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6742739 Magnetic tape cassette, guide roller, and a method of manufacturing a guide roller  
A magnetic tape cassette and a guide roller in which the magnetic tape can stably travel and the magnetic head can read/write the record correctly, and a method of manufacturing the guide roller...
6744592 Cleaner strip for rollers of cartridge loader  
A strip with an exterior sticky surface is judiciously selected for its ability to entrap dust and other loose debris without interfering with the operation of moving parts contacted thereby. The...
6739537 Single-reel tape cartridge with leader locking mechanism  
A single-reel tape cartridge cooperable with an operatively compatible tape drive including a tape catch member (H) includes a cartridge housing ( 1 ) having a tape window ( 4 ) defined therein and...
6741423 Magnetic tape cartridge having a latch spring with one of an inclined guide surface and a bent portion supported by a support member  
A single-reel magnetic tape cartridge has a cartridge casing and a single reel around which a magnetic tape is wound and which is contained in the cartridge casing for rotation, in which the...
6735048 Tape cassette  
A cassette casing 1 has a front lid 5 on its front surface side and a shutter plate 6 retreating on the upper surface of the cassette casing 1 in the way of sliding correspondingly with the...
6729570 Magnetic tape cassette, tape reel and magnetic tape  
A tape reel ( 10 ) is so constructed that an upper flange ( 12 ) and a lower flange ( 13 ) are respectively provided at an upper and a lower ends of a cylindrical reel hub ( 11 ) around which a...
6728066 Magnetic tape cartridge having a brake  
A magnetic tape cartridge includes a cartridge casing and a single reel which is contained in the cartridge casing for rotation. A brake component including brake member is provided with a brake...
6722570 Smart data storage device  
An insertable device, for use with electronic data processing equipment storage units, e.g., disk drives or cassette units. The device includes a housing for insertion at least partially into the...
6724573 Tape cassette with front lid held unlocked by lid lock pin caught in lid recess  
Disclosed is a tape cassette including a cassette shell in which two tape reels are rotatably contained; a front lid, turnably supported by the cassette shell, for opening/closing the front side of...
6722599 Single reel tape cartridge sliding door with auxiliary leader retractor  
A sliding door assembly for a singe reel tape cartridge for enclosing the tape media and retracting the leader tab when the tape cartridge is not in use. The sliding door assembly includes a...
6717771 Magnetic tape cartridge having projections  
A magnetic tape cartridge has a thin cartridge casing having flat upper and lower surfaces and a single reel around which a magnetic tape is wound. Projections are provided on at least three places...
6710974 Tape cassette of high transparency material  
A tape cassette has a cassette case with top face, under face, front face, rear face, and a pair of right and left side face portions. A pair of supply and take-up tape containers sides is provided...
6702215 Repositionable memory element in a single reel tape cartridge  
A tape cartridge including a repositionable memory element is provided. The tape cartridge includes a cartridge housing that includes a supply reel having a magnetic tape media spooled thereon and...
6697222 Tape cassette with wide extraction portions and tape drive apparatus  
Disclosed is a tape cassette including a cassette shell in which tape reels around which a tape-like recording medium is wound are contained; a mouth portion provided in a front portion of the...
6693770 Cartridge casing for a magnetic tape cartridge  
In a magnetic tape cartridge comprising a thin cartridge casing having flat upper and lower surfaces and a single reel which is housed in the cartridge casing for rotation and around which a...
6687087 System and method for visually indicating usage of magnetic tape cartridges  
A system and method are disclosed for visually indicating a usage of a magnetic tape that is included in a magnetic tape cartridge. The apparatus includes a take-up spindle for receiving magnetic...
6683752 Tape cassette  
Disclosed is a tape cassette in which two positioning holes is formed in the back surface of a cassette shell. One of the two positioning holes is formed into a circular shape and the other is...
6680817 Recording medium device containing recording medium and recording/reproducing device  
A tape cartridge housing a magnetic tape includes an auxiliary storage medium having a storage unit in which to store the recording medium information such as design parameters or the number of...
6672527 Structure for identifying a recording medium cartridge  
In a recording medium cartridge in which a recording medium is housed within a cartridge case, a write protection member is installed in the opening of the cartridge case to inhibit data from being...
6669258 Guide mechanism, open-close mechanism of covering member using the guide mechanism, interior equipment for automobile using the open-close mechanism  
A guide mechanism includes a moving member having the first guide projections and the second guide projection arranged in a triangle shape. A supporting base member for supporting the moving member...
6666397 Tape cassette and cassette holder  
A tape cassette, in which a mouth portion opened forward, upward, and downward is provided in a front portion of a cassette shell containing tape reels around which a tape-like magnetic recording...
6667851 Magnetic tape cassette with light shielding member  
A magnetic tape cassette for use in an apparatus having a light source (P) and a light sensor (S 1 , S 2 ) for detecting a tape end by the difference of light transmittance of a tape (T). The...
6667846 Information storage device having tape cassette with noncontact memory and antenna  
A tape cassette includes an MIC (Memory-In-Cassette) installed inside the center section of the label surface, and a case capable of housing the magnetic tape. A switch circuit board is installed...
6663034 Data storage tape cartridge with datum pads for registration with a tape drive  
A data storage tape cartridge is disclosed including a housing, a single tape reel, a storage tape, and a leader block. The housing includes a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top, and...
6655625 Magnetic tape cartridge  
A magnetic tape cartridge comprises: a cartridge case including an opening portion, an upper cartridge and a lower cartridge, the upper cartridge having a supporting shaft; a reel, around which a...
6657817 Cassette housing case having an engagement recess and one or more engagement protrusions  
A cassette housing case for regulating positional shift, having an engagement recess and an engagement protrusion. The engagement recess is formed in the top surface of the cassette housing case...
6651917 Tape cartridge  
There is provided a tape cartridge which is capable of reliably preventing dropout of a magnetic tape without lowering durability. A tape cartridge includes a cartridge body formed by a pair of...
6650504 Data storage tape cartridge with tape reel centering brake assembly  
A data storage tape cartridge including a housing, a tape reel assembly, a brake body, a spring, and a storage tape. The tape reel assembly includes a hub, opposing top and bottom flange...
6643096 Magnetic tape cassette having improved positioning  
In a magnetic tape cassette, a top end portion of a reel urging plate spring for urging a tape reel is subjected to a surface treatment to prevent from a friction. A distance between a couple of...
6633454 Shock detection for a data storage device  
A data storage device has a shock sense indicator disposed within its housing. The shock sense indicator may provide visible, audible, and/or machine-detectable indication of whether the data...
6629657 Method and apparatus to wind a tape around a rotatable reel  
A method and apparatus to dispose a tape around the hub portion of a rotatable reel disposed within a tape cartridge, said hub including a pair of flanges extending outwardly therefrom and arranged...
6628479 Door assembly for a data storage cartridge  
A data storage cartridge ( 10 ) includes a door and door spring assembly ( 30 ). The door and door spring assembly ( 30 ) includes a door member ( 31 ) and an elongate member ( 32 ) having a first...
6622566 Releasing/hooking force meter of the leader pin of the magnetic tape cartridge  
A releasing/hooking force meter of a leader pin of a magnetic tape cartridge is provided which measures the releasing/hooking force of the leader pin by carrying out a releasing/hooking test. The...
6618224 Apparatus and method for stabilizing a data tape cartridge for transport  
A device for mechanically isolating the media tape reel of a data tape cartridge from its outer protective housing utilizes a compliant, cylindrical object. The object prevents relative movement...
6612513 Tape cassette and cassette holder  
Disclosed is a tape cassette which is loaded in a tape drive apparatus by a manner of inserting the tape cassette in a cassette holder and then moving the cassette holder relative to a main chassis...
6607155 Magnetic tape cassette  
A magnetic tape cassette for use in an apparatus having a light source and a light sensor ( 5 a, 5 b ) for detecting a tape end by the difference of light transmittance of a tape. The magnetic...
6604700 Tape cassette  
In an inner surface of a lower flange of the magnetic tape reel, 6 concave portions each shaped in nearly as isosceles triangle are made formed at even angle intervals of 60 degrees with their...
6587307 Method of controlling the internal environment of a data storage cartridge  
A method to control the inside environment of a cartridge is disclosed. The method includes providing a cartridge having a first chamber for the data storage media and a second chamber for material...
6583955 Tape cassette having first and second write inhibit mechanisms  
This invention is directed to a tape cassette in which a tape body is wound across a pair of tape reels rotatably supported by the cassette body. At the cassette body, there are provided a first...
6581865 Retracting door assembly  
A retracting door assembly that overcomes the requirement for providing excessive area within the tape drive for the retracting door to open and close and for the retracting door during operation....
6572045 Tape cartridge containing a reel piloting apparatus and method using same  
A tape cartridge which includes an internally disposed rotatable reel, wherein the tape cartridge includes two, three, or a plurality of piloting members disposed adjacent an annular ring to limit...
6568617 Leader with smoothing indenture  
A leader for use with a tape reel including a first end, a second end spaced from the first end, and an elongated section extending between the first end and the second end. The second end has a...
6571304 Control system for using memory on cartridges to overcome tape drive problems  
A magnetic tape cartridge includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory storing either a portion of the same data as that to be written to the tape or at least control data sufficient to recover...
6568619 Reel of magnetic tape cartridge  
In the reel of a magnetic tape cartridge, in which the reel with magnetic tape wound thereon is rotatably housed in a cartridge case, a magnetic metal plate is molded integrally on a reel bottom...
6570726 Drop detection systems for portable information processing apparatus  
A portable information processing apparatus 10 which is a lap top type has a housing 11 with a hard disk drive 14. At the bottom side 11 b of the housing 11, a first touch sensor 20 is...
6565030 Tape simulator of cassette type digital audio/video devices  
The present invention relates to a tape simulator of a cassette tape type digital audio/video device built in the cassette tape type digital audio/video device and capable of normally operating a...
6563671 Magnetic tape cartridge having brake with skirt portion thereof contacting reel hub continous wall portion  
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...
6563670 Data storage tape cartridge with guide having wear pattern  
A data storage tape cartridge ( 10 ) includes two tape guides ( 23, 24 ). The tapes guides ( 23, 24 ) have a foil ( 43, 143, 243 ) which is constructed from material which causes a wear pattern (...
6556768 Recording/reproduction apparatus capable of exchanging information with storage apparatus mounted on recording medium assembly  
A recording/reproducing apparatus (e.g., VTR) includes capability to exchange information with a storage apparatus such as a memory card mounted on a recording medium assembly (e.g., cassette)....
6556379 Magnetic tape cassette, window member and resin molding product  
In a magnetic tape cassette, a window opening 2 covered with a window member 3 is formed in an upper half 1 . At a peripheral portion of the window opening 2 , a fixing surface 4 for fixing...