US 7,064,926 B2 · Cartridge case with chip retaining features

Abstract

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 having a retaining slanted surface 71a such that a plate-like cartridge memory 7 is positioned on the retaining slanted surfaces 71a with its one side 7d lowered and is obliquely supported with respect to a bottom plate 28 of the lower half 2. The upper half 3 is provided with supporting members for supporting various non-resilient constituent parts positioned on the lower half 2 and including the cartridge memory 7. The upper half 2 is provided with a stopper rod 77 such that when the upper half 3 is assembled with the lower half 2, the stopper rod 77 reaches a cartridge memory-rising region before the supporting members contact with the non-resilient constituent parts on the lower half 2.

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Dependent claims

A cartridge case for a magnetic tape cartridge comprising:

a lower half comprising a bottom plate adapted to support various constituent parts, and a memory retaining portion projecting from the bottom plate at a first angle relative thereto;
an upper half comprising supporting members for supporting the various constituent parts positioned on the lower half;
and
a plate-shaped cartridge memory arranged on the memory retaining portion of the lower half so that a first end of the plate-shaped cartridge is closer to the bottom plate of the lower half than an opposite second end of the plate-shaped cartridge,
the upper half further comprising a stopper member contacting the plate-shaped cartridge memory at the first end thereof, when the upper half of the cartridge case is assembled to the lower half of the cartridge case,
wherein the stopper member is dimensioned such that, when the upper half is being assembled with the lower half, the stopper member reaches a cartridge memory region before the supporting members contact with the constituent parts on the lower half.

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A cartridge for a magnetic tape cartridge comprising:

a cartridge case comprising a lower half and an upper half, wherein;
the lower half comprises a memory retaining a portion such that a plate-shaped cartridge memory is positioned on the memory retaining portion with its one edge lowered so that it is obliquely supported with respect to a bottom plate of the lower half, and
the upper half comprises supporting members for supporting various non-resilient constituent parts positioned on the lower half;
and
first and second stopper members such that, when the upper half is assembled with the lower half, the first stopper member reaches a cartridge memory-rising region before the supporting members contact with the non-resilient constituent parts on the lower half, and
wherein the first stopper member is in contact with the one edge of the plate-shaped cartridge memory that is lowered, the second stopper member is in contact with the opposite edge of the plate-shaped cartridge memory, and an intermediate portion of an upper surface of the plate-shaped cartridge memory between the edge and the opposite edge is free from the first and second stopper members, when the upper half is assembled with the lower half.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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