Patents by Inventor Bryant Ly

Bryant Ly 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).

  • Method for installing a hard drive into a computer and improved components therefor
    Patent number: 6438685
    Abstract: An improved method of shipping and installing a new hard drive in a computer comprising the steps of packaging a new hard drive in an improved static dissipation bag having a conductive coating on its exterior surface; boxing the packaged new hard drive in a shock-absorbing medium within a transportation box, connecting the new hard drive to the computer, transferring the data from the computer to the new hard drive, disconnecting the new hard drive from the computer, grounding the static dissipation bag to the computer and to an operator, removing the new hard drive from the bag and transportation box, and installing it in the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: CMS Peripherals, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Brower, Curt Brown, Charles Hohman, Bryant Ly