Patents by Inventor Darshan P. Shah

Darshan P. Shah 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).

  • Ruggedized host module
    Patent number: 7251131
    Abstract: An energy dissipative element (24) protects hard disk drives (22, 72, 92) from shocks and vibrations. A closed elastic envelope (48) houses a body of open cell foam (54), a volume of viscous liquid (56), and a compressible gas (64). Under compression or expansion of the foam (54), viscous liquid (56) flows through cell orifices and thereby dissipates energy resulting from external force applied against the elastic wall (48). The energy dissipative elements (24) are applied between a disk drive housing (22) and an outer case (26) to create a ruggedized portable disk drive module (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Olixir Technologies
    Inventors: Prabodh L. Shah, Darshan P. Shah, Allan L. Visitacion
  • Ruggedized host module
    Patent number: 7012805
    Abstract: An energy dissipative element (24) protects hard disk drives (22, 72, 92) from shocks and vibrations. A closed elastic envelope (48) houses a body of open cell foam (54), a volume of viscous liquid (56), and a compressible gas (64). Under compression or expansion of the foam (54), viscous liquid (56) flows through cell orifices and thereby dissipates energy resulting from external force applied against the elastic wall (48). The energy dissipative elements (24) are applied between a disk drive housing (22) and an outer case (26) to create a ruggedized portable disk drive module (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Olixir Technologies
    Inventors: Prabodh L. Shah, Darshan P. Shah, Allan L. Visitacion
  • Energy dissipative device and method
    Patent number: 7009835
    Abstract: An energy dissipative element protects hard disk drives from shocks and vibrations. A closed elastic envelope houses a body of open cell foam, a volume of viscous liquid, and a compressible gas. Under compression or expansion of the foam, viscous liquid flows through cell orifices and thereby dissipates energy resulting from external force applied against the elastic wall. The energy dissipative elements are applied between a disk drive housing and an outer case to create a ruggedized portable disk drive module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Olixir Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Shrikant Desai, Prabodh Shah, Daryl A. Cheim, Darshan P. Shah