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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:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Aaron L. Herring, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shawn M. Nave, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raymond Yardy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hinged flap including an angled surface and a flat surface prevent the incorrect loading of a 3592 data cartridge into a dedicated pass-through slot. The angled surface of the hinged flap is pushed by a recessed angled surface in the front face of the 3592 data cartridge to force the hinged flap out of the slot, allowing the cartridge to be inserted. In the absence of the recessed angled surface in the front face of the data cartridge, the flat surface of the flap blocks insertion of the data cartridge.