Patents by Inventor John W. Osborne

John W. Osborne 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).

  • High-pressure card locks for maximizing heat transfer from electronics cards to card cages
    Patent number: 10129996
    Abstract: Card locks for securing electronics card in card slots within cages and designed and configured to allow each card lock to impart high uniform pressure between an electronics card and the corresponding card slot to maximize heat transfer from the electronics card to the card cage to efficiently sink heat generated onboard the electronics card. In some embodiments, a high-pressure card lock of the present disclosure has a pair of low-angle wedges and a locking mechanism that effectively pushes one of the wedges along the other wedge to put the high-pressure card lock into its locked, high-pressure-exerting state. In other embodiments, a high-pressure card lock of the present disclosure has a pair of low-angle wedges and a locking mechanism that effectively draws one of the wedges along the other wedge to put the high-pressure card lock into its locked, high-pressure-exerting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Creare LLC
    Inventors: Jay C. Rozzi, Thomas M. Conboy, Nicholas T. Kattamis, Christopher B. Munro, John W. Osborne
  • High-Pressure Card Locks For Maximizing Heat Transfer From Electronics Cards To Card Cages
    Publication number: 20170257966
    Abstract: Card locks for securing electronics card in card slots within cages and designed and configured to allow each card lock to impart high uniform pressure between an electronics card and the corresponding card slot to maximize heat transfer from the electronics card to the card cage to efficiently sink heat generated onboard the electronics card. In some embodiments, a high-pressure card lock of the present disclosure has a pair of low-angle wedges and a locking mechanism that effectively pushes one of the wedges along the other wedge to put the high-pressure card lock into its locked, high-pressure-exerting state. In other embodiments, a high-pressure card lock of the present disclosure has a pair of low-angle wedges and a locking mechanism that effectively draws one of the wedges along the other wedge to put the high-pressure card lock into its locked, high-pressure-exerting state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jay C. Rozzi, Thomas M. Conboy, Nicholas T. Kattamis, Christopher B. Munro, John W. Osborne