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7243871 Data storage tape cartridge and leadering mechanism interaction  
A data storage tape cartridge providing robust interactions with leadering mechanisms of data storage tape drives. In one relevant aspect, a data storage tape cartridge includes improved leader...
7227722 Recording tape cartridge with reel lock member  
The recording tape cartridge includes a case body formed by joining together an upper half and a lower half and a tape reel around which a recording tape is wound. The cartridge further includes a...
7227721 Multi-directional cartridge memory antenna designs  
A method and system for transmitting tape cartridge information using a bi-axial tape cartridge antenna design. A contactless tape cartridge memory device is provided in which the memory device is...
7216826 Magnetic tape cartridge  
A magnetic tape cartridge includes a reel around which a magnetic tape is wound, a cartridge case rotatably accommodating the reel, a reel lock for locking rotation of the reel relative to the...
7204444 Media cartridge having reel suspension system and method of manufacture  
In one example of one aspect of the invention, a data storage cartridge is provided. The data storage cartridge includes a housing having at least one opening, a reel rotatably disposed within the...
7201341 Recording tape cartridge  
Retention portions that retain a leader member of recording tape are formed inside a case, and a spring member pushes the leader member toward the retention portions. The spring member contacts...
7199976 Reel lock mechanism of tape cassette and tape cassette  
Each lock portion ( 15 ) has a front portion ( 23 ) including an anchoring pawl ( 24 ) and a back portion ( 25 ) extending in a direction opposite to the front portion. Therefore, when a slider (...
7191970 Magnetic tape cartridge  
The present invention aims to provide a magnetic tape cartridge capable of improving operational precision and efficiency in the process of mounting a release part for unlocking a reel. A magnetic...
7187522 Tape cassette  
A tape cassette wherein, on one of the central upper portion of a reel and a pressure mechanism, there is disposed a center pin, on the other, there is formed a contacting flat plate portion with...
7169489 Hydrogen storage, distribution, and recovery system  
Cassette based systems and methods of hydrogen storage, distribution, and recovery are disclosed. A cassette or other container may contain a hydrogen storage or storing material. Information may...
7168648 Performance tape cartridge leader for single reel tape cartridges  
The tape cartridge leader includes a smoothing feature that comprises a blind cut out formed in a surface of the tape cartridge leader that faces the hub of the take-up reel when the tape cartridge...
7163171 Magnetic tape cartridge having a data storage medium connected to an integral cleaning tape section  
The present magnetic tape cartridge having a data storage medium connected to an integral cleaning tape section is designed to accommodate the length of cleaning tape in a manner that is compatible...
7159814 Magnetic tape cartridge  
A magnetic tape cartridge having an opening provided on one side wall of a cartridge case, a slide door slidably supported by a guide part disposed along the one side wall, the slide door for...
7159815 Method and apparatus for securing a spool inside a data storage tape cartridge  
A brake slide assembly for securing a spool inside a data storage tape cartridge housing is disclosed. The brake slide assembly includes at least one brake slide and a flexible member. The brake...
7145751 Recording media cartridge having a memory accessible from multiple directions  
A recording medium cartridge that is housed in a library, extracted from the library by a gripping mechanism, and loaded into a drive device includes a case, within which is housed a recording...
7131607 Recording tape cartridge  
A metal plate of a recording tape cartridge is provided with a tapered portion at an outer circumference thereof. In a state in which the metal plate is attached at a fixed-side mold plate of a...
7133256 Recording medium cartridge having a cam actuated cover member  
A recording medium cartridge including a case with two main surfaces which are disposed substantially parallel to each other and side surfaces which connect the main surfaces. An opening is...
7126791 Recording medium cartridge having an accommodation portion for a noncontact-type memory  
The recording medium cartridge includes a cartridge case containing a recording medium and a noncontact-type memory having an IC section for storing information and performing signal processing and...
7123444 Tape cassette having an optical signal receiver and a memory for storing information optically transmitted into the cassette  
A tape cassette has a housing which contains at least one magnetic tape wound on a tape hub, and a semiconductor memory which contains memory data. The tape cassette also includes at least an...
7121494 Magnetic tape cartridge  
A magnetic tape cartridge includes a cartridge casing formed by upper and lower casing halves connected together, and a single reel around which a magnetic tape with a leader pin fixed to the...
7118061 Tape reel and tape cartridge having the same  
A tape reel in which molding quality of a flange unit is improved so as to improve reliability at the time when a magnetic tape runs at high speed, and a tape cartridge having the same. A plurality...
7114672 Recording tape cartridge  
A case of a recording tape cartridge, which accommodates a reel on which a recording tape is wound, has a substantially rectangular opening at a rear end wall which is at a rear side in a direction...
7113368 Recording and reproducing apparatus for preventing erroneous erasure  
A recording and reproducing apparatus is provided in which recording and reproducing are performed with respect to an existing format cassette having an existing erroneous erasure prevention switch...
7111135 Random access time to data stored on LTO tape by incorporating stacked cartridge memory (CM) modules  
A tape cartridge having dual cartridge memory modules to provide memory redundancy, and a method and apparatus for providing redundancy of cartridge memory information within a tape cartridge. The...
7108215 Magnetic tape cartridge  
A magnetic tape cartridge which includes a single tape reel on which magnetic tape is wound on the outer peripheral surface of a reel hub thereof, rotatably housed in the inside of a cartridge...
7104487 Recording tape cartridge and drive device thereof  
A recording tape cartridge which can be assuredly positioned in a drive device. A positioning cover bridges across and parallel to a mounting portion of a bucket of the drive device. Stoppers are...
7104490 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...
7104486 Recording tape cartridge  
A recording tape cartridge has a reel at whose axially central portion is provided a reel hub which is shaped as a cylindrical tube having a bottom and around whose outer peripheral surface a...
7104488 Gripped part structure of recording tape cartridge  
A gripped part structure of recording tape cartridges of different types housed in a same library, with each recording tape cartridge including a case housing therein recording tape, and two...
7100860 Recording tape cartridge  
A recording tape cartridge has: a case rotatably accommodating a reel on which a recording tape is wound; a reel area rib provided at an inner surface of the case, and defining a range in which the...
7100857 Recording tape cartridge  
A recording tape cartridge has a reel accommodated within a case, an engaging portion provided at a floor portion of a reel hub; a braking member provided so as to be unable to rotate within the...
7100858 Self-centering tape reel for single reel tape cartridges  
The self-centering tape reel for a single reel tape cartridge provides a magnetic tape reel that is equipped with one or more features to center the tape reel with respect to a rotatably driven...
7097126 Magnetic tape cartridge  
A single reel with magnetic tape wound thereon is housed in a case. A restraining member, for restricting rotation of the reel by moving toward or away from the reel, is urged in a restraining...
7099113 Disc braking device  
A disc braking device is utilized in an optical disc drive. The disc braking device is installed on a disc tray of an optical disc drive. Without being affected by an covering component or the...
7095588 Recording tape cartridge with reel lock member  
The recording tape cartridge includes a case body formed by joining together an upper half and a lower half and a tape reel around which a recording tape is wound. The cartridge further includes a...
7088552 Magnetic tape cartridge with brake release push rod extending through reel hole wider than only one reel gear pitch  
A magnetic tape cartridge includes a cartridge casing and a single reel which is contained in the cartridge casing for rotation. A brake member of the magnetic cartridge is provided with a brake...
7088551 Recording media cartridge having a locking member for body halves  
The recording media cartridge includes a case body formed from an upper half and a lower half, a recording medium which is rotatably accommodated in the case body, an upper engagement portion...
7086623 Leader tape and magnetic tape cartridge  
A leader tape having: a support; an upper layer containing a powder, a binder, and a lubricant; and a lower layer containing a powder, a binder, and a lubricant which is at least 1.12 times as much...
7085101 Magnetic tape cartridge with rotatably-mounted multi-projection brake release member  
A magnetic tape cartridge includes a cartridge casing and a single reel which is contained in the cartridge casing for rotation. The reel has a reel hub in the form of a cylindrical member which...
7085102 Tape cassette  
An upper half 11 of a tape cassette BB is made by at least a material having high transparency. Right and left holes 18 a and 18 b for light path are formed on side surfaces of the upper half...
7077354 Edge guiding tape reel  
Tape is spooled onto a hub by receiving the tape between guide members. The guide members guide one or both edges of the tape as the tape begins to wrap around the hub and floats on a layer of air...
7077352 Magnetic tape cartridge  
A magnetic tape cartridge with an improved reel-rotation restraining mechanism is disclosed. The reel-rotation restraining mechanism has a reel locking member, which is movable toward and away from...
7073742 Tape guiding reel  
A take-up or supply reel for aligning and stacking storage tape. The tape reel may include a hub, where tape wraps around the hub and two flanges. The flanges are spaced apart on the hub, where...
7073741 Magnetic tape cassette  
At both sides of an opening of a cassette case, there are formed tape guides having guide faces, and a magnetic tape is stretched between the guide faces. First and second cam grooves for guiding...
7072143 Tape reel  
A normal tape reel is disclosed, comprising a tape reel portion and a magnetic tape wound on the reel core of the tape reel portion, wherein the ratio of the winding radius R of the magnetic tape...
7063287 Magnetic tape cartridge  
Disclosed herein is a magnetic tape cartridge including a cartridge case. In the cartridge case, a single reel with magnetic tape wound thereon is rotatably housed, and a leader pin coupled with a...
7064926 Cartridge case with chip retaining features  
A cartridge case 1 for a magnetic tape cartridge comprises a cartridge case 1 consisting of a lower half 2 and an upper half 3 . The lower half 2 is provided with retaining ribs 71 each...
7063286 Tape threading apparatus  
A threading mechanism in a magnetic writing/reading apparatus wherein a leader block for taking a magnetic tape out of a tape cartridge is stabilized in motion and ensured to operate reliably even...
7059555 Tape reel assembly with radially symmetric deforming tape winding surface  
A tape reel assembly for a data storage tape cartridge is described. The tape reel assembly has a hub. The hub includes a cylindrical core, an annular arm, and a web. The cylindrical core defines a...
7055773 Recording tape cartridge  
A recording tape cartridge which can lead to smaller drive devices. The recording tape cartridge includes a case, an opening, a covering member and guide grooves. The case is substantially...