Patent ID: 7477479
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A bezel for a tape drive, comprising: a housing for engaging a front of a tape drive; an opening in the housing for receiving a tape cartridge; and a plurality of unique fiducials located on a front surface of the housing, each unique fiducial providing an alignment target for aligning a corresponding unique robotic assembly to insert or remove the tape cartridge through the opening in the housing, said plurality of unique fiducials comprising: a plurality of integrally formed legs extending from the front surface of the housing at a height greater than a height of each unique fiducial of the plurality of unique fiducials, such that if the housing of the bezel is in contact with a surface, the legs provide support for the tape drive without the plurality of fiducials contacting the surface, each leg extending an equal distance from the front surface of the housing.