Patents by Inventor Dale Joseph Lidberg

Dale Joseph Lidberg 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: 5751558
    Abstract: A keyblock is shown for use in a computer cage having an interior and a guide rail for guiding a logic-card book into position within the interior. The keyblock is installed within a cage guide opening provided at an end of the guide rail within the cage interior by means of a downwardly projecting dart which is received within the opening in snap-fit fashion. Locating pins on the keyblock lower surface properly position and align the keyblock within the cage guide opening. Contoured regions on the keyblock upper surface engage and lead-in a complimentary surface located on the logic-card book being received within the cage interior. One or more slots provided between selected contoured regions provide a coded pattern which matches a pattern provided on the desired logic-card book to be received in a predetermined position within the cage interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Theodore Gullicksrud, Dale Joseph Lidberg, Michael David Seyfert