Patents Assigned to Storage Technology Corporation One Storage Tek Drive
  • Break away lever for a tape drive handle
    Patent number: 5991117
    Abstract: A system prevents an excessive force from being applied to a handle of a tape drive. The system provides a base coupled to the handle of the tape drive. A lever assembly engages the base to move the handle when a force equal to the force required to move the handle is applied to the lever assembly. The lever assembly disengages the base when a force in excess of the required force is applied to the lever assembly and the force is not applied to the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation One Storage Tek Drive
    Inventors: David Christopher Black, Joseph Paul Manes