Hitachi-LG Storage Assigned Patent

Hitachi-LG Storage Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, has been assigned a patent (8,385,163) developed by six co-inventors for an "optical disc library system and methods."

The co-inventors are Ravender Goyal, Saratoga, CA, Kyquang Son, Dublin, CA, Amir H. Torkaman, Sunnyvale, CA, Jamie Nam, Sunnyvale, CA, Kimhoe Pang, San Jose, CA, and Richard Sharpe, Mountain View, CA.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for optical disc storage, writing and reading including a housing holding at least two optical disc racks and a plurality of R/W drives that may be positioned in line with the storage rack. A track spans the racks, (e.g., a parallel track is positioned between two racks). A shuttle mounted on the track allows transfer of discs from the racks to drives. The shuttle may allow for disc pass through, disc rotation, or have other structures for disc transport."

The patent application was filed on Jan. 6, 2010 (12/683,216).