| US 7,455,525 B2 | ||
| Continuous flexible band housing a memory device | ||
| G. Phillip Rambosek, Shafer, Minn. (US); Robert C. Martin, St. Paul, Minn. (US); Anthony O. Banal, Fergus Falls, Minn. (US); Dean E. Sitz, Wahpeton, N. Dak. (US); and James L. Albrecht, Wahpeton, N. Dak. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Imation Corp., Oakdale, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/229,356. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0066088 A1, Mar. 22, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 33/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—37 [439/131] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A data storage device comprising:
an endless continuous band defining:
an internal housing recess formed by opposing sides extending between first and second major surfaces,
an access window formed in one of the first end second major surfaces and communicating with die internal housing recess;
and
a memory device assembly disposed in the internal housing recess;
wherein the band comprises a housing that defines the internal housing recess, the band and the housing defining one monolithic
piece, and flexing the continuous band exposes a port of the memory device assembly through the access window.
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