Patents Assigned to Dimation Corp
  • Data storage tape cartridge with misinsertion notch
    Patent number: 5969913
    Abstract: A data storage tape cartridge having a misinsertion notch. The data storage tape cartridge includes a housing, a tape reel and a storage tape. The housing includes a base and a cover, each defining a front, a back, a first side and a second side. The misinsertion notch is defined in the base, extending from the front of the base and along the first side of the base. The misinsertion notch has a length less than approximately one-half a length of the first side of the base for facilitating proper insertion into a receiving frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignees: Dimation Corp, Storage Technology Corp.
    Inventors: William J. Vanderheyden, G. Phillip Rambosek, David T. Hoge, Christian A. Todd