Patents by Inventor Alexander Carl Worrall
Alexander Carl Worrall has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10915262Abstract: A hybrid storage device includes a first storage medium configured to store data at a first speed and a second storage medium configured to store data at a second speed. The first storage medium may be a NAND flash storage medium, and the second storage medium may be disc storage medium. Partitions of the first storage medium are associated with partitions of the second storage medium to form at least two storage tiers. Each of the storage tiers may include different NAND partition capacities. The storage device further includes a peer to peer communication channel between the first storage medium and the second storage medium for moving data between a NAND partition and HDD partition. The storage device is accessible via a dual port SAS or PCIe interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Rajesh Maruti Bhagwat, Nitin S. Kabra, Nilesh Govande, Manish Sharma, Joe Paul Moolanmoozha, Alexander Carl Worrall
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Publication number: 20190286355Abstract: A hybrid storage device includes a first storage medium configured to store data at a first speed and a second storage medium configured to store data at a second speed. The first storage medium may be a NAND flash storage medium, and the second storage medium may be disc storage medium. Partitions of the first storage medium are associated with partitions of the second storage medium to form at least two storage tiers. Each of the storage tiers may include different NAND partition capacities. The storage device further includes a peer to peer communication channel between the first storage medium and the second storage medium for moving data between a NAND partition and HDD partition. The storage device is accessible via a dual port SAS or PCIe interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Rajesh Maruti Bhagwat, Nitin S. Kabra, Nilesh Govande, Manish Sharma, Joe Paul Moolanmoozha, Alexander Carl Worrall
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Patent number: 10025357Abstract: The disclosed technology provides an enclosure system for computing equipment and a method for manufacturing an enclosure system, which includes a front enclosure base configured to secure a plurality of tray modules, each of the plurality of tray modules comprising a printed circuit board to connect a plurality of electronic components and being connected at a rear end to a connectivity midplane. The front enclosure base has a front end taller than the rear end such that the front end is configured to structurally support the plurality of tray modules and the rear end allows connecting rear faces of each of the plurality of tray modules to the connectivity midplane.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: David Michael Davis, Odie Killen, Alexander Carl Worrall
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Patent number: 9746886Abstract: The invention provides a storage system comprising a solid state storage carrier sized to correspond to a defined storage form factor and to include a support printed circuit board (PCB) having arranged thereon a plurality of solid state storage devices. The storage system can include a storage enclosure including a midplane and at least one slot on an end of the storage enclosure, sized to receive a solid state storage carrier for connection with the midplane in the storage enclosure. The storage system can also include at least one midplane connector located on the midplane, wherein the at least one midplane connector is configured to mate with at least one form factor connector on an end of the solid state storage carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: David Michael Davis, Alexander Carl Worrall, Alan John Westbury
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Publication number: 20170099190Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a system comprising a data center rack including one or more enclosures, each of the enclosures including one or more devices, and a plurality of flexplane units configured to interconnect with each other so as to interconnect a plurality of nodes in a torus topology, the one or more of the plurality of nodes is connected to one or more of the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Richard Charles Alexander Pitwon, Alexander Carl Worrall, Alistair Allen Miller
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Patent number: 9535471Abstract: A data storage system and a method of cooling the data storage system are presented. The data storage system includes: an enclosure; one or more drawer structures disposed within the enclosure, wherein at least one of the drawer structures is configured to receive one or more electronic devices; and one or more temperature control elements positioned adjacent to the bottom of the at least one drawer structure, wherein at least one of the temperature control elements is arranged in use to thermally communicate with at least one of the electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: David Michael Davis, Alexander Carl Worrall
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Publication number: 20160363966Abstract: The disclosed technology provides an enclosure system for computing equipment and a method for manufacturing an enclosure system, which includes a front enclosure base configured to secure a plurality of tray modules, each of the plurality of tray modules comprising a printed circuit board to connect a plurality of electronic components and being connected at a rear end to a connectivity midplane. The front enclosure base has a front end taller than the rear end such that the front end is configured to structurally support the plurality of tray modules and the rear end allows connecting rear faces of each of the plurality of tray modules to the connectivity midplane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: David Michael Davis, Odie Killen, Alexander Carl Worrall
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Publication number: 20150277512Abstract: The invention provides a storage system comprising a solid state storage carrier sized to correspond to a defined storage form factor and to include a support printed circuit board (PCB) having arranged thereon a plurality of solid state storage devices. The storage system can include a storage enclosure including a midplane and at least one slot on an end of the storage enclosure, sized to receive a solid state storage carrier for connection with the midplane in the storage enclosure. The storage system can also include at least one midplane connector located on the midplane, wherein the at least one midplane connector is configured to mate with at least one form factor connector on an end of the solid state storage carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: David Michael Davis, Alexander Carl Worrall, Alan John Westbury
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Publication number: 20140233179Abstract: A data storage system and a method of cooling the data storage system are presented. The data storage system includes: an enclosure; one or more drawer structures disposed within the enclosure, wherein at least one of the drawer structures is configured to receive one or more electronic devices; and one or more temperature control elements positioned adjacent to the bottom of the at least one drawer structure, wherein at least one of the temperature control elements is arranged in use to thermally communicate with at least one of the electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Xyratex Technology LimitedInventors: David Michael DAVIS, Alexander Carl WORRALL
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Publication number: 20130021696Abstract: The invention provides a data storage system and a method of cooling storage media within a data storage system. The data storage system comprises an enclosure; plural drawer structures each containing plural storage media such as disk drives, wherein the storage media are arranged such that air can pass vertically within the system through and between at least 2 of the plural drawers thereby to cool the disk drives in the system by a vertical flow of air within the system; and air flow generating means to generate a vertical flow of air through the drawers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: Xyratex Technology LimitedInventors: David Michael DAVIS, Alexander Carl Worrall
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Patent number: 7411946Abstract: A network monitor that taps data from a network link has first and second interfaces that allow the network monitor to be connected in-line in the network link between two network devices. The monitor has first and second programmable logic devices. The programmable logic devices are arranged to receive parallel data output by the interfaces and to process said data for network analysis purposes. Each programmable logic device is controllable so as to selectively pass a copy of the received parallel data to the other programmable logic device so that the network monitor can operate in in-line mode and not to pass a copy of the received parallel data to the other programmable logic device so that the network monitor can operate in end station mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Xyratex Technology LimitedInventors: Alexander Carl Worrall, Brian R. Carter, Garry Widley