Patent ID: 7916423

Claim:
A data storage unit comprising: an electrical power source; a cover that defines at least in part an interior space, said cover having a first opening; a media blade comprising a plurality of data storage elements and a connector apparatus connecting to said plurality of data storage elements; and a motion accommodating conductor apparatus connecting said connector apparatus to said electrical power source, said electrical power source adapted to supply power without interruption to said media blade when said media blade is movable via said first opening from between a first position that is substantially in said interior space and a second position that is less than substantially in said interior space, wherein said motion accommodating conductor apparatus is selected from the group of tangling prevention conductor systems consisting of: brush and conductive lead system, spring loaded spindle and conductive wire system, conductive wire and flex chain linkage system; said motion accommodating conductor apparatus possesses a communication conductor that links a communication source associated with said data storage unit to said data storage elements via said connector apparatus.