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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242342 ; 242347 ; 360 60 ;
Abstract
A tape cartridge having a housing structure. The housing structure includes a base plate and a cover having an open-ended box shape and secured to the base plate. The cover includes a top wall, a front wall and a side wall which extend substantially perpendicular to each other to define a corner portion of the cover. A notch is formed at the corner portion of the cover to be thereby prevented from failing to be detected.