Patents by Inventor Dale Robert Eichel

Dale Robert Eichel 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: 6498723
    Abstract: A disk drive system includes a disk drive array enclosure forming receiving cavities for housing respective disk drive modules. Each receiving cavity is defined by top, bottom, and rear surfaces, and an opening. The top and bottom surfaces of each receiving cavity expand away from one another to form receiving slots adjacent the opening of the receiving cavity. The disk drive system further includes a disk drive module having a housing and a disk drive carrier handle connected to the housing. The drive module is insertable into a receiving cavity of the drive array enclosure such that the housing is enclosed by the top, bottom, and rear surfaces of the receiving cavity and the drive carrier handle is positioned at the opening of the receiving cavity. The drive carrier handle has tab purchases located around the periphery of the drive carrier handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Vaughn Konshak, Barry D. Lovvorn, Mark Alan Grabbe, Dale Robert Eichel
  • Patent number: 6471308
    Abstract: The frameless, stackable cabinet system for use with rack mounted electronic equipment comprises stackable wall members that mechanically interconnect without the need for tools to assemble the cabinet. A base unit and cover unit provide the interlocking top and bottom members of the cabinet. The stackable wall members come in various heights and can be interlocked together and to both the base unit and cover unit to configure a cabinet of desired height. Each stackable wall member therefore not only provides a mounting site for a rack mounted piece of electronic equipment, but also serves to provide the wiring channels through openings formed in the stackable wall members. The cabinet system can be transported in a disassembled form to reduce shipping costs and can be simply assembled on site via the interlocking interconnection of the stackable wall members. The resultant cabinet can be reconfigured without a significant effort and the certification of the resultant cabinet configuration can be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Vaughn Konshak, Dale Robert Eichel
  • Patent number: D410446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Vaughn Konshak, Dale Robert Eichel, Mark Alan Grabbe
  • Patent number: D410451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Vaughn Konshak, Dale Robert Eichel