Storage cartridge and cartridge drive

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9053741
APP PUB NO 20130080713A1
SERIAL NO

13241652

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A docking station for receiving a cartridge includes a housing having a receiving space configured to receive the cartridge. A movable carriage is disposed in the receiving space and configured to transport the cartridge into the receiving space. A movable mouth piece is configured to at least partially surround a multipoint connector of a non-tape storage medium of the cartridge through a horizontal access side opening of the cartridge so as to fix the multipoint connector. A fixing slider is configured to move the mouth piece through the horizontal access side opening so as to fix the multipoint connector within the receiving space. A connector slider is configured to move a connector within the docking station through a vertical access bottom opening of the cartridge against the electrical multipoint connector.

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BDT MEDIA AUTOMATION GMBHSALINE 29 ROTTWEIL 78628

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Steinhilber, Friedhelm Rottweil, DE 17 87

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