Patent ID: 9478250
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method for testing data storage components housed in a test deck, the method utilizing a testing assembly and a loader assembly, the method comprising: transporting, via the loader assembly, a first test deck to a first test slot of a plurality of test slots in the testing assembly, each test slot having long and short axes, the first test deck having a long axis that is continuously maintained parallel to the long axis of the first test slot during the transportation step; opening an access port of the first test deck with an exchange assembly prior to installing a data storage component into the first test deck; installing the first test deck into the first test slot with the loader assembly without substantially rotating the first test deck and while the long axis of the test slot and test deck remain substantially parallel; and performing a test routine within the first test slot.