Patents by Inventor David C. Brower
David C. Brower 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: 8919172Abstract: Threads are formed in situ throughout a bore of a sleeve inserted into a corresponding hole a substrate. A sleeve having a bore is inserted into a corresponding hole of a substrate. A mandrel is rotated through the sleeve. The mandrel has a threaded ended; the threaded end rotating throughout the bore of the sleeve forms threads throughout the bore. Prior to inserting the sleeve into the corresponding hole of the substrate, the sleeve can be placed onto the mandrel. In this case, the mandrel has an increasing diameter at the threaded end thereof, such that the sleeve rests on the mandrel towards the threaded end thereof where the bore has a smaller diameter than the mandrel. The mandrel is then rotated out of the sleeve in a direction opposite the direction in which the sleeve has been inserted into the corresponding hole of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David C. Brower, Dean F. Herring
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Publication number: 20120125072Abstract: Threads are formed in situ throughout a bore of a sleeve inserted into a corresponding hole a substrate. A sleeve having a bore is inserted into a corresponding hole of a substrate. A mandrel is rotated through the sleeve. The mandrel has a threaded ended; the threaded end rotating throughout the bore of the sleeve forms threads throughout the bore. Prior to inserting the sleeve into the corresponding hole of the substrate, the sleeve can be placed onto the mandrel. In this case, the mandrel has an increasing diameter at the threaded end thereof, such that the sleeve rests on the mandrel towards the threaded end thereof where the bore has a smaller diameter than the mandrel. The mandrel is then rotated out of the sleeve in a direction opposite the direction in which the sleeve has been inserted into the corresponding hole of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: David C. Brower, Dean F. Herring
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Patent number: 8109780Abstract: An apparatus for preventing and detecting tampering of an electronic device is provided. The apparatus may prevent and detect tampering occurring through an aperture in a casing of the electronic device where the aperture is configured for receiving a standoff that couples a communication cable to a communication port of the electronic device. Upon removal of the standoff, visual indicia of tampering may be provided. Additionally, a shield may block entry of the standoff into the aperture if the standoff is removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Danny H. Addison, David C. Brower, Robert J. Heider, Dean F. Herring
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Publication number: 20110312214Abstract: An apparatus for preventing and detecting tampering of an electronic device is provided. The apparatus may prevent and detect tampering occurring through an aperture in a casing of the electronic device where the aperture is configured for receiving a standoff that couples a communication cable to a communication port of the electronic device. Upon removal of the standoff, visual indicia of tampering may be provided. Additionally, a shield may block entry of the standoff into the aperture if the standoff is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Danny H. Addison, David C. Brower, Robert J. Heider, Dean F. Herring
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Patent number: 7862248Abstract: A pen retention bracket for releasably securing a pen tether retracting reel therein is disclosed. The pen retention bracket includes four surfaces that define a rectangular cavity having four sides and a top opening and a bottom opening. A first protrusion and a second protrusion are disposed upon a first surface and extend from the first surface toward a second surface, a distance between the first protrusion and the second protrusion greater than a height of the pen tether retracting reel. The first surface is responsive to an application of force to the pen tether retracting reel to elastically deform and increase a depth between the second surface and at least one of the first protrusion and the second , thereby releasing the pen tether retracting reel via either of the top opening and the bottom opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David C. Brower, Selcuk S. Eren, Robert J. Heider, Dean F. Herring, Leo P. Richard, Craig W. Turner, Philip M. Woodward
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Publication number: 20100096514Abstract: A bagging station is provided and includes a bagging station structure including a base and a supportive portion vertically supported on the base, a bag holder, configured to hold bag handles of a bag, to occupy and selectively move between a stowed position, at which the bag holder is stowed, and a plurality of presented positions, at which the bag holder is available for bag holding, and a coupling device to couple the bag holder to the supportive portion such that the bag holder is biased to remain in a currently occupied one of the stowed position or at least one of the presented positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Randy D. Adair, David C. Brower, Robert J. Heider, Dean F. Herring, William L. Talley
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Publication number: 20090103967Abstract: A pen retention bracket for releasably securing a pen tether retracting reel therein is disclosed. The pen retention bracket includes four surfaces that define a rectangular cavity having four sides and a top opening and a bottom opening. A first protrusion and a second protrusion are disposed upon a first surface and extend from the first surface toward a second surface, a distance between the first protrusion and the second protrusion greater than a height of the pen tether retracting reel. The first surface is responsive to an application of force to the pen tether retracting reel to elastically deform and increase a depth between the second surface and at least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion, thereby releasing the pen tether retracting reel via either of the top opening and the bottom opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2007Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: David C. Brower, Selcuk S. Eren, Robert J. Heider, Dean F. Herring, Leo P. Richard, Craig W. Turner, Philip M. Woodward
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Patent number: 7488131Abstract: A pen retention device including a pen, a tether, a retracting reel in operable communication with the tether, and a bracket releasably securing the retracting reel therein is disclosed. The pen retention bracket includes four surfaces that define a rectangular cavity having four sides and a top and bottom opening. A first protrusion and a second protrusion are disposed upon a first surface and extend from the first surface toward a second surface, a distance between the first protrusion and the second protrusion greater than a height of the pen tether retracting reel. The first surface is responsive to an application of force to the pen tether retracting reel to elastically deform and increase a depth between the second surface and at least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion, thereby releasing the pen tether retracting reel via either of the top opening and the bottom opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David C. Brower, Selcuk S. Eren, Robert J. Heider, Dean F. Herring, Leo P. Richard, Craig W. Turner, Philip M. Woodward
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Patent number: 7410319Abstract: A pen retention device including a pen, a tether, a retracting reel in operable communication with the tether, and a bracket releasably securing the retracting reel therein is disclosed. The pen retention bracket includes four surfaces that define a rectangular cavity having four sides and a top and bottom opening. A first protrusion and a second protrusion are disposed upon a first surface and extend from the first surface toward a second surface, a distance between the first protrusion and the second protrusion greater than a height of the pen tether retracting reel. The first surface is responsive to an application of force to the pen tether retracting reel to elastically deform and increase a depth between the second surface and at least one of the first protrusion and the second protrusion, thereby releasing the pen tether retracting reel via either of the top opening and the bottom opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David C. Brower, Selcuk S. Eren, Robert J. Heider, Dean F. Herring, Leo P. Richard, Craig W. Turner, Philip M. Woodward