Patents by Inventor William H. Harwell

William H. Harwell 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: 6142590
    Abstract: A shelf having self-adjusting mounting rails and a drawer which is slidably mounted to the shelf are provided for a server system rack. The mounting rails of the shelf are telescopically adjustable to vary the lengths of the mounting rails for accommodating racks having varying horizontal depths. Opposite ends of the mounting rails are rigidly fastened to the rack to fix the lengths of the mounting rails to fit the horizontal depth of the rack. The shelf further includes an enclosure which is fastened to the mounting rails. Telescoping, bearing slide assemblies are mounted to respective ones of opposite, interior sides of the enclosure and to opposite exterior sides of the drawer to slidably secure the drawer to the shelf for moving between an inward position, disposed substantially within the shelf, and an outward position, extending exteriorly of the shelf. A flexible cable arm is secured to the rear of the drawer and the rear of the shelf for securing cables which pass between the drawer and the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Central Industrial Supply Company
    Inventor: William H. Harwell
  • Patent number: 6116566
    Abstract: A processor support bracket is provided for mounting a processor cartridge package to a surface of a system baseboard of a personal computer. The processor support bracket includes a mounting section which is mounted to the baseboard to secure the cartridge package to the system baseboard. An end of the mounting section which is disposed adjacent to the surface of the baseboard has two spaced apart apertures which extend therethrough, transverse to the surface of the baseboard. Two slots are formed into the end of said mounting section and extend transverse to the apertures. The slots intersect the respective ones of the apertures and have widths for passing fasteners through the slots and into respective ones of the apertures for securing the mounting section to the system baseboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Central Industrial Supply Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Brown, William H. Harwell, Jon E. Devine