Patents by Inventor James L. Pringle, Jr.

James L. Pringle, 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).

  • Hot-swappable adapter system for non-hot-swappable expansion cards
    Patent number: 10235322
    Abstract: An adapter assembly includes an adapter board. A first connector assembly is coupled to the adapter board and is configured to releasably electrically couple the adapter board to a high-availability IT component. A second connector assembly is coupled to the adapter board and is configured to releasably couple the adapter board to a non-hot-swappable industry standard expansion card. The adapter board includes hot swap logic configured to enable the non-hot-swappable industry standard expansion card to function as a hot-swappable industry standard expansion card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: James L. Pringle, Jr., Daniel Dufresne, Stephen E. Strickland
  • Adapter system
    Patent number: 10153603
    Abstract: An adapter assembly includes an adapter board. A first connector assembly is coupled to the adapter board and is configured to releasably electrically couple the adapter board to a high-availability IT component. A second connector assembly is coupled to the adapter board and is configured to releasably couple the adapter board to an industry standard expansion card. The adapter assembly is configured to be positioned within an enclosure of a hot swappable IT carrier assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: James L. Pringle, Jr., Daniel Dufresne, Stephen E. Strickland
  • Rack-mountable IT device
    Patent number: 10149402
    Abstract: An IO subsystem, for use with an IT computing device, includes a cage assembly configured to releasably engage a chassis of the IT computing device and to receive a plurality of IO adapter cards. A midplane adapter assembly, positioned within the cage assembly, includes a first electrical connector system configured to engage a generic connector system included within the IT computing device and a second electrical connector system configured to engage the plurality of IO adapter cards. A coupling system is configured to releasably couple the cage assembly to the chassis of the IT computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Dufresne, James L. Pringle, Jr.