Patent ID: 6049444
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A cartridge for use in a disk drive, the disk drive including a read/write head for reading and recording information and a finger for engaging the cartridge, the disk drive defining an opening permitting the cartridge to be inserted into the disk drive, the cartridge comprising:a shell having a leading edge, a back edge, and two side edges, the leading edge defining a cartridge door port and a door control port, the door control port being proximal to a junction of the leading edge and one of the side edges, the shell defining a passage extending in a direction substantially parallel to the two side edges,a rotatable recording medium disposed in the shell;a door mounted within the shell, the door being rotatable about a pivot point between a closed position and an open position, the door permitting the read/write head to access the recording medium when the door is in the open position and when the cartridge is inserted into the disk drive, the door blocking the cartridge door port when the door is in the closed position; anda door opening link having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the door proximal to the pivot point, the second end being movable within the passage in a direction substantially parallel to the side edges between a closed location and an open location, the closed location being proximal to the door control port, the door being in the closed position when the second end of the door opening link is in the closed location, the door being in the open position when the second end of the door opening link is in the open location, the finger of the disk drive extending through the door control port into the passage and pushing the second end of the door opening link from the closed location to the open location as the cartridge is inserted into the disk drive.