Patents by Inventor Carl Massey

Carl Massey 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).

  • Patent number: 8565933
    Abstract: A heatsink includes a plurality of fans mounted to the heatsink. The plurality of fans includes a first fan that provides an airflow for the heatsink and a second fan that selectively modifies the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Erik R. Nielsen, Richard A. Bargerhuff, Carl Massey
  • Patent number: 8291579
    Abstract: A apparatus for mounting an interposer PCA into a chassis is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a bracket attached to the PCA. A geared handle is rotatably attached to one end of the bracket. The geared handle is configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position. Two geared segments are rotatably attached to the opposite end of the bracket and are meshed with the geared handle. A slot is formed in each geared segment and two slots are formed in the geared handle. The slots engage with insertion/ejection flanges on the chassis. The engaged slots force the PCA down into mating connectors in the chassis when the handle is rotated from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John R. Grady, Carl Massey, Joseph R. Allen
  • Publication number: 20120186076
    Abstract: A apparatus for mounting an interposer PCA into a chassis is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a bracket attached to the PCA. A geared handle is rotatably attached to one end of the bracket. The geared handle is configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position. Two geared segments are rotatably attached to the opposite end of the bracket and are meshed with the geared handle. A slot is formed in each geared segment and two slots are formed in the geared handle. The slots engage with insertion/ejection flanges on the chassis. The engaged slots force the PCA down into mating connectors in the chassis when the handle is rotated from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: John R. Grady, Carl Massey, Joseph R. Allen
  • Publication number: 20110130891
    Abstract: In at least some embodiments, an apparatus comprises an electronic component and a heatsink for the electronic component. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of fans mounted to the heatsink. The plurality of fans comprises a first fan that provides an airflow for the heatsink and a second fan that selectively modifies the airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Erik R. Nielsen, Richard A. Bargerhuff, Carl Massey
  • Patent number: 5131769
    Abstract: A ribbon cartridge comprises a housing having a bottom wall and a side wall extending upwardly therefrom to form an open top, a cover adapted to fit over the open top of the housing to close the housing to form a ribbon cartridge, an output arm and a take-up arm formed in the cartridge with a print space between the arms, the cartridge being adapted to hold a ribbon stuffed inside and extending between the arms from the output arm to the take-up arm, flexible fingers which are spaced apart from each other and attached at their base portions to the housing, with each finger being positioned in a finger opening in the bottom wall of the housing, whereby when an end tab of a finger meets resistance from a top wall of a correction cartridge, the finger is pushed into the interior of the housing, and when an end tab of a finger does not meet such resistance, it actuates the typewriter switch to actuate the typewriter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Pelikan, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce S. Jones, Carl Massey