Storage cartridge and cartridge drive

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A docking station for receiving a cartridge including a non-tape storage medium, the cartridge having a horizontal access side opening and a vertical access bottom opening so as to expose an electrical multipoint connector of the non-tape storage medium, wherein contact pads of the multipoint connector are accessible through the vertical access bottom opening, the docking station comprising:
a housing including a receiving space configured to receive the cartridge; a movable carriage disposed in the receiving space and configured to transport the cartridge into the receiving space; a movable mouth piece configured to at least partially surround the multipoint connector through the horizontal access side opening so as to fix the multipoint connector in a predetermined position in at least two dimensions; a fixing slider 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 configured to move a connector within the docking station through the vertical access bottom opening against the electrical multipoint connector of the cartridge after the fixing slider has fixed the cartridge.