Patents by Inventor Graham P Boswell

Graham P Boswell 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).

  • Data storage device chassis, case and clamp mechanism
    Patent number: 7298624
    Abstract: A data storage device chassis for housing a plurality of data storage devices has a plurality of walls at least some of which have at least one guide strip along at least part of the length of the wall to define a plurality of bays in which data storage devices (18) can be housed. The guide strips support respective data storage devices in the bays such that the data storage devices can be slid into and out of the bays by sliding along the guide strips. The at least some of the walls are composed of a non-metallic material such that the surface of said guide strips along which a data storage device slides is non-metallic. Each of said at least some of the walls have an electrically conductive portion passing through the wall to provide for electrical conduction between the bays thereby providing electrical shielding for data storage devices housed in the bays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Xyratex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Graham P Boswell, Mark Scicluna
  • Data storage device chassis, case and clamp mechanism
    Publication number: 20030222550
    Abstract: A data storage device chassis for housing a plurality of data storage devices has a plurality of walls at least some of which have at least one guide strip along at least part of the length of the wall to define a plurality of bays in which data storage devices (18) can be housed. The guide strips support respective data storage devices in the bays such that the data storage devices can be slid into and out of the bays by sliding along the guide strips. The at least some of the walls are composed of a non-metallic material such that the surface of said guide strips along which a data storage device slides is non-metallic. Each of said at least some of the walls have an electrically conductive portion passing through the wall to provide for electrical conduction between the bays thereby providing electrical shielding for data storage devices housed in the bays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Graham P. Boswell, Robert W. Hughes, Malcolm Muggeridge, Mark Scicluna