Patents by Inventor Stephen James Wotherspoon

Stephen James Wotherspoon 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: 8199482
    Abstract: A peripheral device assembly is disclosed wherein the assembly includes a device bay for receiving a peripheral device carrier. An interior side surface of the device bay defines at least one extrusion portion surrounding a hole for receiving a first end of a lever arm of the peripheral device carrier, and the extrusion portion comprises edges protruding from the interior side surface of the device bay toward an exterior side surface of the device bay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony Sanchez, Stephen James Wotherspoon, Steven J. Zielnicki, David M. Ajo
  • Publication number: 20110096490
    Abstract: A peripheral device assembly is disclosed wherein the assembly includes a device bay for receiving a peripheral device carrier. An interior side surface of the device bay defines at least one extrusion portion surrounding a hole for receiving a first end of a lever arm of the peripheral device carrier, and the extrusion portion comprises edges protruding from the interior side surface of the device bay toward an exterior side surface of the device bay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony Sanchez, Stephen James Wotherspoon, Steven J. Zielnicki, David M. Ajo