Transferring Disk Drives Within Disk Drive Testing Systems
AssigneeTeradyne, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation
InventorsEvgeny Polyakov, Edward Garcia, Eric L. Truebenbach, Brian S. Merrow, Brian J. Whitaker
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Abstract
A method of transferring disk drives within a disk drive testing system includes actuating an automated transporter to retrieve multiple disk drives presented for testing, and actuating the automated transporter to deliver each retrieved disk drive to a respective test slot of the disk drive testing system and insert each disk drive in the respective test slot.
Claims15
A method of transferring disk drives within a disk drive testing system, the method comprising:
- actuating an automated transporter to retrieve multiple disk drive transporters;
- actuating the automated transporter to retrieve multiple disk drives presented for testing by carrying each of the disk drives with respective disk drive transporters;
- and
- actuating the automated transporter to deliver each of the disk drive transporters, each carrying one of the disk drives, to a respective test slot of the disk drive testing system and to insert each transporter, carrying a disk drive, in the respective test slots.
A method of transferring disk drives within a disk drive testing system, the method comprising:
- actuating an automated transporter having a manipulator to retrieve an untested disk drive presented for testing, the manipulator being configured to transport multiple disk drives;
- and
- actuating the automated transporter to deliver the retrieved untested disk drive to a respective test slot of the disk drive testing system and insert the untested disk drive in its respective test slot for testing.
A disk drive testing system comprising:
- an automated transporter;
- at least one rack arranged about the automated transporter for access by the automated transporter;
- multiple test slots housed by each rack, each test slot being configured to receive a disk drive for testing;
- a transfer station arranged for access by the automated transporter, the transfer station presenting multiple disk drives for testing;
- and
- a manipulator attached to the automated transporter, the manipulator being configured to carry multiple disk drives.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.