Patents by Inventor Ronald R. Labby
Ronald R. Labby 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).
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Publication number: 20220390401Abstract: A method of preparing electronically conductive polyaniline that forms a self-supporting dispersion in water is described. The binder-free dispersion was coated on a pair of interdigitated metal electrodes to form a gas sensing layer of a chemical sensor. The chemical sensor utilizes electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to detect and characterize a chemical compound in a gaseous state in contact with the sensing layer. Impedance of the sensing layer is measured over a range of alternating current frequencies. The impedance data allows identification and concentration of the chemical compound to be determined when compared to reference impedance data. The analysis of the impedance measurements is adaptable to machine learning.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Tim Erdmann, Angelo Milone, Linda Karin Sundberg, Siddhartha Das, Ronald R. Labby, Giuseppe Maruccio, Krystelle Lionti, Andrea Fasoli, Luisa Dominica Bozano, Maria S. Chiriacò
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Patent number: 11017810Abstract: A system, according to one embodiment, includes: a plurality of tape reels; and a tape drive configured for reading data from tape stored on at least one of the plurality of tape reels. At least some of the tape reels have a tape wound thereon and a spring-like clip coupled to a free end of the tape. Moreover, the clip is selectively positionable in a wrapped position where the clip wraps around a portion of the tape when the tape is wound onto the reel, thereby holding the portion of the tape in place on the reel.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Berman, William M. Dyer, A. David Erpelding, Wayne I. Imaino, Ronald R. Labby
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Patent number: 10373642Abstract: Various embodiments relate to methods for loading and unloading a tape storage medium. According to one embodiment, a method for loading a tape storage medium includes positioning a mechanized take-up reel with respect to a tape supply reel, positioning a feature coupled to a tape storage medium on the tape supply reel with respect to the mechanized take-up reel, rotatably decoupling an inner hub of the mechanized take-up reel from an outer hub of the mechanized take-up reel, extending a tongue of the mechanized take-up reel, engaging the tongue with the feature, retracting the tongue and feature into the outer hub, and nonrotably coupling the inner hub with the outer hub.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: A. David Erpelding, Wayne I. Imaino, Ronald R. Labby, Winfield S. Weaver
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Publication number: 20180261249Abstract: A system, according to one embodiment, includes: a plurality of tape reels; and a tape drive configured for reading data from tape stored on at least one of the plurality of tape reels. At least some of the tape reels have a tape wound thereon and a spring-like clip coupled to a free end of the tape. Moreover, the clip is selectively positionable in a wrapped position where the clip wraps around a portion of the tape when the tape is wound onto the reel, thereby holding the portion of the tape in place on the reel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: David Berman, William M. Dyer, A. David Erpelding, Wayne I. Imaino, Ronald R. Labby
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Patent number: 10043547Abstract: A spring-like clip for a spool of tape, one end of the clip being attached to one end of the tape, and another end of the clip having an engagement feature that allows the clip to be pulled from the spool. The clip is configured to curve around the spool to hold the tape in place. In one general embodiment, a product includes a reel, a tape coupled to the reel, and a spring-like clip coupled to a free end of the tape. The clip is selectively positionable in a wrapped position where the clip wraps around a portion of the tape when the tape is wound onto the reel, thereby holding the portion of the tape in place on the reel. Systems for using various types of such products are presented, and generally include a tape drive configured for reading data from tape stored on such products.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Berman, William M. Dyer, A. David Erpelding, Wayne I. Imaino, Ronald R. Labby
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Publication number: 20170330592Abstract: Various embodiments relate to methods for loading and unloading a tape storage medium. According to one embodiment, a method for loading a tape storage medium includes positioning a mechanized take-up reel with respect to a tape supply reel, positioning a feature coupled to a tape storage medium on the tape supply reel with respect to the mechanized take-up reel, rotatably decoupling an inner hub of the mechanized take-up reel from an outer hub of the mechanized take-up reel, extending a tongue of the mechanized take-up reel, engaging the tongue with the feature, retracting the tongue and feature into the outer hub, and nonrotably coupling the inner hub with the outer hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: A. David Erpelding, Wayne I. Imaino, Ronald R. Labby, Winfield S. Weaver
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Patent number: 9792948Abstract: Various embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods for loading and unloading a tape storage medium. In one embodiment, an apparatus for such purpose includes a mechanized take-up reel. The mechanized take-up reel includes an inner hub, an outer hub being selectively nonrotatably coupleable with the inner hub (where at least one of the hubs is coupled to a rotating mechanism), a tongue coupled to the inner hub, and a slot in the outer hub for permitting the tongue to extend beyond a periphery of a tape engaging surface of the outer hub upon relative rotation between the inner and outer hubs.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: A. David Erpelding, Wayne I. Imaino, Ronald R. Labby, Winfield S. Weaver
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Patent number: 9570221Abstract: An apparatus usable as a chucking device to temporarily couple two mechanical objects together. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an arbor configured to receive an at least partially ferromagnetic object; and a magnet assembly. The magnet assembly includes multiple permanent magnets mounted in a soft ferromagnetic enclosure. The magnet assembly is rotatably coupled to the arbor such that the magnet assembly and the arbor are positionable relative to one another in locking and unlocking positions upon relative rotation therebetween. The magnet assembly is configured to exert a pulling force on the object in the locking position and a lesser force in the unlocking position.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David J. Altknecht, James Best, William M. Dyer, Pierre-Olivier Jubert, Ronald R. Labby, Gary M. McClelland
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Publication number: 20160125989Abstract: An apparatus usable as a chucking device to temporarily couple two mechanical objects together. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an arbor configured to receive an at least partially ferromagnetic object; and a magnet assembly. The magnet assembly includes multiple permanent magnets mounted in a soft ferromagnetic enclosure. The magnet assembly is rotatably coupled to the arbor such that the magnet assembly and the arbor are positionable relative to one another in locking and unlocking positions upon relative rotation therebetween. The magnet assembly is configured to exert a pulling force on the object in the locking position and a lesser force in the unlocking position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: David J. Altknecht, James Best, William M. Dyer, Pierre-Olivier Jubert, Ronald R. Labby, Gary M. McClelland
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Publication number: 20150269963Abstract: Various embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods for loading and unloading a tape storage medium. In one embodiment, an apparatus for such purpose includes a mechanized take-up reel. The mechanized take-up reel includes an inner hub, an outer hub being selectively nonrotatably coupleable with the inner hub (where at least one of the hubs is coupled to a rotating mechanism), a tongue coupled to the inner hub, and a slot in the outer hub for permitting the tongue to extend beyond a periphery of a tape engaging surface of the outer hub upon relative rotation between the inner and outer hubs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: A. David Erpelding, Wayne I. Imaino, Ronald R. Labby, Winfield S. Weaver
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Publication number: 20150170708Abstract: A spring-like clip for a spool of tape, one end of the clip being attached to one end of the tape, and another end of the clip having an engagement feature that allows the clip to be pulled from the spool. The clip is configured to curve around the spool to hold the tape in place. In one general embodiment, a product includes a reel, a tape coupled to the reel, and a spring-like clip coupled to a free end of the tape. The clip is selectively positionable in a wrapped position where the clip wraps around a portion of the tape when the tape is wound onto the reel, thereby holding the portion of the tape in place on the reel. Systems for using various types of such products are presented, and generally include a tape drive configured for reading data from tape stored on such products.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Berman, William M. Dyer, A. David Erpelding, Wayne I. Imaino, Ronald R. Labby