US 11,790,946 B2
Magnetically repositionable cassettes within a data storage drive
Brett R. Herdendorf, Mound, MN (US); Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Krishnan Subramanian, Shakopee, MN (US)
Assigned to SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,234.
Prior Publication US 2023/0253013 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 17/22 (2006.01); G11B 33/14 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/55 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 17/225 (2013.01) [G11B 17/228 (2013.01); G11B 33/1446 (2013.01); G11B 5/4813 (2013.01); G11B 5/5569 (2013.01); G11B 2220/2516 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data storage device comprising:
a magnetic rail assembly including two or more cassette staging positions, each of the cassette staging positions including one or more electromagnets and one of the cassette staging positions further defined as an active cassette position;
two or more cassettes arranged on the cassette staging positions of the magnetic rail assembly, one of the cassettes arranged on the active cassette position further defined as an active cassette and each cassette including an array of data storage discs; and
a shared read/write player to selectively receive one of the data storage discs from the active cassette as an active disc, the shared read/write player to perform a data access operation on the active disc.