Patent ID: 6848643
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A cartridge which is loaded into a drive device and used for recording information on or reading information from a recording medium housed therein, the cartridge comprising: a case that includes an upper case and a lower case, with the upper case and the lower case being joined to house the recording medium inside the case, the upper case and the lower case respectively including, at different positions thereinside, at least two joint surfaces that are put together and fixed in order to join the upper case and the lower case; and a memory that is disposed inside the case and allows predetermined information to be stored in or read from the memory from the outside in a non-contact mode, wherein the memory is positioned so that at least part of the memory overlaps a virtual straight line joining the at least two joint surfaces; wherein through holes are formed in the joint surfaces of at least one of the upper case and the lower case, such that the virtual straight line joins the through holes, and the cartridge further includes at least two fixing members that are inserted into the through holes in order to fix the joint surfaces of the upper case and the lower case.