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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7729112 | Mounting for disk drive unit, retaining device and method of loading a disk drive unit A mounting for a disk drive unit includes a carrier for carrying a disk drive unit during required movement of the disk drive unit. The carrier defines a space into which the disk drive unit can be inserted, and the carrier is adapted to be inserted with the disk dr... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729107 | Housings and devices for disk drives A disk drive test apparatus has a plurality of bays each for receiving a respective disk drive to be tested. A plurality of card slots are provided each for receiving a test card via which a disk drive can be tested. Each of the test cards is either an environment t... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7702876 | System and method for configuring memory devices for use in a network A system for and method of providing a flexible means of using and storing file configuration metadata in a RAID network, so that the memory system does not restrict the metadata to exact format or location in memory. A RAID controller is operable to power-up a memo... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694072 | System and method for flexible physical-logical mapping raid arrays A system, method and computer program for allocating physical memory from a group of N memory devices to logical volumes. A group of N memory devices are partitioned into a plurality of bands, each of the group of N memory devices sharing a portion of each of the pl... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7671978 | Scatterometer-interferometer and method for detecting and distinguishing characteristics of surface artifacts A scatterometer-interferometer and method for detecting and distinguishing characteristics of surface artifacts provides improved artifact detection and increased scanning speed in interferometric measurement systems. A scatterometer and interferometer are combined ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7646557 | Methods and apparatus for generating a clock signal, for writing servo tracks, and for characterising timing errors in a servo track writer A method of generating a clock signal from a moving medium includes detecting movement of at least one mark that moves synchronously with the medium. A generally sinusoidal output signal corresponding to movement of the mark is produced. The generally sinusoidal out... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7625134 | Optical connector, a communication system and a method of connecting a user circuit to an optical transceiver The invention provides an optical connector for connecting a user circuit to an optical backplane, in use the connector being adapted for mounting on a user circuit. The connector comprises an active or passive photonic interface through which optical signals may be... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7612996 | Temperature control device, disk drive unit test apparatus, and a method of testing or operating a plurality of disk drive units The invention provides a temperature control device for a disk drive unit, the temperature control device includes a housing for connection to a carrier for a disk drive unit; an air flow generator arranged in the housing for providing a flow of air to a disk drive ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7554811 | Data storage device carrier and carrier tray Various arrangements of carrier trays and carriers for data storage devices, such as disk drives, are disclosed. The arrangements of carrier trays and carriers are arranged to be rigid, and therefore more resistant to vibration arising from operation of the data sto... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7490993 | Adapter for an optical printed circuit board, an optical printed circuit board and a method of connecting an adapter to an optical printed circuit board The invention provides an adapter for an optical printed circuit board, the adapter comprising a socket for receiving a daughter card for connecting to a said optical printed circuit board; and a connector for engagement with the optical printed circuit board arrang... | 02/17/2009 |
