Patents by Inventor Craig Alan Garrett

Craig Alan Garrett 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD REQUIRING ZERO INSERTION FORCE AND POSITIVE RETENTION OF REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA IN A DATA STORAGE SUBSYSTEM
    Publication number: 20020159228
    Abstract: A disk drive library has individual disk drives that are each provided with a combination mechanical and electrical connector for interfacing with a library backplane. Each connector has two components. The first component is mounted to the drive and has an electrical contact with a metallic burnished core of highly conductive material that is surrounded by an annular magnet. The mating component is on the backplane and is similarly formed with the opposite pole of a second magnet. When the two components are brought into close proximity, the two contacts attract each other to mate the contact cores, and thus establish an electrical connection. This connection is augmented by a spring mechanism to provide a solid, reliable connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert George Emberty, Craig Alan Garrett, Craig Anthony Klein
  • System and method requiring zero insertion force and positive retention of removable storage media in a data storage subsystem
    Patent number: 6464509
    Abstract: A disk drive library has individual disk drives that are each provided with a combination mechanical and electrical connector for interfacing with a library backplane. Each connector has two components. The first component is mounted to the drive and has an electrical contact with a metallic burnished core of highly conductive material that is surrounded by an annular magnet. The mating component is on the backplane and is similarly formed with the opposite pole of a second magnet. When the two components are brought into close proximity, the two contacts attract each other to mate the contact cores, and thus establish an electrical connection. This connection is augmented by a spring mechanism to provide a solid, reliable connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert George Emberty, Craig Alan Garrett, Craig Anthony Klein