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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Dilbag Singh Pannu, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory Crosby, Milpitas, CA (US);
John Lynn Harting, San Jose, CA (US);
William Michael Williams, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Timothy George Harrington, II, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas F. Meehan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage cartridge dock system and method are provided. The storage cartridge dock system in one example includes a case including a front panel, an upper cartridge slot formed in the front panel of the case and configured to receive an upper storage cartridge, with the upper cartridge slot including an upper interface connector, at least a lower cartridge slot formed in the front panel and configured to receive a lower storage cartridge, with the at least lower cartridge slot including a lower interface connector, and a first external connector and a second external connector coupled to the upper interface connector of the upper cartridge slot and coupled to the lower interface connector of the at least lower cartridge slot.