Patent ID: 9564159
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G11B

Claim:
1. In a storage system having moveable storage devices, a method comprising: a motion controller receiving movement related data of a storage device from at least one sensor associated with the storage device; wherein the storage device and the motion controller are mounted on a translating sled, which is configured for movement between a first end of travel position and a second end of travel position and the method further comprises monitoring movement of the translating sled between the first end of travel position and the second end of travel position to generate the movement related data; accumulating total distance and velocity within a distance accumulator and a velocity accumulator; determining if the storage device is at an end of travel position; and in response to the storage device being at the end of travel position, issuing a park command that triggers the reading head of the storage device to enter a parked state in which the storage device is protected from damage that can occur due to mechanical motion of the reading head while the pre-identified condition exists.