Patents by Inventor Paddy Elliot Collins

Paddy Elliot Collins 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).

  • Single tape cartridge interface having a cartridge reinsertion preventing mechanism in an automated autoloader/library system
    Patent number: 6606218
    Abstract: The single cartridge interface includes a cartridge stop link that cooperates with an interface door and doorstop to control the receipt of tape cartridges in the single cartridge interface. The cartridge stop link mechanically couples to tape cartridges during an ejection operation to prevent a reinsertion of cartridges until the tape cartridge is fully removed from the tape cartridge interface. Once a tape cartridge is removed from the single cartridge interface, the door and doorstop prevent insertion of tape cartridges until the picker is in position to receive cartridges from the single cartridge interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Quantum Corporation
    Inventors: Paddy Elliot Collins, Thomas Allen Thorson
  • Single cartridge interface for an automated tape cartridge autoloader/library system
    Publication number: 20020057520
    Abstract: The single cartridge interface includes a cartridge stop link that cooperates with an interface door and doorstop to control the receipt of tape cartridges in the single cartridge interface. The cartridge stop link mechanically couples to tape cartridges during an ejection operation to prevent a reinsertion of cartridges until the tape cartridge is fully removed from the tape cartridge interface. Once a tape cartridge is removed from the single cartridge interface, the door and doorstop prevent insertion of tape cartridges until the picker is in position to receive cartridges from the single cartridge interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Paddy Elliot Collins, Thomas Allen Thorson