Patent ID: 6278575
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method for mounting a data storage medium onto a data storage drive, the method comprising:providing a data storage cartridge comprising an outer shell having top and bottom surfaces with a driving access hole defined in the bottom surface thereof, the data storage medium rotatable within said outer shell, a hub coupled to said data storage medium proximate an axis of rotation of said data storage medium wherein said hub has top and bottom surfaces;providing a spindle engaging surface in the bottom surface of the hub, said engaging surface having an annular projection disposed inwardly from said spindle engagement surface, said annular projection comprising an angled radially outward facing surface; andinserting the data storage cartridge linearly into the data storage drive so that the engaging surface slides over a top of a spindle and engages an annular depression formed in the top of the spindle of the data storage drive, mounting the hub onto the spindle without translating the outer shell of the data storage cartridge in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the data storage medium.