Patents by Inventor Johnnie M. Carnes

Johnnie M. Carnes 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).

  • Patent number: 5496181
    Abstract: An electronic equipment drawer 20 is aligned with an electrical connector in a tunnel in the horizontal and vertical directions with alignment pins and holes. A screw drive 34 and cam 36 mounted on the drawer engages a tunnel wall and controls insertion into the tunnel to provide proper electrical contact and lock the drawer in place in the tunnel. A bus extender card 25 inserted in a connector 26 centrally located on a mother board 21 is supported by surfaces on a bar 28 extending between end walls 24 of the drawer. The end walls 24 include pairs of channels 31 on opposed walls which support feature cards inserted into connectors mounted on the bus extender card 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Danny H. Addison, Johnnie M. Carnes, Robert L. Cowardin, Albert N. Gore, III, Robert C. Lynch, Charles M. McCray, Shigeji Narisawa, William L. Talley, Yoshinair Toyosato, Craig W. Turner
  • Patent number: 5395261
    Abstract: An electronic equipment drawer is aligned with an electrical connector in a tunnel in the horizontal and vertical directions with alignment pins and holes. A screw drive and cam mounted on the drawer engages a surface of an opening in a wall of the tunnel and controls insertion into the tunnel to provide proper electrical contact and lock the drawer in place in the tunnel. Within the drawer a bus extender card inserted in a connector centrally located on a mother board is supported by surfaces on a bar extending between end walls of the drawer. The end walls include pairs of channels on opposed walls which support feature cards inserted into connectors mounted on the bus extender card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Danny H. Addison, Johnnie M. Carnes, Robert L. Cowardin, Albert N. Gore, III, Robert C. Lynch, Charles M. McCray, Shigeji Narisawa, William L. Talley, Yoshinair Toyosato, Craig W. Turner