Patent ID: 7064926

Claim:
A cartridge case for a magnetic tape cartridge comprising: a lower half comprising a bottom plate adapted to support various constituent parts, and a memory retaining portion projecting from the bottom plate at a first angle relative thereto; an upper half comprising supporting members for supporting the various constituent parts positioned on the lower half; and a plate-shaped cartridge memory arranged on the memory retaining portion of the lower half so that a first end of the plate-shaped cartridge is closer to the bottom plate of the lower half than an opposite second end of the plate-shaped cartridge, the upper half further comprising a stopper member contacting the plate-shaped cartridge memory at the first end thereof, when the upper half of the cartridge case is assembled to the lower half of the cartridge case, wherein the stopper member is dimensioned such that, when the upper half is being assembled with the lower half, the stopper member reaches a cartridge memory region before the supporting members contact with the constituent parts on the lower half.