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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2000
Joseph P. Keller, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Gregg C. Hagen, Wahpeton, ND (US);
Gregory D. Roberts, Breckenridge, MN (US);
Gregory H. Johnson, Oakdale, MN (US);
Michael W. Johnson, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Bryan W. Noble, Afton, MN (US);
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
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.