Disk drive carrier for use in a disk storage system

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20030081378A1
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09999100

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The present invention provides an improved disk drive carrier (10) for use in a disk storage system. The disk drive carrier includes a plurality of disk drives (11A, 11B) secured to a single printed circuit board (13), and a connector (14) with at least one input/output interface portion (22). In some aspects of the invention, the disk drives are ATA disk drives or Serial ATA disk drives. In other aspects of the invention, the disk drive carrier includes a single connector. In other aspects of the invention, the connector includes a bus portion (21), and in others, the bus portion (21) includes at least one I.sup.2C bus. Other aspects of the invention include non-volatile memory (15), power controlled circuitry (16), LEDs (23A, 23B, 24) and electrode-static discharge strips (17A, 17B, 17C). The present invention provides such a disk drive carrier compatible with industry-standard rack systems.

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ATTO TECHNOLOGY INC155 CROSSPOINT PARKWAY AMHERST NY 14068

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Debbins, Barry J Lancaster, NY 4 23
Herkey, Christopher Cheektowaga, NY 1 20
Majchrzak, Louis West Seneca, NY 1 20
Snell, David A Youngstown, NY 9 99

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