Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Studwell

Thomas W. Studwell 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: 8390949
    Abstract: A data storage circuit includes a hard disk drive (HDD) and a fall sensor. The HDD includes a rotatable media platter operable to receive and store data; a read/write head operable to communicate with the media platter by writing data to the media platter and by reading the data from the media platter; an arm supporting the read/write head; a motor coupled to the arm and operable to move the arm to and from the media platter; a drive controller operable to control the media platter, the read/write head and the servo motor; a general purpose input/output (GPIO) terminal coupled to the drive controller; and a data interface terminal coupled to the drive controller. The fall sensor is communicatively coupled to the drive controller and is configured to send an interrupt trigger signal to the drive controller when the drive is falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Munir Ahmad, Kevin Mundt, Andrew Thomas Sultenfuss, Thomas W. Studwell
  • Publication number: 20100290145
    Abstract: A data storage circuit includes a hard disk drive (HDD) and a fall sensor. The HDD includes a rotatable media platter operable to receive and store data; a read/write head operable to communicate with the media platter by writing data to the media platter and by reading the data from the media platter; an arm supporting the read/write head; a motor coupled to the arm and operable to move the arm to and from the media platter; a drive controller operable to control the media platter, the read/write head and the servo motor; a general purpose input/output (GPIO) terminal coupled to the drive controller; and a data interface terminal coupled to the drive controller. The fall sensor is communicatively coupled to the drive controller and is configured to send an interrupt trigger signal to the drive controller when the drive is falling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Munir Ahmad, Kevin Mundt, Andrew Thomas Sultenfuss, Thomas W. Studwell
  • Patent number: 6853336
    Abstract: In a notebook type computer terminal, a plate type slot antenna is provided between a display panel and a surrounding wall of a display panel housing so that a radiator portion thereof is projecting from a frame of the display panel and a stay, which are made of conductive material by a length more than a predetermined dimension S. A ground portion of the antenna is connected not only to a ground of a radio transceiver unit but also to the display panel housing made of conductive material through the stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Ephraim B. Flint, Kazuo Fujii, Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Masaki Oie, Thomas W. Studwell, Hideyuki Usui
  • Publication number: 20020021250
    Abstract: In a notebook type computer terminal, a plate type slot antenna is provided between a display panel and a surrounding wall of a display panel housing so that a radiator portion thereof is projecting from a frame of the display panel and a stay, which are made of conductive material by a length more than a predetermined dimension S. A ground portion of the antenna is connected not only to a ground of a radio transceiver unit but also to the display panel housing made of conductive material through the stay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Takeshi Asano, Ephraim B. Flint, Kazuo Fujii, Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Masaki Oie, Thomas W. Studwell, Hideyuki Usui
  • Patent number: 4689823
    Abstract: A frame processor for processing digitized image information includes a memory for storing a two-dimensional array of pixels, logic circuits for controlling the writing and reading of information into the memory, an arithmetic and logic unit having two inputs, one of which is coupled to the output of the memory, and a microprocessor for controlling operation of the arithmetic and logic unit and the logic circuits for controlling reading and writing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Itek Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Wojcik, Thomas W. Studwell