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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Jiafeng Zhu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Xiaogang Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Masood Mortazavi, San Jose, CA (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a storage and transfer apparatus for mass transfer of a plurality of data discs to trays of a plurality stacked disc drives. The storage and transfer apparatus may store a plurality of discs with the disc hold pins retracted and the telescopic sections collapsed over each other. In such a configuration, the stored discs may lie in contact with each other. The storage and transfer apparatus may transfer the plurality of discs to the trays of the plurality of stacked disc drives with the discs holding pins extended and the telescopic sections extended relative to each other.