Patents by Inventor Donald E. Auten

Donald E. Auten 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).

  • Data library system having movable robotic librarian operable for accessing statically mounted drives
    Patent number: 6801834
    Abstract: An automated data library system includes a data library housing drive clusters. The drive clusters include drive arrays of disk drives. The drive clusters are statically mounted within the data library and are not powered when not in use. The system includes a robotic librarian operable for moving about the data library to locate, engage, and access a desired drive cluster. The robotic librarian includes its own power source for providing power to the desired drive cluster in order to enable operation of the desired drive cluster. The robotic librarian further includes a cooling device for cooling off desired drive cluster while the drive cluster is operating. The robotic librarian further includes a writer and a reader for writing data to and reading data from the disk drives of the desired drive cluster using the connection while the desired drive cluster is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael V. Konshak, Donald E. Auten