Patent ID: 9053741
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A docking station for receiving a cartridge including a non-tape storage medium, the cartridge having a horizontal access side opening and a vertical access bottom opening so as to expose an electrical multipoint connector of the non-tape storage medium, wherein contact pads of the multipoint connector are accessible through the vertical access bottom opening, the docking station comprising: a housing including a receiving space configured to receive the cartridge; a movable carriage disposed in the receiving space and configured to transport the cartridge into the receiving space; a movable mouth piece configured to at least partially surround the multipoint connector through the horizontal access side opening so as to fix the multipoint connector in a predetermined position in at least two dimensions; a fixing slider configured to move the mouth piece through the horizontal access side opening so as to fix the multipoint connector within the receiving space; a connector slider configured to move a connector within the docking station through the vertical access bottom opening against the electrical multipoint connector of the cartridge after the fixing slider has fixed the cartridge.