Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Hass

Kenneth A. Hass 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).

  • Circuit, systems and methods for monitoring storage controller status
    Patent number: 7496694
    Abstract: Circuits, systems and methods for improved monitoring of status of a storage controller in a storage system. A monitoring circuit external to the storage controller is adapted to couple to the internal bus structure within the storage controller. The monitoring circuit is adapted to sense status of the storage controller by monitoring bus transactions within the storage controller that indicate status of the control and/or of the storage system. In one aspect the monitoring circuit saves sensed status in a memory associated with the circuit. In another aspect, the monitoring circuit includes a network interface to transmit sensed/saved status to an external data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Sridhar Balasubramanian, Kenneth A. Hass
  • CIRCUIT, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING STORAGE CONTROLLER STATUS
    Publication number: 20080120440
    Abstract: Circuits, systems and methods for improved monitoring of status of a storage controller in a storage system. A monitoring circuit external to the storage controller is adapted to couple to the internal bus structure within the storage controller. The monitoring circuit is adapted to sense status of the storage controller by monitoring bus transactions within the storage controller that indicate status of the control and/or of the storage system. In one aspect the monitoring circuit saves sensed status in a memory associated with the circuit. In another aspect, the monitoring circuit includes a network interface to transmit sensed/saved status to an external data processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Sridhar Balasubramanian, Kenneth A. Hass
  • Internally connected network interface cards for clustered processing
    Patent number: 6754729
    Abstract: A single-chassis clustered network system (10) having internal connectors (14) that eliminate the need for wiring out the back of the chassis. Each main board (11) has a network interface card (12), an internal connector (14), an external connector (13), and an autosense circuit (15). The autosense circuit (15) detects when the internal connectors (14) are being used, and disables the external connectors (13), or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Hass, Robert L. Nance
  • Expansion card retaining device
    Patent number: 6215668
    Abstract: An expansion card retention system and method. In one embodiment, the expansion card retention system includes an expansion card retaining unit which has a vertical axis, an extended member, and a vertical-axis extended member pressure application device operably connected to the extended member. In another embodiment, a data processing system includes the expansion card retention system. In yet another embodiment, the method includes securing an expansion card via the application of a wedging force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Dell USA, L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Hass, David M. Pryal, Steven L. Sands, Ralph Jensen