Patents by Inventor Michael D. Marcade

Michael D. Marcade 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: 7139166
    Abstract: a hard drive carrier is disclosed that includes a detachable tab on the top wall of the frame of the carrier. When the tab is detached a hard drive can be placed in the hard drive carrier in a forward position. When the tab is in place, the hard drive can be retained in the frame of the hard drive carrier in a rear position. The top wall of the frame and the top guide rail include a set of alignment holes to accommodate the positioning of the hard drive in a forward position or a rear position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michael D. Marcade, Robert R. McAlister
  • Patent number: 5692262
    Abstract: A centrifugal impeller for a hand-held leaf blower-vacuum apparatus includes a central hub for mounting to the drive shaft of the leaf blower-vacuum motor and a plurality of serrated vanes for shredding drawn-in lawn debris and ejecting the shredded debris from the leaf blower-vacuum apparatus. The serrated vanes have a plurality of sharp corners on the leading edges of the vanes on which the drawn-in debris is incident. The sharp corners reduce the debris more rapidly and to a smaller size, thereby preventing the jamming of the impeller by an overload of debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Inventors: David J. Haupt, Michael D. Marcade