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7566020 Tape cartridge and recording/reproducing apparatus  
A tape cartridge includes a case having a first through-hole and a second through-hole in the bottom of a first container, a reel disposed within the case and having a cylindrical hub portion with...
7556215 Data storage tape cartridge and system including storage tape having a transition tape  
A data storage tape cartridge is disclosed. The data storage tape cartridge includes a housing, a reel assembly including a hub rotatably disposed within the housing, a storage tape wound onto the...
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...
7516913 Cartridge case for magnetic tape cartridge and magnetic tape cartridge  
A cartridge case for a magnetic tape cartridge made up of two mating shell halves are provided with a retaining structure for retaining an in-cartridge memory tag at a given angle in the cartridge...
7515370 Recorder and cassette containing recording medium  
A recording apparatus capable of recording data either in a current-used format or a new format on a recording medium accommodated in a current-used tape cassette or a new tape cassette. The...
7497397 Cartridge case and information recording medium  
A cartridge case of an information recording medium includes a case main body where a guide part is disposed on an inner surface of a top plate, a tape reel that includes a hub in the shape of a...
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...
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...
7452616 Leader tape and magnetic tape cartridge using the same  
A leader tape where an non-magnetic under layer that contains a powder and a binder and a magnetic upper layer are sequentially laminated on at least one face of a support, in which F 5 values of...
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...
7446972 Tape drive with a single reel tape cartridge having single guide surface and method for driving  
A tape drive having a single reel data storage cartridge disposed therein is provided. The single reel data storage cartridge includes a housing having an access window and a reel rotatably...
7445858 Magnetic recording medium using magnetic powder having a core portion and an outer layer portion including a rare earth element and magnetic recording cassette  
A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support, at least one primer layer formed on one surface of the non-magnetic support, comprising a non-magnetic powder and a binder resin, at...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7355815 Recording medium cartridge and recording/reproducing apparatus thereof  
The recording medium cartridge of the invention can keep superiority in supplying a power source and realize a high capacity of an IC chip and an improvement of communications performance, with a...
7354016 Reel  
A reel has: a hub which is shaped as a cylindrical tube having a bottom, and around which a recording tape is wound; a flange provided at an end portion of the hub, and holding a widthwise...
7345847 Tape cartridge  
A tape cartridge is configured to include a cartridge case, a hub, around which a magnetic tape is wound around and is housed in the cartridge case rotatably, and a drive apparatus for driving the...
7345846 Tape cartridge  
A tape cartridge improving an assembling property of a leader member, for leading out a tape-shaped recording medium, to which a leading edge of the tape is fixed. The tape cartridge accommodates a...
7344101 Data storage tape cartridge with air filter and methodology utilizing the same  
A data storage tape cartridge used in a tape transport apparatus that incorporates air bearing technology is provided. The tape cartridge includes a housing for storing the data storage tape and a...
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...
7327534 Ultra fast backup (UFB) tape cartridge and method for loading same  
A cartridge for operatively housing a recording/playback medium comprising a first spool and a second spool located at offset positions inside a cartridge shell body; a recording/playback medium of...
7317593 Tape cartridge with pivotable access door  
A tape cartridge for use with a tape drive having an actuation member includes a cartridge body that is insertable into the tape drive. The cartridge body includes first and second faces that...
7311282 Housing for information storage medium and method using same  
A seven-sided housing for an information storage medium, where one of the seven sides is moveable in two planes to allow access to an information storage medium disposed therein. A portable data...
7306183 Self-centering tape guide for reduced edge flange contact in a tape cartridge  
A system of rollers and guides that adjust a wrap angle of tape around a guide in a tape cartridge. The system of rollers is an outer guide and an inner roller connected to a spindle via rigid...
7306180 Recording tape cartridge and drive device thereof  
A tape cartridge includes a case, which is made of a lower case and an upper case, for accommodating a reel wound with a magnetic tape. The lower case includes a bottom surface disposed with two...
7301728 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...
7293733 Integrated reel locking device for media cartridge and associated methods of manufacture  
A data storage cartridge includes a housing having a reel disposed between an upper and a lower portion of the housing, the reel capable of movement within the cartridge housing. The data storage...
7287716 Magnetic tape cartridge  
In a magnetic tape cartridge ( 1 ) having a metal plate ( 25 ) at the central portion of the bottom surface of a reel hub ( 21 ) with a reel gear ( 24 ) being defined around its periphery, the...
7286322 Information field integrally formed by diskette housing to be receptive to handwritten indicia  
A method of presenting a data storage diskette to a user is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing the diskette and promoting that handwritten indicia be deposited directly onto an...
7284723 Recording tape cartridge  
In a recording tape cartridge, a reel has a reel hub around which a magnetic tape is wound. An annular reel gear is formed at an outer surface of a bottom portion of the reel hub. Rotation of the...
7284722 Information recording medium  
An information recording medium of the present invention includes a pair of tape reels around which a magnetic tape is wound, a case main body having first windows and second windows formed to the...
7275297 Device for attaching leader pin, device for processing end portion of tape type recording medium, and method for attaching leader pin  
A leader pin attaching device for attaching a leader pin to a pin attachment portion of the leader tape (a device for processing end portion of tape type recording medium) is provided. The device...
7274535 Media cartridge having multiple tape position sensor windows  
A media cartridge includes a housing, a tape, and at least two tape position sensor openings in the housing adjacent the information storage tape. The tape position sensor openings are separated by...
7261250 Roller guide tape path  
A tape guide mechanism in a storage device is disclosed for defining an improved roller guide tape path. A cartridge reel is provided for supplying tape to a take-up reel. Multiple flanged guides...
7259935 Magnetic tape including an intermediate layer consisting essentially of a binder  
A magnetic tape having a lower non-magnetic layer containing non-magnetic powder and a binder, and an upper magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder and a binder, formed on a surface of a...
7258295 Cartridge case and information recording medium  
A cartridge case includes: a tape reel including a hub that is shaped like a bottomed-cylinder and on an outer surface of a base plate of which ring-shaped driven teeth, in whose base part an...
7252258 Recording tape cartridge  
A recording tape cartridge which can be loaded into a drive device having a reel on which a recording tape is wound and which is rotatably accommodated in a case, the reel including: a resin-formed...