Patent ID: 11862203
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A data storage system comprising:
a media drive configured for writing to and reading from magnetic recording disk media and configured for having a contaminant-controlled internal environment, the media drive comprising:
a disk tray extractor mechanism positioned within the media drive, the extractor mechanism comprising:
a seal mechanism comprising a translatable seal plate configured at times flush with a surrounding shroud, and
a set of pins configured to extend through the seal plate and to move in a direction while extended through the seal plate;

a disk cartridge bay positioned adjacent to the media drive; and
a disk cartridge, positioned in the disk cartridge bay, comprising a plurality of contaminant-controlled compartments each configured for housing a corresponding internally contaminant-controlled disk tray each configured to support a magnetic recording disk medium.