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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Robert C. Martin, Stillwater, MN (US);
William J. Vanderheyden, Loveland, CO (US);
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
A data storage device has a shock sense indicator disposed within its housing. The shock sense indicator may provide visible, audible, and/or machine-detectable indication of whether the data storage device has been subjected to a physical shock over some threshold. Machine detection of the shock state can be accomplished optically, mechanically, or electrically. A data storage drive has a detection switch that interfaces with a shock detector of a data storage device to ensure that no harmful operation is performed on a data storage device that has been subjected to a physical shock, thereby avoiding potential loss or corruption of data.