Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Grabbe

Mark Alan Grabbe 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 array system
    Patent number: 6498723
    Abstract: A disk drive system includes a disk drive array enclosure forming receiving cavities for housing respective disk drive modules. Each receiving cavity is defined by top, bottom, and rear surfaces, and an opening. The top and bottom surfaces of each receiving cavity expand away from one another to form receiving slots adjacent the opening of the receiving cavity. The disk drive system further includes a disk drive module having a housing and a disk drive carrier handle connected to the housing. The drive module is insertable into a receiving cavity of the drive array enclosure such that the housing is enclosed by the top, bottom, and rear surfaces of the receiving cavity and the drive carrier handle is positioned at the opening of the receiving cavity. The drive carrier handle has tab purchases located around the periphery of the drive carrier handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Vaughn Konshak, Barry D. Lovvorn, Mark Alan Grabbe, Dale Robert Eichel
  • Disk drive module for redundant arrays
    Patent number: D410446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Vaughn Konshak, Dale Robert Eichel, Mark Alan Grabbe