Laser destruction system for hard drives
AssigneeSerenity Data Security, LLC
InventorKevin P. Clark
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Abstract
Three systems for the destruction of the data storage portion of electronic media storage devices such as hard disk drives, solid state drives and hybrid hard drives. One system utilizes a mill cutter with which the hard drive has relative motion in the direction of the axis of the mill cutter to destroy the data storage portion. A second system utilizes a laser to physically destroy the data storage portion. The third system utilizes a chemical solvent to chemically destroy the data storage portion.
Claims20
A system for physically destroying a data storage portion of an electronic media storage device selected from the group consisting of a hard disk drive, a solid state drive and a hybrid hard drive comprising:
- an electronic media storage device selected from the group consisting of a hard disk drive, a solid state drive and a hard disk drive, said electronic media storage device having a data storage portion;
- a chamber;
- a laser in said chamber which laser destroys the data storage portion;
- a cradle for holding an electronic media storage device in said chamber;
- a database of master information of different types of electronic media storage devices and activating CNC coordinates and orientations;
- a visioning system for determining the type of an electronic media storage device positioned in said cradle;
- wherein said visioning system and said master information provides control information comprising CNC coordinates and orientations which are employed to control the movement of said cradle, said laser or both to position the laser relative to the electronic media storage device so that the laser destroys the data storage portion of the electronic media storage device while leaving at least a substantial portion of the electronic media storage device intact.
A method for physically destroying a data storage portion of an electronic media storage device selected from the group consisting of a hard disk drive, a solid state drive and a hybrid hard drive, comprising:
- providing an electronic media storage device having a data storage portion;
- providing a laser;
- providing a cradle for locating the electronic media storage device in a position to be contacted by the laser;
- providing a master database of information for different types of electronic data storage devices and activating CNC coordinates and orientations;
- positioning an electronic media storage device on said cradle;
- scanning the electronic storage device positioned on said cradle to determine the type of electronic storage device;
- generating control information comprising CNC coordinates and orientations from said type and master database;
- automatically moving said laser or said cradle using said control information;
- actuating said laser;
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- destroying the data storage portion of the electronic media storage device while leaving at least a substantial portion of the electronic media storage device intact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.