Patents by Inventor Roland Kamakau Alo

Roland Kamakau Alo 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).

  • Patent number: 8743536
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose a conversion sleeve for connecting smaller form factor drives to a receptacle of a larger form factor drive. The conversion sleeve has an outer frame shaped to fit within the receptacle of the larger form factor drive. Within the conversion sleeve is at least one channel for receiving a smaller form factor drive. The smaller form factor drive is hot swappable. On a side of the conversion sleeve, a spring-locking mechanism is design to lock into an existing aperture of the receptacle. The conversion sleeve also includes an interposer to bring the smaller form factor drive to the receiving end of the conversion sleeve for easy access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Kamakau Alo, William Beauchamp, Timothy Andreas Meserth, Walter Adrian Goodman
  • Publication number: 20120300384
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose a conversion sleeve for connecting smaller form factor drives to a receptacle of a larger form factor drive. The conversion sleeve has an outer frame shaped to fit within the receptacle of the larger form factor drive. Within the conversion sleeve is at least one channel for receiving a smaller form factor drive. The smaller form factor drive is hot swappable. On a side of the conversion sleeve, a spring-locking mechanism is design to lock into an existing aperture of the receptacle. The conversion sleeve also includes an interposer to bring the smaller form factor drive to the receiving end of the conversion sleeve for easy access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roland Kamakau Alo, William Beauchamp, Timothy Andreas Meserth, Walter Adrian Goodman
  • Patent number: 7518069
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a control panel that reduces overall size while providing integrated button protection for functional advantage. The control panel includes a function activator disposed at a fixed position on panel face of a device and a moveable cover, disposed over the panel face, the moveable cover having a first selection aperture configured to allow selection of a desired function by allowing engagement of a function activator only when the first selection aperture is moved to align with a function activator associated with the desired function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Kamakau Alo, David Frederick Champion, Timothy Andreas Meserth, Michael Sven Miller, Gerard Francis Muenkel, David Thomas Windell
  • Publication number: 20090050461
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a control panel that reduces overall size while providing integrated button protection for functional advantage. The control panel includes a function activator disposed at a fixed position on panel face of a device and a moveable cover, disposed over the panel face, the moveable cover having a first selection aperture configured to allow selection of a desired function by allowing engagement of a function activator only when the first selection aperture is moved to align with a function activator associated with the desired function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Kamakau Alo, David Frederick Champion, Timothy Andreas Meserth, Michael Sven Miller, Gerard Francis Muenkel, David Thomas Windell
  • Patent number: D513751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Kamakau Alo, David Frederick Champion, William Michael Monson, Tim Kerry Murphy
  • Patent number: D481384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Roland Kamakau Alo
  • Patent number: D481393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Kamakau Alo, Martin Joseph Crippen, Brian Alan Trumbo
  • Patent number: D835092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhen De Fu, Gerard Francis Muenkel, Roland Kamakau Alo, Jr.
  • Patent number: D835098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhen De Fu, Gerard Francis Muenkel, Roland Kamakau Alo, Jr.