Joseph Chase Ramirez

US Patent:

6764037, Jul 20, 2004

Filed:

Mar 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/107087

Inventors:

Reed Alan Hancock - Tucson AZ
James Alfred Jackmond - Tucson AZ
Joseph Chase Ramirez - Tucson AZ

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G11B 23107

US Classification:

242348, 360132

Abstract:

A seven-sided housing for an information storage medium, where one of those seven sides is moveable in two planes to allow access to an information storage medium disposed therein. A portable data storage cartridge which includes an information storage medium disposed in Applicants housing. A method to read information from, and/or write information to, the information storage medium disposed within Applicants portable data storage cartridge. An information storage and retrieval system which includes one or more of Applicants portable data storage cartridges. A method to read information from, and/or write information to, an information storage medium disposed in Applicants data storage cartridge. An information storage and retrieval system which includes a computer useable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein for writing information to and/or retrieving information from, an information storage medium disposed within Applicants portable data storage cartridge.

US Patent:

D493470, Jul 27, 2004

Filed:

Jan 6, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/173763

Inventors:

Perry E. Abbott - Tucson AZ
Armando J. Argumedo - Tucson AZ
John R. Blair - Tucson AZ
Reed A. Hancock - Tucson AZ
James A. Jackmond - Tucson AZ
Kevin Kartchner - Tucson AZ
Joseph C. Ramirez - Tucson AZ
Raymond Yardy - Tucson AZ

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

1402

US Classification:

D14478

US Patent:

7311282, Dec 25, 2007

Filed:

Jul 20, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/895176

Inventors:

Reed A. Hancock - Tucson AZ, US
Joseph C. Ramirez - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G11B 23/107

US Classification:

242348, 360132

Abstract:

A seven-sided housing for an information storage medium, where one of the seven sides is moveable in two planes to allow access to an information storage medium disposed therein. A portable data storage cartridge, which includes an information storage medium disposed in the housing. A method to read information from, and/or write information to, the information storage medium is disposed within the portable data storage cartridge. An information storage and retrieval system, which includes one or more of the portable data storage cartridges. A method to read information from, and/or write information to, an information storage medium disposed in the data storage cartridge. An information storage and retrieval system, which includes a computer useable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein for writing information to and/or retrieving information from, an information storage medium disposed within the portable data storage cartridge.

US Patent:

7658344, Feb 9, 2010

Filed:

Dec 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/961755

Inventors:

Reed A. Hancock - Tucson AZ, US
James A. Jackmond - Tucson AZ, US
Joseph C. Ramirez - Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G11B 23/107

US Classification:

242348, 360132

Abstract:

A method to write information to, or retrieve information from, an information storage medium disposed within a portable data storage cartridge moveably disposed in a data storage and retrieval system, wherein the data storage and retrieval system further comprises a data storage device. The portable data storage cartridge comprises a moveable curved door slidingly disposed within the enclosure, and a tape reel rotatably disposed within the enclosure, wherein the moveable curved door and the tape reel are non-concentric. The method retrieves the portable data storage cartridge from a storage slot, transports that portable data storage cartridge to a data storage device, disposes the portable data storage cartridge in the data storage device. The method further moves the moveable curved door from said a position to a second position, and reads information from and/or writes information to, the information storage medium.

US Patent:

20050040272, Feb 24, 2005

Filed:

Aug 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/643619

Inventors:

Armando Argumedo - Tucson AZ, US
Edwin Childers - Tucson AZ, US
Reed Hancock - Tucson AZ, US
Joseph Ramirez - Tucson AZ, US

International Classification:

G11B023/107
G06K019/00

US Classification:

242348000, 235487000

Abstract:

A magnetic-tape cartridge case has the same general geometry and dimensions of a conventional cartridge, but an additional slanted wall is incorporated between two other walls at one end of the cartridge case. A memory chip is placed with its antenna adjacent to the additional wall inside the case. The memory chip is accessible by non-contact means from two substantially orthogonal directions and the antenna of the external reading device may be placed in closer proximity than heretofore possible and may be optimally oriented to improve data transmission.

US Patent:

20130019465, Jan 24, 2013

Filed:

Apr 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/457236

Inventors:

EDWIN R. CHILDERS - TUCSON AZ, US
KEVIN B. JUDD - TUCSON AZ, US
JOSEPH C. RAMIREZ - TUCSON AZ, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

International Classification:

G11B 5/84
G11B 5/78

US Classification:

2960301, 29428

Abstract:

Magnetic tape systems, magnetic tape and reel systems, magnetic tape drives and methods of manufacturing the systems and drives comprise, for the magnetic tape system, two lengths of magnetic tape of substantially equal width dimension; and a cleaning tape positioned between and joining the two lengths of magnetic tape, forming a combined multi-part tape having the cleaning tape contained between the two lengths of magnetic tape. In the tape drive, the tape, two reels, each reel supporting at least a distal end of the combined multi-part tape, and a magnetic tape head assembly are contained in a common enclosure, such that the magnetic tape drive is self-contained. Manufacturability is enhanced by having a very long combined multi-part tape made from two lengths of magnetic tape joined together by a cleaning tape.

US Patent:

20130021694, Jan 24, 2013

Filed:

Jul 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/189181

Inventors:

EDWIN R. CHILDERS - TUCSON AZ, US
KEVIN B. JUDD - TUCSON AZ, US
JOSEPH C. RAMIREZ - TUCSON AZ, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

International Classification:

G11B 5/008
B65H 69/06
G11B 23/02

US Classification:

360 961, 360132, 156157

Abstract:

Magnetic tape systems, magnetic tape and reel systems, magnetic tape drives and methods of manufacturing the systems and drives comprise, for the magnetic tape system, two lengths of magnetic tape of substantially equal width dimension; and a cleaning tape positioned between and joining the two lengths of magnetic tape, forming a combined multi-part tape having the cleaning tape contained between the two lengths of magnetic tape. In the tape drive, the tape, two reels, each reel supporting at least a distal end of the combined multi-part tape, and a magnetic tape head assembly are contained in a common enclosure, such that the magnetic tape drive is self-contained. Manufacturability is enhanced by having a very long combined multi-part tape made from two lengths of magnetic tape joined together by a cleaning tape.

US Patent:

20180235363, Aug 23, 2018

Filed:

Jul 1, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/748002

Inventors:

- Saint Paul MN, US
Joseph Chase RAMIREZ - Tucson AZ, US
Pete SEGAR - St. Paul MN, US
Ryan Loree DEFUSCO - Mesa AZ, US
George Charles Willard RUNGER - Chandler AZ, US
Saeb Salih ASAMARAI - Columbia Heights MN, US
Robert William FLUHRER - Prior Lake MN, US

International Classification:

A47B 23/04
F16M 11/26
F16M 11/04
F16M 13/02

Abstract:

A height adjustable system for supporting a portable computing device can include a telescoping frame including a movable portion configured to couple to the work surface and a fixed portion. The movable portion can include a first side, a second side, an upper bridge extending between the first side of the movable portion and the second side of the movable portion. The fixed portion can include a first side, a second side, a lower bridge extending between the first side of the fixed portion and the second side of the fixed portion, the first side of the fixed portion configured to receive at least a portion of the first side of the movable portion, the second side of the fixed portion configured to receive at least a portion of the second side of the movable portion, and a base configured to couple to and support the telescoping frame.