Patents by Inventor Robert D. Hinds

Robert D. Hinds 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).

  • Method and system for quickly connecting a 1U personal computer
    Patent number: 6711012
    Abstract: A system and method for blind-mateably electrically connecting a 1U industrial personal computer with an industrial PC receiving bay in a rack, where the 1U industrial personal computer has a protuberant printed circuit trace member extending therefrom for cooperation with a blind-mateable connector assembly having a plurality of conductive trace grasping contacts therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Crystal Group Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Medin, Scott Kayser, Robert D. Hinds, Curtis R. Nelson
  • Method and system for quickly connecting a 1U personal computer
    Patent number: 6549400
    Abstract: A system and method for blind-mateably electrically connecting a 1U industrial personal computer with an industrial PC receiving bay in a rack, where the 1U industrial personal computer has a protuberant printed circuit trace member extending therefrom for cooperation with a blind-mateable connector assembly having a plurality of conductive trace grasping contacts therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Crystal Group Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Medin, Scott Kayser, Robert D. Hinds, Curtis R. Nelson
  • Upgradeable system and method for connecting a 1U personal computer
    Patent number: 6496364
    Abstract: A system and method for blind-mateably electrically connecting a 1 U industrial personal computer with an industrial PC receiving bay in a rack, where the 1 U industrial personal computer has a first dedicated blind-mateable connector for standard equipment disposed on a bracket at the back end of an industrial PC and a second dedicated blind mateable connector for use with a later added expansion card, where the connectors are coupled to circuitry in the 1U industrial personal computer via jumper cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Crystal Group Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Medin, Scott Kayser, Robert D. Hinds, Curtis R. Nelson