Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Dale Fochtman

Jeffrey Dale Fochtman 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).

  • Modular edge storage devices with high speed interconnects
    Patent number: 11844186
    Abstract: A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Paul McParland, Bruno Jean Masson, Jeffrey Dale Fochtman
  • Modular edge storage devices with high speed interconnects
    Patent number: 11464129
    Abstract: A data storage ecosystem that includes a series of devices of increasing size, designed to look and work together as a family, with at least one of the devices being a data storage device having a first consumer-accessible connector and a second high speed connector. The data storage ecosystem also includes a rack-mounted docking unit having a third high speed interfacing connector configured to couple to the second high speed connector of the data storage device when the data storage device is inserted into the rack-mounted docking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Paul McParland, Bruno Jean Masson, Jeffrey Dale Fochtman