Patents by Inventor Brendan Cully

Brendan Cully 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).

  • LIMITED BLAST RADIUS STORAGE SERVER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230066170
    Abstract: A device includes an interposer card that includes a processor, such as a system on a chip (SoC), and memory devices. The interposer card mounts to a mass storage device and has a shape that corresponds to a size of an end of the mass storage device to which the interposer card is mounted. The SoC of the interposer card is configured to implement an individual server for the mass storage device to which the interposer card is mounted. In some embodiments, a data storage system includes multiple mass storage devices mounted in a chassis and coupled to one or more backplanes, wherein interposer cards are connected between the mass storage devices and the one or more backplanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roey Rivnay, Brendan Cully, William Mark Megarity, Ryan F. Conroy, Andrew Kent Warfield, Priti Choudhary
  • Limited blast radius storage server system
    Patent number: 11467636
    Abstract: A device includes an interposer card that includes a processor, such as a system on a chip (SoC), and memory devices. The interposer card mounts to a mass storage device and has a shape that corresponds to a size of an end of the mass storage device to which the interposer card is mounted. The SoC of the interposer card is configured to implement an individual server for the mass storage device to which the interposer card is mounted. In some embodiments, a data storage system includes multiple mass storage devices mounted in a chassis and coupled to one or more backplanes, wherein interposer cards are connected between the mass storage devices and the one or more backplanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roey Rivnay, Brendan Cully, William Mark Megarity, Ryan F Conroy, Andrew Kent Warfield, Priti Choudhary