Patents by Inventor Theodore C. Stamos

Theodore C. Stamos 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: 7258560
    Abstract: A spring-loaded assembly for coupling a connector to a computer component includes an assembly housing operable to receive a portion of a screw used to couple the connector to a chassis of an information handling system. The assembly further includes a sliding block disposed in the assembly housing and operably engaged with the screw. The sliding block is operable to move the connector between a first position and a second position. The assembly further includes a spring placed between the sliding block and at least one wall of the assembly housing. The spring operably provides an axial force to bias the connector to a first position, whereby coupling the connector to the computer component causes the connector to move to a connected position intermediate the first and second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Scafidi, Karl Hamand, Theodore C. Stamos
  • Patent number: 6906914
    Abstract: A computer includes a chassis having a stop member and an alignment member extending adjacent the stop member. A first component cavity is defined in the cavity on a first side of the stop member and a second component cavity is defined in the cavity on a second side of the stop member. A backplane is mounted on the alignment member whereby the first and second component cavities are separated. A component sub-chassis is slidably mounted in one of the first and second component cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Theodore C. Stamos, Raymond D. Heistand, II
  • Publication number: 20030206398
    Abstract: A computer includes a chassis having a stop member and an alignment member extending adjacent the stop member. A first component cavity is defined in the cavity on a first side of the stop member and a second component cavity is defined in the cavity on a second side of the stop member. A backplane is mounted on the alignment member whereby the first and second component cavities are separated. A component sub-chassis is slidably mounted in one of the first and second component cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Theodore C. Stamos, Raymond D. Heistand
  • Patent number: 5910244
    Abstract: A control valve for a fluid treatment system, such as a water softener or a water filter, includes a manifold which mounts a pair of open-ended, cylindrical valve bodies having ports in fluid communication with passages in the manifold. Interchangeable single and double poppet valve assemblies are received into the open ends of the valve body. The poppet valve assemblies have diaphragm valve actuators disposed between chambers that are in fluid communication with selective ones of an array of pilot valves that are also mounted on the manifold. The valve assemblies may be piloted to one position by a spring. A tank adapter connects the manifold to a treatment tank. The tank adapter can be connected to the manifold in two alternate alignments which connect passages in the manifold to the top and bottom of the treatment tank so that co-current or countercurrent flow of regenerative fluid and the fluid to be treated can be alternately selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Autotrol Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore C. Stamos, Stephen L. Galbraith, Thomas P. Honzelka