Patents by Inventor Rodney B. NGAI

Rodney B. NGAI 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).

  • Key-value drive ultrathin SATA connector
    Patent number: 10338648
    Abstract: A low-profile electrical connector that can be coupled to an electronic device without significantly increasing the effective size of the electronic device. When coupled to a compatible mating connector on the electronic device, the electrical connector does not extend significantly beyond the footprint of the electronic device or increase the thickness of the electronic device. Conductors in the electrical connector that electrically couple to contacts in the mating connector are routed to exit the electrical connector on a different side than the side opposite the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Philip A. Kufeldt, Rodney B. Ngai
  • KEY-VALUE DRIVE ULTRATHIN SATA CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160149326
    Abstract: A low-profile electrical connector that can be coupled to an electronic device without significantly increasing the effective size of the electronic device. When coupled to a compatible mating connector on the electronic device, the electrical connector does not extend significantly beyond the footprint of the electronic device or increase the thickness of the electronic device. Conductors in the electrical connector that electrically couple to contacts in the mating connector are routed to exit the electrical connector on a different side than the side opposite the mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Philip A. KUFELDT, Rodney B. NGAI