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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:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark W Perona, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Iomega Corporation, Roy, UT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 93 ; 360 965 ;
Abstract
A magnetic tape drive for reading and writing data on magnetic tape in a cartridge of the type in which a driven roller in the cartridge moves tape towards a read/write head in the drive which has a one-piece molded chassis. The chassis is suspended at three points in the pan. At each point an interference fit between a planar mounting member on the chassis and a slot in a support member in the pan provides an easy snap-in mounting for the chassis.