Patents by Inventor Thomas Allen Thorson

Thomas Allen Thorson 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).

  • Publication number: 20040179293
    Abstract: An adapter is provided for use in a tape cartridge magazine including one or more tape cartridge bays. Each tape cartridge bay includes a first bay wall for engaging a first side of a tape cartridge and a second bay wall separated from the first bay wall by a first clearance distance. The adapter includes a first side configured to engage the first bay wall of the cartridge bay; and a second side opposite the first side and being configured to engage the first side of the tape cartridge such that when said adapter is positioned on the first bay wall of the cartridge bay, said second side of the adapter is separated from the second bay wall of the cartridge bay by a second clearance distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Paddy Eliot Collins, Thomas Allen Thorson
  • Patent number: 6606218
    Abstract: The single cartridge interface includes a cartridge stop link that cooperates with an interface door and doorstop to control the receipt of tape cartridges in the single cartridge interface. The cartridge stop link mechanically couples to tape cartridges during an ejection operation to prevent a reinsertion of cartridges until the tape cartridge is fully removed from the tape cartridge interface. Once a tape cartridge is removed from the single cartridge interface, the door and doorstop prevent insertion of tape cartridges until the picker is in position to receive cartridges from the single cartridge interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Quantum Corporation
    Inventors: Paddy Elliot Collins, Thomas Allen Thorson
  • Publication number: 20020057520
    Abstract: The single cartridge interface includes a cartridge stop link that cooperates with an interface door and doorstop to control the receipt of tape cartridges in the single cartridge interface. The cartridge stop link mechanically couples to tape cartridges during an ejection operation to prevent a reinsertion of cartridges until the tape cartridge is fully removed from the tape cartridge interface. Once a tape cartridge is removed from the single cartridge interface, the door and doorstop prevent insertion of tape cartridges until the picker is in position to receive cartridges from the single cartridge interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Paddy Elliot Collins, Thomas Allen Thorson