Patents by Inventor George H. Smedley, Jr.

George H. Smedley, Jr. 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).

  • Disk cartridge and data storage device with incompatible disk cartridge insertion protection
    Patent number: 6018433
    Abstract: A data storage device comprises a cartridge receiving stop having a middle surface and angled outer edges for inhibiting the insertion of incompatible disk cartridges into the data storage device. A disk cartridge adapted for use in the data storage device has opposite front corners. The opposite front corners of the disk cartridge have a non-square shape adapted to avoid interference with the angled outer edges of the cartridge receiving stop. The data storage device may further comprise means for enabling a function of the data storage device upon insertion of a disk cartridge having non-square front corners into the disk drive. The disk cartridge may further comprise a projection positioned on the front peripheral edge of the disk cartridge and adapted to engage an operating member of the enabling means on the middle surface of the cartridge receiving stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Thayne, David M. Ginosar, Yiping Ma, George H. Smedley, Jr.
  • Computer memory disk cartridge
    Patent number: D370009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Iomega Corporation
    Inventors: George H. Smedley, Jr., Nicholas Brawne