Patents by Inventor Patrick Weiher

Patrick Weiher 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).

  • Mounting apparatus for storage devices
    Patent number: 7180732
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for mechanically mounting and electrically connecting a plurality of small form factor (SFF) storage devices such as 2.5? hard disk drives in place of a larger SFF hard disk drive such as a single SFF 3.5? hard disk drive. This provides increased disk drive capacity and/or higher performance. The storage devices may be connected in a redundant array of independent disk (RAID) architecture for implementation as a RAID stripe, mirror, or other RAID configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Disk Dynamix
    Inventors: Thomas F. Meehan, Raymond A. Bahar, Rajendra Bhadra, Patrick Weiher
  • One button external backup
    Publication number: 20050289260
    Abstract: A, preferably external, storage device is provided with a button or other user input which, when activated, causes a launch of an application such as a backup of data from the host device onto the external storage device. Preferably, the external storage device includes a hard disk drive. Communication with the host device can be made using USB, IEEE 1394, Ethernet, wireless links or other links. The external device is configured to allow the host to become aware of a button press, e.g., by a notification or interrupt technique, or by a polling technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: John Hamer, Patrick Weiher, James Lin, Michael Webster, James McGrath
  • Method and apparatus for mechanically and electrically mounting a plurality of small form factor storage devices in place of a single larger form factor hard disk drive
    Publication number: 20040177219
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for mechanically mounting and electrically connecting a plurality of small form factor (SFF) storage devices such as 2.5″ hard disk drives in place of a larger SFF hard disk drive such as a single SFF 3.5″ hard disk drive. This provides increased disk drive capacity and/or higher performance. The storage devices may be connected in a redundant array of independent disk (RAID) architecture for implementation as a RAID stripe, mirror, or other RAID configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas F. Meehan, Raymond A. Bahar, Rajendra Bhadra, Patrick Weiher
  • One button external backup
    Publication number: 20040136224
    Abstract: A, preferably external, storage device is provided with a button or other user input which, when activated, causes a launch of an application such as a backup of data from the host device onto the external storage device. Preferably, the external storage device includes a hard disk drive. Communication with the host device can be made using USB, IEEE 1394, Ethernet, wireless links or other links. The external device is configured to allow the host to become aware of a button press, e.g., by a notification or interrupt technique, or by a polling technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: John Hamer, James McGrath, Patrick Weiher, James Lin, Michael Webster
  • External backup storage
    Patent number: D519999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: John Hamer, Kathleen Fitzgerald, Patrick Weiher, James McGrath
  • One button external backup storage
    Patent number: D520000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Weiher, Brandon Cruz, Alejandro Garfio, Diner Mondragon
  • External backup storage
    Patent number: D520994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Weiher, John Hamer, Markus Diebel
  • One button external backup storage
    Patent number: D534909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Weiher, Brandon Cruz, Alejandro Garfio, Diner Mondragon
  • External backup storage
    Patent number: D534910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Weiher, John Hamer, Markus Diebel