Patents by Inventor Robert Clausen

Robert Clausen 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).

  • Standalone data storage device electromagnetic interference test setup and procedure
    Patent number: 8122305
    Abstract: A system for operating a data storage device having a plurality of sectors and at least one port, each port having a transmitter and a receiver, is disclosed. In one embodiment the system includes coupling at least one of the transmitters to at least one of the receivers, providing power to the data storage device, detecting that the transmitter is coupled to the receiver, and executing code for exercising the data storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Jarboe, Robert Clausen, Jeffrey C. Hailey, Mark Lindholm, Raymond McCormick, Kevin Marks
  • STANDALONE DATA STORAGE DEVICE ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE TEST SETUP AND PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20100138705
    Abstract: A system for operating a data storage device having a plurality of sectors and at least one port, each port having a transmitter and a receiver, is disclosed. In one embodiment the system includes coupling at least one of the transmitters to at least one of the receivers, providing power to the data storage device, detecting that the transmitter is coupled to the receiver, and executing code for exercising the data storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Jarboe, Robert Clausen, Jeffrey C. Hailey, Mark Lindholm, Kevin Marks, Raymond McCormick
  • Standalone data storage device electromagnetic interference test setup and procedure
    Patent number: 7716540
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a plurality of sectors and a port, the port having a transmitter and a receiver. In one embodiment a method includes coupling the transmitter to receiver, providing power to the data storage device, detecting that the transmitter is coupled to the receiver, and executing code for exercising the data storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Jarboe, Robert Clausen, Jeffrey C. Hailey, Mark Lindholm, Kevin Marks, Raymond McCormick
  • Standalone Data Storage Device Electromagnetic Interference Test Setup and Procedure
    Publication number: 20080162740
    Abstract: A method for operating a data storage device having a plurality of sectors and at least one port, each port having a transmitter and a receiver, is disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes coupling at least one of the transmitters to at least one of the receivers, providing power to the data storage device, detecting that the transmitter is coupled to the receiver, and executing code for exercising the data storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Jarboe, Robert Clausen, Jeffrey C. Hailey, Mark Lindholm, Kevin Marks, Raymond McCormick
  • System and method for drive recovery following a drive failure
    Publication number: 20050210318
    Abstract: A system and method for rebuilding a drive is disclosed in which the write cache of the drive is enabled and a separate record is kept of the commands transmitted to the drive. On a periodic basis, the drive flushes the data in its cache, and the history of commands is cleared. When the drive is successfully rebuilt, the cache of the drive is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Kevin Marks, Ahmad Ali, Robert Clausen