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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184400 | System and method for protecting removeable media playback devices A mounting system for a media playback device is provided having an outer module for rigidly mounting the media playback device to a surface, and a corresponding cartridge which is capable of being inserted and removed from the outer module. While inserted in the ou... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8085501 | Reader including an interposer that prevents coupling with write-protected data cartridges A removable hard disk drive storage system includes a data storage cartridge having a write protect switch, and a reader configured to couple to and read data from the data storage cartridge. The reader includes a physical block that aligns with the write protect sw... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7978433 | Recording-medium driving device When a medium casing is properly inserted, a first pair of projections and a second pair of projections are passed through between a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface of a chassis in the moving direction and are thus prevented from coming into contact... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7907366 | Removable data cartridge A removable data cartridge for storing information is disclosed. The removable data cartridge includes an outer casing and an electrical connector. The outer casing has a front side having an opening therein, a back side located opposite the front side, a left side,... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7885037 | Disk storage cartridge A media cartridge including a first substantially rectangular surface, a second substantially rectangular surface, and one or more side surfaces, where the first substantially rectangular surface and the second substantially rectangular surface are connected by the ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7768776 | Disk drive enclosure with a sliding door having tabs with adjacent through-slots An information storage device includes a housing having a cavity, and a sliding door partially covering the cavity. The housing has a first groove and a second groove on opposite sides of the cavity. The sliding door includes first and second edges adjacent the firs... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7518828 | Data storage diskette with recessed base drive zone and/or tapered cover label zone A data storage diskette is disclosed. The diskette includes a housing and a media disk enclosed within the housing. The housing includes a base and a cover mated to the base. In this regard, the base defines an exterior surface that includes a base shutter zone that... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7463451 | Data storage cartridge with pin reception slot A data storage cartridge is provided that is configured to be received by a socket including an actuator pin. The data storage cartridge includes a housing and a non-tape storage medium. The housing defines an access window and includes a planar member surrounded by... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7457081 | Recording disk cartridge (having a cartridge case) for storing a plurality of flexible recording media integrally and rotatably Disclosed is a recording disk cartridge which improves its assembly and production capacities, as well as the flexibility of the design. The recording disk cartridge that has a cartridge case including flexible recording disk media in an integrally rotatable fashion... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457082 | Magnetic head for recording/reproduction, magnetic recording medium, and recording/reproduction apparatus A magnetic recording medium constructed as a discrete track-type medium. The magnetic recording medium is constructed so that a track width of data recording tracks is equal to or smaller than a width produced by subtracting twice an off-track width of a magnetic he... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7440232 | Multi-disk cartridge and disks with interlocking spacers for stacking A recording disk cartridge includes a plurality of flexible recording disk media integrally rotatably housed within a cartridge case. Each of the recording disk media is fixed to a center core which is stacked one on another through a spacer. The cartridge case incl... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441079 | Data location management in high density packaging A high density storage enclosure includes a plurality of storage devices, such as hard disk drives, positioned within a cooling airflow. Data to be stored to a storage device is received and a determination is made as to the expected usage of the data relative to ot... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437748 | Disk cartridge and data medium having same A disk cartridge and data recording/reproducing medium are disclosed. The disk cartridge includes: a disk housing including a disk receiving unit for rotatably receiving a disk, and an opening portion formed at a portion corresponding to a hub of the disk and formed... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7394622 | Magnetic recording media with discrete tracks of magnetic material in a magnetically soft underlayer A magnetic recording medium comprises a magnetically soft underlayer having a plurality of cavities in a surface thereof, and a magnetic recording material in the cavities, wherein a surface of the magnetic recording material in the cavities is substantially coplana... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391593 | Cartridge shutter mechanism A data storage cartridge and a method of opening a data storage cartridge are provided. The cartridge includes: a storage medium; a housing having at least one media access aperture, the storage medium being provided within the housing such that at least one media a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7373649 | Disk cartridge According to the present invention, there is provided a disk cartridge capable of being made compact although the disc cartridge has double structure, which cartridge is improved in light blocking effect and dustproof property, and is particularly suitable for use a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367504 | Transaction card assemblies and methods Transaction card assemblies, systems and methods of making are provided. One such assembly includes a card carrier having a card integrally formed within. The card peripherally engages the card carrier and is adapted to be removed from the card carrier. An encodable... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7355811 | Hermetically sealed housing with interior capture plate A method and apparatus for aligning and securing a spindle shaft and actuator shaft in a low-density gas-filled hard disk drive and independent of the disk drive cover is provided. A capture plate is positioned above the memory disk(s) and is secured to the base pla... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356827 | Disk cartridge A disc cartridge is provided. The disc cartridge includes an optical disc and a main cartridge body unit rotatably housing the optical disc. A lateral surface of the main cartridge body unit as an inserting end of the main cartridge body unit into the recording and/... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355846 | Mounting device for disk drive A mounting device (20) for a disk drive (80) has at least one retaining hole (81) defined in each one of two opposite sides thereof. The mounting device includes a receiving member (40), a retaining member (50), and a securing memb... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355845 | Portable electronic device having a removable hard disk drive Provided is a portable electronic device having a removable hard disk drive in which the hard disk drive is adapted to have a slot-type removable shape, thereby allowing the hard disk drive to be conveniently mounted and used, and when the hard disk drive is detache... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7345848 | Packaging structure of mini SD memory card The present invention provides an improved packaging structure of a memory card, such as mini SD memory card. The packaging structure comprises a substrate having a plurality of integrated circuit devices and passive devices located therein, and a metal cover having... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343611 | Disc cartridge having disc taking-out history detecting portion A disc cartridge including a disc medium which is loaded into a drive device and into/from which information can be recorded/reproduced; a case that houses the disc medium rotatably; a disc opening from which the disc medium provided into the case can be taken out; ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343613 | Disc cartridge having disc access opening A disc cartridge is constructed so that disc access to a recording medium enclosed within the disc cartridge via an opening in the cartridge case is restricted by a disc tray and a shutter member disposed inside the cartridge case. The shutter member is rotatably at... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342747 | Recording disk cartridge A recording disk cartridge includes a plurality of flexible recording disk media integrally rotatably housed within a cartridge case including: a lower plate for configuring a lower wall; at least one inner plate partitioning the recording disk media; and an upper p... | 03/11/2008 |
| RE40141 | Recording medium cartridge and signal recording apparatus A cartridge for housing a recording medium therein. The cartridge includes a cartridge body configured such that a signal recording apparatus can record a signal onto the recording medium when the cartridge is loaded in the signal recording apparatus. The cartridge ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334733 | Data access device using rotational head to access data stored in data strips and data arc segments or data circles This invention discloses a data card that has a plurality of data arcs and also a linear data track, e.g., a magnetic or optical data strip, disposed on a flat data storage medium. The data card may be employed as a credit card or ID card with conventional magnetic ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331056 | Data storage cartridge having baffles A media cartridge for use with data storage libraries. The cartridge includes a housing having an opening through which a carrier tray can be loaded and extracted to reveal a media element. A number of baffles are included to limit exposure of the media elements to ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330818 | Health and life expectancy management system A life expectancy management system which comprises: a storage means which is capable of storing data, such as genetic data, birth data, lifestyle data, pediatric health data, and adulthood health data; a means for altering the data based upon the occurrence of at l... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322037 | Structure of optical disc cartridge A disc cartridge can prevent a disc from being damaged, and smoothly enable a disc rotation, by forming a protruding supporting member to have a predetermined height from an inner surface of a casing receiving the disc, and by preventing the disc from interfering wi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318232 | Optical disc and disc cartridge containing the same A large capacity recording medium is formed by bonding at least two disc-shaped recording plates to provide a structure adapted to absorb any manufacturing errors in the direction of the height of the recording medium. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314388 | Adapter, memory card, and memory card module An adapter to be attached to a memory card for changing an external shape such that it can be inserted into a memory card insertion section of specific type equipment is provided. The adapter includes: an adapter body for defining a space housing the memory card; a ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302163 | Information processing apparatus and recording control method including erroneous-erasure prevention feature An information processing apparatus for receiving a recording medium that stores image data and data setting conditions for an operation relating to the image data, and that includes an erroneous-erasure prevention mechanism, includes an image recording device for r... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301550 | CD recorder and printer A disc copying or recording device and a disc label printer are mounted in a common assembly, and include a printhead moveable along a guide shaft on a frame. A disc transport carriage is mounted on the same guide shaft as the printhead, can be moved along this guid... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295403 | Cartridge for recording medium It is an object of the invention to provide a disk cartridge having a substantially identical form to that of a disk cartridge that accommodates a disk-shaped recording medium having a first recording capacity and accommodating a disk-shaped recording medium having ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295398 | High speed cleanup of removable storage device A removable data cartridge is protected from air-transported particles such as dust, excessive moisture, contaminants, and the like by filtering or otherwise conditioning the airflow at initial startup. The recording media in the data cartridge is initially spun at ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290364 | Non-rectangular shaped credit card with case A non-rectangular or asymmetrically shaped credit card or phone card with an associated case or holder. The card has a configuration that complements the configuration of the case so that the card is easily removed from the holder for access, yet is maintained insid... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287715 | Magnetic tape cartridge A tape cartridge capable of reliably identifying difference in type among tape cartridges without causing a tape drive side to have increased costs is provided. On the outer surface of a main case, an identification indicator is formed in a stripe shape having a gra... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290273 | Disc cartridge A disc cartridge includes: a disc storage portion; first and second shutters provided on the bottom of the disc storage portion; and a rotational member interlocked with the shutters and having a disc supporting portion to support the disc thereon while the shutters... | 10/30/2007 |
