Patents by Inventor Homer Stewart Pitner, JR.

Homer Stewart Pitner, 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).

  • Modular interface communications with a storage cartridge
    Patent number: 8485839
    Abstract: A serial interface connector and corresponding method electrically connects to a storage cartridge that has a housing enclosing a serial communications device. The serial interface connector has a first plurality of electrical contacts and a retainer. The retainer operably contactingly engages the housing to impart a bias that retains the electrical contacts of the serial interface connector seated in electrical connection with a respective second plurality of electrical contacts of the serial communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gene Morgan, Homer Stewart Pitner, Jr.
  • MODULAR INTERFACE COMMUNICATIONS WITH A STORAGE CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20110287656
    Abstract: A serial interface connector and corresponding method electrically connects to a storage cartridge that has a housing enclosing a serial communications device. The serial interface connector has a first plurality of electrical contacts and a retainer. The retainer operably contactingly engages the housing to impart a bias that retains the electrical contacts of the serial interface connector seated in electrical connection with a respective second plurality of electrical contacts of the serial communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gene Morgan, Homer Stewart Pitner, JR.