Patents by Inventor Matthew C. Kueper

Matthew C. Kueper 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).

  • Hard disk drive carrier converter apparatus
    Patent number: 7515410
    Abstract: A system is provided and includes a system chassis through which an airflow is defined, including a set of receiving units, a set of 3.5? HDDs, each being disposed in a receiving unit of a portion of the set, and each having a profile that blocks a first quantity of the airflow, a set of 2.5? HDDs, each being disposed in a receiving unit of a remaining portion of the set, and each having a profile that blocks a second quantity of the airflow, and a set of airflow blockage devices, each being respectively disposed within each of the receiving units of the remaining portion of the set, to each have a cavity defined therein in which the corresponding 2.5? HDD is secured with a third quantity of the airflow traversing a surface thereof and a profile that blocks a fourth quantity of the airflow through the corresponding receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald W. Dingfelder, Matthew C. Kueper, David G. Lund, Christopher L. Tuma