Patents by Inventor Steven A. Dimond

Steven A. Dimond 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: 4779152
    Abstract: A cartridge-handling arrangement for selectively transferring a tape cartridge from a fixed store holding a plurality of cartridges in a vertical stack, to a fixed record/playback station. The cartridge-handling arrangement comprises an elevator platform moving between the appropriate store level and the level of the record/playback station and a displacement mechanism for transferring a selected cartridge between the store and the elevator platform and between the elevator platform and the record/playback station. The overall arrangement is such that a selected cartridge is presented to the record/playback station in a horizontal attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Steven A. Dimond, Manuel A. Escuder, Benjamin C. N. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: D361687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: James C. Dow, Steven A. Dimond, Phillip R. Williams, Thomas Riester