Patents by Inventor Dan C. Sheppard

Dan C. Sheppard 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).

  • Housing with latch and ejection mechanism air portable hard disk drive
    Patent number: 5319519
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding a portable hard disk drive in a desk-top personal computer (PC) has a housing that fits into the 3.5" form-factor cavity which is formed in most IBM.RTM.-compatible PCs. The portable hard disk drive is disposed in a protective sleeve, and the sleeve with disk drive can be manually advanced into the housing to electrically engage the PC with the portable hard disk drive. An ejector mechanism is provided in the housing for manually ejecting the disk drive from the PC upon completion of data transfer between the disk drive and PC. The ejector mechanism includes a latch mechanism movable from a latched configuration, wherein the disk drive is held in electrical contact with the PC, and an unlatched configuration, wherein the disk drive can be ejected from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Summatec Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Dan C. Sheppard, Lynn H. Wilson, Douglas R. Domel