Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Imation Corporation

Gregory H Johnson

Donald J Staufenberg

Glenn A Bloomer

Mark J Ciesko

John A Bailey

G Phillip Rambosek

Nicholas A Brawne

Christopher J Zwettler

Dean E Sitz

Robert C Martin

Michael W Johnson

Claude E Cybulski

Daniel Charles Egan

Leo W Spychalla

James L Albrecht

Jerome D Brown

Charles D Gebeke

Gregory D Roberts

Steven R Seeman

Joseph P Keller

Leslie M Collins

Geoffrey A Lauinger

John T Gianfagna

Michael E Reard

Carter J Hansen

Gregg C Hagen

Bryan W Noble

Trevor J Stav

Randolph L Carlson

David A Crist

A portable memory housing includes a first housing section and a second housing section that couples to the first housing section to define an enclosure for portable memory components. At least one of the housing sections includes a prong extending from an edge of the housing section and an other of the housing sections defines a slot configured to receive the prong. The prong includes at least one flat that is parallel and at least one flat that is perpendicular to the edge of its respective housing section. The slot is defined by a parallel wall configured to abut the parallel flat of the prong and limit relative lateral movement of the first and second housing sections, and a perpendicular wall configured to abut the perpendicular flat of the prong to impede separation of the first housing section from the second housing section.

Tamper evident portable memory housing and device

A data storage cartridge includes housing, a hard drive, and a connection assembly. The hard drive is stored within the housing and includes a non-tape storage medium and an electrical data connector configured to provide access to the non-tape storage medium. The electrical data connector includes a first number of connection terminals. The connection assembly is positioned within the housing and is coupled with each of the connection terminals of the electrical data connector. The connection assembly includes a second number of electrical targets spaced from and in electrical communication with the electrical data connector wherein the first number is greater than the second number. The electrical targets provide an interface for externally accessing the storage medium via the connection assembly and the electrical data connector.

Data storage cartridge with non-tape storage medium and electrical targets

The invention is directed to a memory card including a first connector that conforms to a first connection standard and a second connector that conforms to a second connection standard. The connectors are provided on a movable member disposed within a housing of the memory card. The movable member may be moved between a first position, in which the first connector is exposed, and a second position, in which the second connector is exposed.

Multiconnector memory card

A tape reel assembly for a tape drive system component, such as a data storage tape cartridge, is described that includes a hub. The hub defines an inner surface and a tape winding surface, and at least a portion of the hub is made of plastic. The tape winding surface has an effective radial modulus of greater than 0.3 million pounds-per-square-inch.

Tape reel assembly with stiff winding surface for a tape drive system

System for releasably retaining portions of a data cartridge shell in an assembled configuration including at least one first boss tower on a first portion of the data cartridge shell having a receiving hole with an inner surface. At least one second boss tower on a second portion of the data cartridge shell including an outer surface is adapted to releasably engage with the receiving hole at a boss tower interface in the assembled configuration. A plurality of retention ribs and a plurality of guide ribs are located at the boss tower interface to releasably retain the first portion of the cartridge shell to the second portion.

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Oakdale, MN, United States of America

Gregory H Johnson