Patents by Inventor Edward Dials

Edward Dials 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).

  • Computer system having cooperating spring, gear tracks and geared dampers for allowing a drive housing to move between open and closed positions
    Patent number: 5712761
    Abstract: Disclosed is a media console which includes a base member and a drive housing that can be moved within the base member between an open position and a closed position. A spring is connected to a bottom of the base member and to the drive housing for biasing the drive housing in the open position. A pair of gear tracks are integrally formed in opposite sides of the base member for cooperating with a pair of geared dampers attached to opposite ends of the drive housing. The drive housing includes a direct access storage device disposed at a front end thereof and the direct access storage device has an opening for receiving a removable storage medium. The spring, gear tracks and geared dampers cooperate with each other (1) to allow the drive housing to move smoothly from the closed position to the open position wherein a user may access the opening, and (2) to allow the drive housing to move smoothly from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines, Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Dials, Dean Frederick Herring, Aubrey Lamond Hodges, Steven Richard Luglan
  • Personal computer monitor stand
    Patent number: D390209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Dials, Dean Frederick Herring, Aubrey Lamond Hodges, Steven Richard Luglan