Caddy for cartridge and disk drive accomodating a caddy United States Patent 05841605

05841605 is referenced by 10 patents and cites 17 patents.

Fred Thomas

A caddy for adapting a mini-cartridge for use in a full-sized disk drive. The mini-cartridge is designed for use in a mini disk drive, which has dimensions and other characteristics different from a full-size disk drive. The caddy provides a mechanism for translating the size of the min-cartridge to a size suitable for use in the full-size drive. Additionally, the caddy provides a mechanism for translating rotational power from the full-size disk drive to the mini-cartridge such that a magnetic medium contained in the mini-cartridge rotates properly during use in the full-size disk drive.

Title
Caddy for cartridge and disk drive accomodating a caddy
Application Number
8/746084
Publication Number
5841605
Application Date
November 6, 1996
Publication Date
November 24, 1998
Inventor
Brent J Watson
Bountiful
UT, US
Fred Thomas III
Ogden
UT, US
Shane Nowell
Ogden
UT, US
George T Krieger
Carmel
CA, US
David Foster
Ogden
UT, US
Agent
Woodcock Washburn Kurtz Mackiewicz & Norris
Assignee
Iomega Corporation
UT, US
IPC
G11B 23/03
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Citations: 10

  1. Fred Thomas
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