Patents by Inventor Cynthia Michelle Grosser

Cynthia Michelle Grosser 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).

  • Apparatus and system to mount a device to a rack
    Patent number: 6891727
    Abstract: A system and apparatus to mount devices to a rack is disclosed. Embodiments may comprise mounting hardware configured to adaptively accommodate attachment features of a rack to mount devices such as servers to the rack. A device attachment member may couple with the device, and some of these device attachment members may comprise a bent portion to facilitate coupling the device to vertical members of a rack. Many device attachment members may have in place of or in addition to the bent portion, a slide attachment member and rack attachment slidably coupled with the device attachment member to provide tool-less attachment of the device to the rack via pins. These rack attachments may also adaptively accommodate attachment features such as round openings, square openings, and/or threaded openings of a vertical member of the rack and may advantageously provide a threaded member to secure the device attachment member to vertical members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Klaus Dittus, Cynthia Michelle Grosser, Dean Frederick Herring, Brian Alan Trumbo, Paul Andrew Wormsbecher
  • Apparatus and system to mount a device to a rack
    Publication number: 20040037046
    Abstract: A system and apparatus to mount devices to a rack is disclosed. Embodiments may comprise mounting hardware configured to adaptively accommodate attachment features of a rack to mount devices such as servers to the rack. A device attachment member may couple with the device, and some of these device attachment members may comprise a bent portion to facilitate coupling the device to vertical members of a rack. Many device attachment members may have in place of or in addition to the bent portion, a slide attachment member and rack attachment slidably coupled with the device attachment member to provide tool-less attachment of the device to the rack via pins. These rack attachments may also adaptively accommodate attachment features such as round openings, square openings, and/or threaded openings of a vertical member of the rack and may advantageously provide a threaded member to secure the device attachment member to vertical members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: international Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Klaus Dittus, Cynthia Michelle Grosser, Dean Frederick Herring, Brian Alan Trumbo, Paul Andrew Wormsbecher
  • Insulating divider and connector for hot plug adapter card slots
    Patent number: 6250932
    Abstract: A connector for use in a computer is arranged so as to accept an adapter card and a card insulator. The adapter card is inserted into one or more first openings. The card insulator is inserted into one or more second openings. The connector has an insulating molding common to the first and second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Smith, Cynthia Michelle Grosser