Patents by Inventor Jean Stanley Wojdylo

Jean Stanley Wojdylo 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 drive insertion tool and method
    Patent number: 6614653
    Abstract: An insertion tool of the type for inserting and connecting a disk drive in a system is provided. The disk drive insertion tool including: a carrying board having an insertion end, back end, opposing top and bottom surfaces, and sides; a side drive guide extending from the top surface along a portion of the carrying board from proximate the insertion end substantially parallel to each of the sides; an end drive guide extending from the top surface proximate an end of the side drive guides opposite the insertion end defining a disk drive compartment between the drive guides for removably securing a disk drive therein; and the sides forming side rails having a reduced cross-section extending from the insertion end, the side rails having a cross-section sized to slide through drive bay guides formed in a system cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Ian Armstrong, Peter Ira Newman, Jean Stanley Wojdylo
  • Disk drive insertion tool and method
    Publication number: 20020044417
    Abstract: An insertion tool of the type for inserting and connecting a disk drive in a system is provided. The disk drive insertion tool including: a carrying board having an insertion end, back end, opposing top and bottom surfaces, and sides; a side drive guide extending from the top surface along a portion of the carrying board from proximate the insertion end substantially parallel to each of the sides; an end drive guide extending from the top surface proximate an end of the side drive guides opposite the insertion end defining a disk drive compartment between the drive guides for removably securing a disk drive therein; and the sides forming side rails having a reduced cross-section extending from the insertion end, the side rails having a cross-section sized to slide through drive bay guides formed in a system cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Ian Armstrong, Peter Ira Newman, Jean Stanley Wojdylo