Patents by Inventor Anthony Wayne Howard

Anthony Wayne Howard 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: 20260037679
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for integrated intrusion detection for enhanced chassis security for a chassis of a data processing system. To do so, a detection mechanism may be used to identify an intrusion into the chassis. The intrusion into the chassis may be monitored using a flow path of the detection mechanism. This flow path may include a first portion and a second portion, each being attached to respective portions of the chassis that are at least partially detachable from one another. While the respective portions of the chassis are attached or detached, the first portion and the second portion may be electrically connected or disconnected, respectively. In an instance of the monitoring where the intrusion is identified, an action set to mitigate risk of undesired operation of the data processing system due to the intrusion may be performed based on a policy keyed to the intrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: ANTHONY WAYNE HOWARD, ISAAC QIN WANG, DAVID WILLIAM GRUNOW
  • Patent number: 11794388
    Abstract: Forming a casing of an information handling system using dual area bi-injection, the method including injecting a first material into a mold: i) at first locations of the mold to form a first portion of a casing, and ii) at second locations of the mold to form a second portion of the casing; and injecting a second material into the mold at third locations of the mold to form a third portion of the casing; wherein injection of the first material and the second material into the mold is done concurrently, wherein injection of the first and the second material into the mold forms a first bonding interface and a second bonding interface between the first material and the second material such that the second material is excluded from ingression to the first portion and the second portion of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yonghong Duan, David William Grunow, David Wheeler Williams, Patrick A. Hampton, Anthony Wayne Howard
  • Publication number: 20230333610
    Abstract: A secure hardware component retention assembly, including a tray assembly moveably coupled to an information handling system (IHS), the tray assembly including a coupling member and a spring element; a hardware component coupled to the tray assembly; a fastening element coupled to the IHS; wherein when the fastening element is in a first state, the fastening element is engaged with the coupling member to maintain a first positioning of the tray assembly internal to the IHS and the hardware component is engaged with a connector of the IHS, wherein when the fastening element is in a second state, the fastening element is disengaged from the coupling member such that the spring element exerts a force to translate the tray assembly so as to i) position at least a portion of the tray assembly external to the IHS and ii) disengage the hardware component from the connector of the HIS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony Wayne Howard, Ray Vivian Kacelenga, Isaac Qin Wang