Quantum Assigned Patent

Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (11657849) developed by Todd, Christian Allen, Parker, CO, Baker, Jesse, Sheridan, CO, Rockwell, Scott M., Aurora, CO, and Yearsley, William A., Centennial, CO, for a “reduced form factor, high-density, front-access only automated tape library.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An automated tape library (10) includes a library housing (12) that is substantially rectangular box-shaped, including a first housing side (12A), a second housing side (12B), a housing rear (12C), a housing top (12D), a housing bottom (12E), and a housing front (12F). The library housing (12) defines a library width (10W) that is less than or equal to approximately 550 millimeters and a library depth (10D) that is at least approximately 1000 millimeters. The automated tape library (10) can further include a front door (16) that is movably coupled to the housing front (12F) to move between a closed configuration (11A) and an open configuration (11B), wherein the library housing (12) defines a library interior (14), and wherein full access to the library interior (14) is only provided through the front door (16) when the front door (16) has been moved to the open configuration (11B). The automated tape library (10) can also include at least one tape drive (20) that is coupled to the front door (16).”

The patent application was filed on 2022-06-13 (17/838447).