Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Lawrence Thorn

Jeffrey Lawrence Thorn 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).

  • Apparatus and method for calibrating multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library
    Patent number: 6675063
    Abstract: An apparatus for calibrating a multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library. More particularly, an apparatus for calibrating a multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library, includes at least one additional sensor to calibrate each gripper. Also described is a method for calibrating a multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library, wherein one or more additional grippers are calibrated to reduce the effect of tolerances in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Bosley, Brian Gerard Goodman, Jeffrey Lawrence Thorn
  • Apparatus and method for calibrating multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library
    Publication number: 20030187544
    Abstract: An apparatus for calibrating a multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library. More particularly, an apparatus for calibrating a multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library, includes at least one additional sensor to calibrate each gripper. Also described is a method for calibrating a multi-gripper equipped accessor in an automated data storage library, wherein one or more additional grippers are calibrated to reduce the effect of tolerances in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Bosley, Brian Gerard Goodman, Jeffrey Lawrence Thorn