Patents by Inventor Odie B. Killen

Odie B. Killen 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).

  • Incorporation of multiple, 2.5-inch or smaller hard disk drives into a single drive carrier with a single midplane or baseboard connector
    Patent number: 8508928
    Abstract: Carrier for the rack mounting of two or more data storage devices into a chassis. The carrier includes support members along the length of the carrier, to receive and retain the two or more data storage devices. The carrier further includes a single electrical communication connector to provide an electrical communication interface for all of the data storage devices in the carrier, to and from a mating connector on a board of the chassis. The carrier further includes an interposer to adapt electrical signals from the single electrical communication connector into a form that is usable by the data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Jabil Circuit, Inc.
    Inventors: Odie B. Killen, Paul K. Foisy, Robert I. Walker
  • Incorporation of two or more hard disk drives into a single drive carrier with a single midplane connector
    Patent number: 7983032
    Abstract: Carrier for the rack mounting of two or more data storage devices into a chassis. The carrier includes support members along the length of the carrier, to receive and retain the two or more data storage devices. The carrier further includes a single electrical communication connector to provide an electrical communication interface for all of the data storage devices in the carrier, to and from a mating connector on a board of the chassis. The carrier further includes an interposer to adapt electrical signals from the single electrical communication connector into a form that is usable by the data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Jabil Circuit, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert I. Walker, Odie B. Killen, Paul K. Foisy
  • INCORPORATION OF MULTIPLE, 2.5-INCH OR SMALLER HARD DISK DRIVES INTO A SINGLE DRIVE CARRIER WITH A SINGLE MIDPLANE OR BASEBOARD CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20110069441
    Abstract: Carrier for the rack mounting of two or more data storage devices into a chassis. The carrier includes support members along the length of the carrier, to receive and retain the two or more data storage devices. The carrier further includes a single electrical communication connector to provide an electrical communication interface for all of the data storage devices in the carrier, to and from a mating connector on a board of the chassis. The carrier further includes an interposer to adapt electrical signals from the single electrical communication connector into a form that is usable by the data storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Jabil Circuit, Inc.
    Inventors: Odie B. Killen, Paul K. Foisy, Robert I. Walker
  • INCORPORATION OF TWO OR MORE HARD DISK DRIVES INTO A SINGLE DRIVE CARRIER WITH A SINGLE MIDPLANE CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20090273896
    Abstract: Carrier for the rack mounting of two or more data storage devices into a chassis. The carrier includes support members along the length of the carrier, to receive and retain the two or more data storage devices. The carrier further includes a single electrical communication connector to provide an electrical communication interface for all of the data storage devices in the carrier, to and from a mating connector on a board of the chassis. The carrier further includes an interposer to adapt electrical signals from the single electrical communication connector into a form that is usable by the data storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Jabil Circuit, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert I. Walker, Odie B. Killen, Paul K. Foisy