Patents by Inventor Dan A. Riedl

Dan A. Riedl 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 changing fibre channel speed of a drive loop with ESM-controlled drive boxes using redundant drive channels
    Patent number: 7177942
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for adjusting the speed of operation of a channel for communicating with disk drives in a multi ported system, comprising a bridge controller having a first channel and a second channel and a plurality of enclosure services modules, each having a first channel connected in sequence from a bridge controller to a first enclosure services module and successively connected to successive enclosure services modules to a last enclosure services module and each having a second channel connected in reverse sequence from the bridge controller to the last enclosure services module and successively connected to the successive enclosure services modules to the first enclosure services module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Lynn, Jeremy D. Stover, Jason M. Stuhsatz, Dan A. Riedl, Timothy Flynn