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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2007
Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);
Ronald Permut, Louisville, CO (US);
Lee A. Sutherland, Hamilton, MT (US);
Peter J. Kumpon, Binghamton, NY (US);
Christopher A. Pollard, Monument, CO (US);
Clark D. Brace, Westminster, CO (US);
Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);
Ronald Permut, Louisville, CO (US);
Lee A. Sutherland, Hamilton, MT (US);
Peter J. Kumpon, Binghamton, NY (US);
Christopher A. Pollard, Monument, CO (US);
Clark D. Brace, Westminster, CO (US);
Spectra Logic Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a mobile data storage magazine for interacting with a docking station. The magazine can include a magazine frame containing a plurality of operatively interconnected disk drives, a first contact element associated with the magazine frame capable of conducting electrical power to at least one of the plurality of disk drives when engaged with a second contact element associated with the docking station wherein the first and second contact elements are adapted to cooperate in a non male/female relationship. The magazine can further comprise a first communication element capable of conducting data between at least one of the plurality of disk drives and the docking station when the first communication element is operatively linked to a second communication element associated with the docking station.