Patents by Inventor Thomas Lee Bonds, Jr.

Thomas Lee Bonds, Jr. 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).

  • Hot plug subsystem for processor based electrical machine
    Patent number: 6434652
    Abstract: A device that enables a card to be hot-plugged into a socket on a processor-base machine includes a signal bus arbitrator, a signal bus switch, a power bus switch, a cover plate switch, status signals and a controller. The controller monitors the status signals and other signals from the cover plate switch and the signal bus arbitrator to generate control signals that activate the power bus switch and the signal bus switch to control power and signal transmitting facilities at the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Bailis, Thomas Lee Bonds, Jr., Roy Lee Draughn, Alvin Dean Genzlinger, David John Jensen, Charles Steven Lingafelt, Brian Scott Oakley, Michael James Ward
  • Device for inserting circuit cards into electrical machines
    Patent number: 6373712
    Abstract: A frame for inserting and/or removing circuit cards from the housing of a machine includes a circuit card carrier connected to a locking CAM slide that is disposed to move within the channel of an actuator bar. A slot with a locking feature is fabricated on the locking CAM slide. A pin extending from a surface of the actuator bar into the channel coacts with the locking mechanism to lock the actuator bar relative to the locking CAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Bailis, Thomas Lee Bonds, Jr., David John Jensen, Charles Steven Lingafelt, Brian Scott Oakley
  • Hot plug of adapters using optical switches
    Patent number: 6125417
    Abstract: A device that enables a card to be hot-plugged into a socket on a processor-base machine includes a signal bus arbitrator, a signal bus switch, a power bus switch, a cover plate switch, status signals and a controller. The controller monitors the status signals and other signals from the cover plate switch and the signal bus arbitrator to generate control signals that activate the power bus switch and the signal bus switch to control power and signal transmitting facilities at the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Bailis, Thomas Lee Bonds, Jr., Roy Lee Draughn, Alvin Dean Genzlinger, David John Jensen, Charles Steven Lingafelt, Brian Scott Oakley, Michael James Ward
  • Universal device for mounting circuit cards in a computer or like electrical machine
    Patent number: 6053760
    Abstract: The device includes a universal carrier plate with openings for cooling attached circuit boards and openings for coacting with brackets to mount different size circuit boards. A positioning mechanism is connected to the universal carrier plate and rides on tracks in the housing to position the carrier plate and its attached circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Bailis, Thomas Lee Bonds, Jr., David John Jensen, Charles Steven Lingafelt, Brian Scott Oakley