Patents by Inventor Alexander Kay

Alexander Kay 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).

  • Patent number: 9564178
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus and method for supporting storage devices during manufacture. The apparatus includes structural members and plural slot carriers received in bays in the apparatus. Each slot carrier carries at least one slot arranged to receive a storage device, wherein the slot carriers are insertable and/or removable from the bays through apertures at the front of the apparatus. Clamp assemblies are arranged to releasably clamp the slot carrier to one or more structural members at the sides of the slot carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Kay
  • Publication number: 20140290023
    Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus and method for supporting storage devices during manufacture. The apparatus includes structural members and plural slot carriers received in bays in the apparatus. Each slot carrier carries at least one slot arranged to receive a storage device, wherein the slot carriers are insertable and/or removable from the bays through apertures at the front of the apparatus. Clamp assemblies are arranged to releasably clamp the slot carrier to one or more structural members at the sides of the slot carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Xyratex Technology Limited
    Inventor: Alexander KAY
  • Publication number: 20080007865
    Abstract: Apparatus for supporting a disk drive with a rotating disk about a disk axis and an arm which pivots over the disk about an arm axis. The disk axis and the arm axis are perpendicular to the plane of the disk. The apparatus includes a disk drive carrier having a disk drive receiving portion where disk drive can be received, and a housing in which the carrier can be received. A mounting arrangement is provided for supporting the carrier within the housing such that the center of rotation of the carrier is outside the disk drive receiving portion of the carrier. Additionally, a mounting arrangement is provided for supporting the carrier within the housing, comprising a forced pivot at or towards the opposite end of the disk drive carrier, and about which the carrier is fixed for pivotal movement in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: David Orriss, Alexander Kay, Matthew Hill
  • Publication number: 20050018397
    Abstract: A disk drive support assembly has a clamp arrangement for releasably clamping a disk drive to a massive block. The clamp arrangement may be an inflatable actuator that is operable to clamp the disk drive to the block via a disk drive carrier. Various clamp assemblies for clamping a disk drive to a substrate, such as a disk drive carrier, are also disclosed. A disk drive carrier that can be adapted for use with different types of disk drive is also disclosed. Such disk drives include those that provide for electrical and/or data connections under the disk drive, those that provide for electrical and/or data connections at the rear of the disk drive, and those that have their own so-called product card associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: Xyratex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Kay, Timothy Muncaster, Andrew Nineham, Andrew Atkins
  • Patent number: 4922751
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for checking the concentricity of a pneumatic vehicle tire that during operation has its bead regions mounted on the radially inner periphery of a wheel rim. The apparatus includes a two-part test rim, the sections of which are axially movable. In the region of the rim flanges, the test rim is provided with vulcanizing mold contours for receiving the bead-seating surfaces of a tire. The spaces between the tire sidewalls and the bead regions are provided with forming rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Sergel, Dieter Aschemann, Klaus Gerloff, Alexander Kay, Lutz Wedemeyer