Patents by Inventor Leslie James Record

Leslie James Record 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).

  • Disk drive backplane capable of supporting multiple disk drive carrier designs
    Patent number: 6970352
    Abstract: A disk drive backplane is described which includes a connector for interfacing with a corresponding connector on each of a plurality of carrier types. A plurality of status indicator arrays is provided, each of which corresponds to at least one of the carrier types and is operable to transmit status information. Each of the arrays is positioned to interface with a corresponding status interface on the corresponding carrier type(s). Circuitry is provided which enables one of the status indicator arrays thereby configuring the backplane to interface with a particular one of the carrier types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Newisys, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie James Record, Robert Frank Gontarek
  • Disk drive backplane capable of supporting multiple disk drive carrier designs
    Publication number: 20040257760
    Abstract: A disk drive backplane is described which includes a connector for interfacing with a corresponding connector on each of a plurality of carrier types. A plurality of status indicator arrays is provided, each of which corresponds to at least one of the carrier types and is operable to transmit status information. Each of the arrays is positioned to interface with a corresponding status interface on the corresponding carrier type(s). Circuitry is provided which enables one of the status indicator arrays thereby configuring the backplane to interface with a particular one of the carrier types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Newisys, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie James Record, Robert Frank Gontarek
  • System for limiting access of plurality of requests to peripheral bus by halting transmission to particular peripheral devices and resuming transmission after second predetermined time period expiration
    Patent number: 5754887
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for managing multiple requests issued by a requester to a number of peripheral devices coupled to a peripheral bus within a data processing system. A request issued by the requestor which specifies a particular operation to be performed is transmitted to a selected peripheral device vice the peripheral bus. In response to performance of the particular operation by the selected peripheral device within a first predetermined time period, successful completion of the request is reported to the requestor. In response to a failure of the selected peripheral device to perform the particular operation within the first predetermined time period, access to the peripheral bus by the multiple requests is limited. Thereafter, in response to a failure of the selected peripheral device to perform the particular operation within a second predetermined time period, a request timeout error is reported to the requester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Damron, Michael Edward Lyons, Leslie James Record