Patents by Inventor Alan B. Gordon

Alan B. Gordon 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).

  • SEPARATING SLIP-SHEETS FROM IMAGE RECORDABLE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20090188623
    Abstract: A method for separating a slip-sheet 40B from an image recording medium (17B) comprises: bringing a slip-sheet picker (55) into contact with the slip-sheet (410), a first part of the slip-sheet picker exerting pressure on the image recordable material at a first point; exerting with a retraction roller (230) portion of the slip-sheet picker pressure on the slip-sheet at a second point; folding the slip-sheet (420) in a confined space between the slip-sheet picker and the image recordable media by rotating the retraction roller; and capturing the slip-sheet (450) by rotating the retraction roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Alan B. Gordon, Gordon D. Andrew, Christopher G. Morley
  • User configurable raid system with multiple data bus segments and removable electrical bridges
    Patent number: 6076142
    Abstract: A user configurable RAID system designed to provide RAID functions as well as mass storage functions in a non-RAID mode. Flexibility is built into the system to allow the user to configure the SCSI bus to which removable drive modules are connected into one or more channels to define some of the drive modules in a RAID set and others as stand-alone drives which are independently operated or logically grouped and operated in a non-RAID mode. Removable internal SCSI bridges allow the SCSI bus to be configured into one or more channels. In the RAID mode, the system is configured to prevent a wrong drive from being removed from the system in the event of a drive failure. The system automatically unlatches only the failed drive. The RAID system includes an intelligent control unit ("ICU"), a RAID controller and a modem. The ICU allows the system administrator to access the RAID system Monitor Utility so that the status of the system may be monitored and its configuration changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Ampex Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Corrington, Steve M. Buu, Alan B. Gordon
  • Disk subsystem for a storage area network
    Patent number: D442585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Micro Net Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Afshin Toussi, Joie Lee Puckett, Jr., Richard A. Corrington, Robert Lee Faulkner, Sr., Alan B. Gordon, Alex Dale Grossman
  • Housing for removable computer storage modules
    Patent number: D382861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Micronet Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Corrington, Alan B. Gordon
  • Removable hard disk drive module
    Patent number: D383736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Micronet Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Corrington, Alan B. Gordon
  • Removable computer storage module
    Patent number: D391556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Micronet Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Corrington, Alan B. Gordon
  • Housing of a data storage system with removable data storage modules
    Patent number: D399191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Micronet Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Corrington, Alan B. Gordon