ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,837, issued on May 12, was assigned to MagStor Inc. (Columbus, Ohio).

"Magnetic tape drive and assembly for a tape drive" was invented by Aleksandr Mindlin (Dublin, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic tape drive and an assembly for a tape drive are disclosed herein. The disclosed magnetic tape drive comprises a SAS-compliant tape drive module; and a USB-C to SAS assembly having one or more controllers operatively coupled to a USB-C connector and a SAS connector. The SAS connector of the USB-C to SAS assembly is operatively coupled to the SAS-compliant tape drive module. The USB-C to SAS assembly is configured to enable the ...