Patents by Inventor Erik E. A. Bengds

Erik E. A. Bengds 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).

  • Disposable LTO cartridge retention spring cleaner tool
    Patent number: 6980398
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for the cleaning of magnetic tape cartridge drive, particularly such as removable data-storage media tapes, and especially an arrangement and method of providing a disposable cartridge retention spring cleaning tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik E. A. Bengds, Kamal E. Dimitri, Jerry W. Hammar, Scott Richard Lockaby, Wayne A. McKinley