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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2006
Applicants:

William M. Marvin, Jr., Loveland, CO (US);

David S. Mcmurtrey, Loveland, CO (US);

Richard D. Lesage, Longmont, CO (US);

Inventors:

William M. Marvin, Jr., Loveland, CO (US);

David S. McMurtrey, Loveland, CO (US);

Richard D. LeSage, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:

Maxtor Corporation, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An adapter which allows two or more hard disk drives to conduct self-testing in a single test rack slot is provided. Testing can be individually controlled for the various HDDs in a slot. Peltier cell devices or other cooling or heating devices can be controlled to achieve individualized temperature control for HDDs in the test rack slot.


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