Patent ID: 7145751
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording medium cartridge that is adapted to be housed in a library, extracted from the library by a gripping mechanism, and loaded into a drive device, the recording medium cartridge comprising: a case within which is housed a recording medium; and a memory in which is stored information relating to the recording medium and that is noncontactingly accessible by reading and writing devices disposed at the drive device and at the gripping mechanism, wherein a communication surface of the memory is disposed within the case at an angle at which the memory is accessible from at least three directions, wherein the case is substantially rectangular and the memory is disposed so that the communication surface faces a corner of the case, and wherein at least a portion of a surface of the corner of the case which the communication surface faces is formed to incline at a predetermined angle with respect to a lower surface of the case.