Patent ID: 8982506
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for mounting a media element magazine into a port of a storage library, comprising: establishing contact between a first mounting apparatus disposed on an upper portion of a magazine and a first mounting apparatus disposed on an upper portion of a port; deflecting the first mounting apparatus of the port with the first mounting apparatus of the magazine from a relaxed position to a first deflected position; allowing the first mounting apparatus of the port to relax to a second deflected position; capturing the first mounting apparatus of the magazine between the first mounting apparatus of the port and a rear wall of the port; positioning a second mounting apparatus disposed on a lower portion of the magazine between a second mounting apparatus disposed on a lower portion of the port and the rear wall of the port, wherein the upper portion of the magazine is opposite the lower portion of the magazine, and wherein the upper portion of the port is opposite the lower portion of the port.