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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
William Joseph Vanderheyden, Loveland, CO (US);
Joshua Adrian Hursh, Boulder, CO (US);
Jonathan Zeller Oster, Denver, CO (US);
Frederick Patton Mondale, Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel Mark Baiada, Boulder, CO (US);
Benjamin Joseph Krempasky, Honesdale, PA (US);
William Jacob Derryberry, Arvada, CO (US);
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include systems and methods for buckling in a loader assembly of a tape storage drive. Some implementations translate driving forces of an elevator of the loader assembly into driving forces that act on a pusher plate of a buckling mechanism in both buckling and unbuckling directions. For example, a plate interface can couple the pusher plate with the elevator in a manner that translates rotational motion of the elevator's drive gear into a lateral driving force that drives the pusher plate between its home and buckling positions. Certain implementations also include a home holding mechanism for removably securing the pusher plate in the home position when the elevator is in its unloaded position.