanism The write protect mechanism provides a method for identifying the write protect state of the tape media enclosed in a tape cartridge from at least two orientations. A write protect switch on the front side of the tape cartridge housing moves to block the write prote... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7471487 | Recording medium cartridge The recording medium cartridge accommodates a recording medium such as a magnetic tape, a optical and/or magnetic disk, or the like in a cartridge body having an upper half and a lower half. A non-contact type memory device storing information, for example, given wh... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7446976 | Tape cartridge with visible management information A tape cartridge includes a case, a magnetic tape stored in the case, a movable member slidably or movably mounted on the case and having a display portion visible from an outside of the case, a plurality of management information sets about the tape cartridge are d... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438249 | Recording medium cartridge and fabrication method thereof A recording medium cartridge and producing method thereof, such that slidability of resin-fabricated members of different materials against one another can be assured even in conditions in which impacts are successively applied. The recording medium cartridge is pro... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440231 | Single reel tape cartridge having guide surface In one example of one aspect of the invention, a single reel data storage cartridge is provided. The single reel data storage cartridge includes a housing having an access window and a reel rotatably disposed within the housing and having storage tape wound on the r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428741 | Optical storage capable of reducing power consumption In an optical storage, a base is defined in a bottom of a space which receives a disk. A drive unit is mounted on the base for turning the disk around a drive axis. A shroud is defined in a side of the space, and a cover is defined in a top of the space. The cover h... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426094 | Magnetic tape cassettes and processes for producing them The magnetic tape cassette has a base with an opening for forming a transparent window and a transparent resin-made window member to be installed in the opening. The window member is provided with an engaging unit which is to be fitted into the base at an angle and ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420777 | Leader tape having an end which is cut using a mechanical process so as to be strongly spliced onto a magnetic tape A leader tape to be spliced in a butting manner to a leading end of a magnetic tape, the leading end being mechanically cut in a tapered shape, wherein the leader tape has a surface roughness RZ (RZ complies with JIS B0601-1994) of 5 μm or less. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419114 | Leader tape A leader tape that is joined at an end portion of a recording tape wound on a reel and that, when pulling out the recording tape, is pulled out by a pullout member of a drive device and conveyed on a predetermined path by guide members of the drive device, wherein r... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419115 | Magnetic tape cassettes and processes for producing them The magnetic tape cassette has a base with an opening for forming a transparent window and a transparent resin-made window member to be installed in said opening. The window member is provided with an engaging unit which is to be fitted into the base at an angle and... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416148 | Recording tape cartridge Sliding resistance at a time when a locking member is moved between a locking position and an unlocking position with respect to a reel can be lessened, and it is possible to avoid bringing about trouble with a drive device or the like. In a recording tape cartridge... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7407127 | Single reel tape cartridge having guide surface In one example of one aspect of the invention, a single reel data storage cartridge is provided. The single reel data storage cartridge includes a housing having an access window and a reel rotatably disposed within the housing and having storage tape wound on the r... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401750 | Reel and recording tape cartridge A reel of a recording tape cartridge has a reel hub formed in a shape of a hollow cylinder; an annular reel gear; an upper flange; a lower flange; and a reel plate. A reel gear is provided coaxially at an outer surface of a floor of the reel hub, and meshes with a d... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398941 | Tape cartridge A tape cartridge including a tape capable of recording and reproducing a high accuracy servo signal, by preventing a deformation of the tape by preventing turning up of a front end portion of a tape when the front end portion is adhered to a reel hub. The tape cartr... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398940 | Leader tape, method for manufacturing the same, and magnetic tape cartridge The present invention provides a leader tape, method for manufacturing the same, and a magnetic tape cartridge with a leader tape having surface properties and conductive properties for securing slide durability suitable for a magnetic tape drive using a magnetic ta... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395982 | Cartridge reel centering device Described herein are centering systems, including cartridge reels, reel drivers, and methods of using them. Aspects of the invention may include cartridges, tape drives, and systems of using the cartridge reels and reel drivers. A centering system may comprise a car... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395983 | Tape cartridge for testing and repairing a tape head of a type drive A tape cartridge (54) for use in a tape drive (46) having a tape head (260) includes a cartridge housing (272), a cartridge reel (274) and a tape (278). The cartridge reel (274) is rotatably secured to the cartridge h... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7377462 | Tape cartridge A single reel tape cartridge capable of achieving high-speed read/write access to tapes at high density by enhancing the molding accuracy of lower flange and eliminating inclination and waviness of flange walls is provided. A reel incorporated in a main case is comp... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377460 | Tape cartridge of compatible type A tape cartridge capable of recording and reading out large and small tape cartridges with different widths is provided. The tape cartridge comprises a pair of right and left hubs for winding a tape which is winded off from one hub and is wound around the other hub ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375910 | Data storage cartridge having a plurality of cartridge memories A data storage cartridge comprises data storage media configured to store data for read and/or write access, wherein the data may be arranged in a plurality of partitions; and a plurality of cartridge memories. Each cartridge memory comprises a communication interfa... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364107 | Tape cartridge A tape cartridge capable of preventing emission of vibrating sounds and occurrence of abrasion at a usage time when a reel hub unit rotates at a high rotating speed. The tape cartridge has a single reel hub unit rotatably accommodated in a case and having its periph... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360982 | Structure for holding recording tape cartridge and method of manufacturing said structure Various types of recording cartridges, each of which has a case which rotatably accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound, are provided with grasped portions with concave portions at side walls of the case and which a grasping device of a same, external... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361422 | Leader tape and magnetic tape cartridge using the same A leader tape in which an non-magnetic under layer that contains a powder and a binder and a magnetic upper layer are sequentially laminated on at least one side of a support, a center line average roughness (Ra) of a surface of the support is from 30 to 50 nm, and ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360734 | Recording tape cartridge and plate spring A tape cartridge which, in a state in which a reel cannot rotate, restricts movement of a braking member and restricts movement of the reel. In a state in which engaging walls of locking members are engaged with a top edge portion of a reel hub, step portions and th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360291 | Method of manufacturing a recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge including: a reel, and gear teeth are provided at an inner side of a floor portion of a reel hub on which a recording tape is wound; a case which accommodates the reel, and an engaging projection is formed at a surface of the case opposing... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359145 | Non-tape data storage cartridge with handling feature and associated cartridge drive A data storage cartridge including a non-tape storage medium, and a housing maintaining the non-tape storage medium. The housing defines a plurality of external handling features for interaction with at least one of a cartridge storage unit and a cartridge drive to ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359153 | Recording medium cartridge A recording tape cartridge is structured so as to accommodate, within a case, a reel on which is wound a magnetic tape which is a recording medium. The recording tape cartridge has a so-called WORM function such that overwriting of data on a recording region of the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357346 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge with high strength and resistance to deformation around an opening aperture of a case, which opening aperture is for drawing out recording tape. The recording tape cartridge is provided with a leader block at a distal end of a magnetic tap... | 04/15/2008 |
