Patent ID: 6915976
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording tape cartridge used with a drive device that includes positioning members, which are inserted into the recording tape cartridge to position the recording tape cartridge when the recording tape cartridge is loaded into the drive device, and an abutting surface, which abuts against at least a portion of the recording tape cartridge disposed along a front surface of the recording tape cartridge, said recording tape cartridge comprising: a case for accommodating a reel wound with the recording tape, said case comprising a lower case that forms a bottom surface of the case and an upper case that joins with the lower case and forms an upper surface of the case; a pair of positioning holes formed separately from each other on the bottom surface of the case, said positioning holes being for positioning members of the drive device to be inserted therein; an opening partially disposed on the front surface, wherein the recording tape is accessible through the opening; and at least one regulating surface disposed so as to face a same direction as, but be recessed from, the front surface of the recording tape cartridge, which front surface of the recording tape cartridge exists between said upper surface and said lower surface of the case and forms a portion of an outer surface of the case, the at least one regulating surface abutting against the abutting surface of the drive device when the recording tape cartridge is loaded into the drive device along a loading direction that is headed from the front surface of the recording tape cartridge to the drive device. wherein a portion of said at least one regulating surface is disposed so as to intersect a straight line that is perpendicular to a line drawn between the pair of positioning holes, and that passes through one of the pair of positioning holes.