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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brett R. Herdendorf, Mound, MN (US);
Jon D. Trantham, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Anil J. Reddy, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Krishnan Subramanian, Shakopee, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/68 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01); G11B 33/12 (2006.01); G11B 17/22 (2006.01); G11B 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/682 (2013.01); G11B 17/22 (2013.01); G11B 20/10 (2013.01); G11B 33/128 (2013.01); G11B 33/0466 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage library includes a number of storage cartridges arranged in a rack accessed by a actuated media player. The actuated media player is adapted to move the along a plane relative to a fixed subset of the storage cartridges in the rack to and to selectively couple to each storage cartridge of the fixed subset to facilitate selective read/write access.