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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary R. Hable, Stillwater, MN (US);
Kam W. Law, Woodbury, MN (US);
Christopher J. Zwettler, Maplewood, MN (US);
R. Galen McCrea, Jr., Stillwater, MN (US);
David P. Smith, Hudson, WI (US);
Jeffrey W. McCutcheon, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/302 ;
Abstract
The data cartridge drive belt of this invention comprises a layer of a low stiffness belt material and a layer of a high stiffness belt material. By inserting the belt into the tape cartridge so that the high stiffness belt material is adjacent to the tape pack and the low stiffness material is away from the tape pack the neutral axis in the belt is shifted toward the tape pack.