Patents by Inventor Kevin P. COLLINS

Kevin P. COLLINS 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).

  • Publication number: 20240168528
    Abstract: An information handling system bay accepts plural communication carriers having storage communication support, such as in compliance with OCP3.0. The communication carrier has a support structure to support processing components, such as a network interface controller coupled to a printed circuit board, and coupled within the bay by a latch having a member extending from one end to engage the bay housing and latching an opposite chamfered end with a pin coupled to a spring loaded button. A press on the button away from the latch releases the chamfered end from the pin so support structure member is free from the housing bay to remove the communication carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Zhao Chen, Harris Di, John C. Donachy, Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Weidong Zuo, Libertad Paloma Escobar Carrizales, Peter A. Kaltenbach, Kevin M. Keller, Brad P. Collins
  • Patent number: 8540127
    Abstract: A vehicle instrument support and storage apparatus for a vehicle driven by a human driver who occupies a driver's seat of the vehicle provides a frame having a plate configured for attachment to a selected vehicle. The frame has a plurality of docking station positions. A rotary bearing is attachable to the vehicle. An instrument support includes a support panel and an arm having an inner and outer end portions, the arm inner end portion being connected to the rotary bearing. The instrument support panel is affixed to the outer end portion of the support arm. An interlock of the instrument support with one docking station places the instrument support panel in front of the driver of the vehicle. An interlock of the instrument support with the other docking station places the instrument support in a position that is spaced away from (laterally, circumferentially and/or radially) first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Textron Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin P. Collins
  • Publication number: 20120145861
    Abstract: A vehicle instrument support and storage apparatus for a vehicle driven by a human driver who occupies a driver's seat of the vehicle provides a frame having a plate configured for attachment to a selected vehicle. The frame has a plurality of docking station positions. A rotary bearing is attachable to the vehicle. An instrument support includes a support panel and an arm having an inner and outer end portions, the arm inner end portion being connected to the rotary bearing. The instrument support panel is affixed to the outer end portion of the support arm. The instrument support has a locking portion that interlocks the instrument support to a selected one of the docking stations. An interlock of the instrument support with one docking station places the instrument support panel in front of the driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: TEXTRON INC.
    Inventor: Kevin P. COLLINS