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US 6,473,301 B1Granted
Disk drive test rack with universal electrical connector
AssigneeMaxtor Corporation
InventorsLloyd E. Levy, Duc Banh, Danilo Bueno
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AssigneeMaxtor Corporation
InventorsLloyd E. Levy, Duc Banh, Danilo Bueno
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A disk drive test device for performing a test (e.g., power only self test, tests which use a serial interface) on at least one disk drive at a time. The test device includes an electrical connector which is configured so as to be able to provide the necessary electrical interconnections for executing a test on disk drives having different types of drive interface connectors (i.e., the same electrical connector may be used with at least 2 different types of drive interface connectors). There is no need to use an in-line adapter to electrically interconnect a disk drive having a first drive interface connector or to electrically interconnect a disk drive having a second drive interface connector. There is also is no need to change out the electrical connector when performing a test on disk drives which use this different types of drive interface connectors.
A disk drive test rack, comprising:
A disk drive test rack, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.