Patents by Inventor Melvin Billy

Melvin Billy 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).

  • Ehanced gripper for transporting cartridges in an information storage library
    Patent number: 6549358
    Abstract: A gripper for clutching cartridges for transport in a computer information storage library. The library includes storage locations for the data cartridges, a transporter with the gripper for moving the cartridges between the storage locations and a read/write cartridge drive. The gripper provides a positive grip on the end of the cartridge by providing a positive retention finger to hook into the centrally located lip provided on the bottom of the cartridge and at least one opposing finger to contact the top of the cartridge to balance the mechanical forces between the positive retention finger and the opposing finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Melvin Billy, Steven Lloyd Felde, Raymond Yardy