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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Glade N. Bagnell, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert D. Freeman, Erie, CO (US);
Joseph P. Manes, Arvada, CO (US);
Stephen A. Misuta, Superior, CO (US);
Shane G. Nowell, Longmont, CO (US);
Brian L. Rappel, Lyons, CO (US);
Edwin J. Wadsworth, Longmont, CO (US);
Glade N. Bagnell, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert D. Freeman, Erie, CO (US);
Joseph P. Manes, Arvada, CO (US);
Stephen A. Misuta, Superior, CO (US);
Shane G. Nowell, Longmont, CO (US);
Brian L. Rappel, Lyons, CO (US);
Edwin J. Wadsworth, Longmont, CO (US);
DPHI Aquisitions, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A data storage cartridge is positioned in a disk drive. The cartridge is positioned in the X and Y dimensions by contact between an alignment opening in the cartridge and an XY alignment pin in the disk drive and in the theta (rotational) dimension by contact between an edge of the cartridge and a theta datum in the disk drive. The cartridge is positioned in the Z dimension by contact between the cartridge and at least three Z datums.