Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Nineham

Andrew J. Nineham 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 support assembly, clamp assembly and disk drive carrier
    Patent number: 7203060
    Abstract: A disk drive support assembly has a clamp arrangement for releasably clamping a disk drive to a massive block. The clamp arrangement may be an inflatable actuator that is operable to clamp the disk drive to the block via a disk drive carrier. Various clamp assemblies for clamping a disk drive to a substrate, such as a disk drive carrier, are also disclosed. A disk drive carrier that can be adapted for use with different types of disk drive is also disclosed. Such disk drives include those that provide for electrical and/or data connections under the disk drive, those that provide for electrical and/or data connections at the rear of the disk drive, and those that have their own so-called product card associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Xyratex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Alexander S. Kay, Timothy J. Muncaster, Andrew J. Nineham, Andrew W. Atkins