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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
John L. Harting, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas F. Meehan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Herman Chong-Han Yang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G11B 15/675 (2006.01); G11B 33/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/187 (2013.01); G11B 15/675 (2013.01); G11B 33/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A removable storage cartridge system includes a rack and pinion gear reduction mechanism that assists in extending an eject spring and may assist in engaging a pair of data interface connectors as a cartridge is inserted into the system, and that may further function as a gear multiplication mechanism that assists in disengaging the pair of data interface connectors as the cartridge is ejected from the system.