Patents by Inventor Donald Hrtanek

Donald Hrtanek 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: 10998703
    Abstract: A cable configuration tool includes an attachment base, a first cable retainer, a second cable retainer, and a cable guide. The attachment base includes an attachment point for mounting to an edge of an enclosure and an arm for mounting the first cable retainer, the second cable retainer, and the cable guide. A first aperture of the first cable retainer, a second aperture of the second cable retainer, and a third aperture of the cable guide are each configured to accept the arm of the attachment base, where the first cable retainer, the second cable retainer, and the cable guide are slidable along the arm. One or more cables for creation of a cable harness are placeable along an outer edge of the cable guide, where the cable guide defines a bend radius for the one or more cables of the cable harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Paske, Steven Charles Erickson, Donald Hrtanek, Clinton William Erie, Michael John MacPherson
  • Patent number: 10834843
    Abstract: A modular cabling fixture includes a first structure, a second structure, and a third structure, where a position of the first structure, the second structure, and the third structure is based on a server rack configuration. A first set of members on a first end of the first structure capable of interlocking with a first set of members of the second structure and a second set of members on a second end of the first structure capable of interlocking with a first set of members of the third structure, The first structure includes a first portion of a channel for routing a cable harness, where a position of the first portion of the channel of the first structures is based on the server rack configuration, wherein the cable harness is insertable into the first portion of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporaton
    Inventors: Clinton William Erie, Michael John MacPherson, Ryan Paske, Donald Hrtanek