USB flash drive and system and method for storing USB flash drives
US7744406B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/0405
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses systems and method for storing and organizing UFDs (USB flash drives) on a storage pole, and for configuring UFDs to accommodate storage on a storage pole. Various embodiments also include configurations of the UFDs and/or storage poles which prevent rotation of the UFDs on the storage pole, thereby providing aligned stacking of the UFDs. Some embodiments include more than one pole for storage and/or alignment of the UFDs. Some embodiments do not require a pole for storage and/or alignment of the UFDs. In addition, systems which allow extraction of a single UFD from a stack of UFDs while maintaining the order of the UFDs are also disclosed.
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