Patent ID: 7475413
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A data storage cartridge comprising: a housing having a top, a bottom, a front side, a back side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side, said housing having a first media access aperture on the top of the housing; and a data storage medium contained within the housing, the data storage medium comprising a disk with a top and a bottom; wherein the front side of the housing contains a first segment of reduced thickness less than a thickness of the front side of the housing, and wherein the first segment of reduced thickness is adjacent to the first media access aperture and has a length along the front side of the housing, perpendicular to the thickness of the front side of the housing, which is less than or equal to a width of the first media access aperture parallel to the front side of the housing; a second media access aperture provided on the bottom of the housing; wherein the front side of the housing contains a second segment of reduced thickness less than a thickness of the front side of the housing, the second segment adjacent the second media access aperture and offset laterally from the first segment.