Richard Frank Jordan

US Patent:

20120011302, Jan 12, 2012

Filed:

Apr 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/084485

Inventors:

Ulrich Bruening - Neustadt, DE
Richard Jordan - Portola Valley CA, US
Michael J. Koster - Bridgeville CA, US
Darpan Dinker - Union City CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 12/00

US Classification:

711103, 711E12008

Abstract:

Approaches for a non-volatile, solid-state storage system that is capable of supporting high bandwidth and/or random read/write access. The storage system may include a chassis having a bus slot and a disk bay, a master card mounted in the bus slot, and a flash memory card stacked in the disk bay and cabled to the master card. The master card enables one or more flash memory cards to be communicatively coupled to a single PCI Express bus. The master card may split a multi-lane PCI Express bus into a plurality of lanes, where one or more of the flash memory cards communicate over each of the plurality of lanes. Alternately, the master card may includes active circuitry for processing, switching, routing, reformatting, and/or converting the PCI Express bus into one or more busses for a plurality of flash memory cards. The stacked flash memory card is not in an enclosure.

US Patent:

44660332, Aug 14, 1984

Filed:

Feb 24, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/351652

Inventors:

Richard Jordan - Los Altos CA
William Bull - Sunnyvale CA
Robert L. Ciardella - Saratoga CA
Robert Taggart - Portola Valley CA
Frederick R. Holt - Cupertino CA

Assignee:

Apple Computer, Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G11B 1702
G11B 5016

US Classification:

360 99

Abstract:

A floppy disk drive with automatic disc clamping and ejection is disclosed. The movement of the linear actuator is used to provide both the clamping and ejection, without other drive means. A pair of magnetic heads, positioned on opposing sides of a drive wheel, are fixed to a carriage, one engages the upper surface of the disc, the other the lower surface. Neither head moves relative to the other. The drive components are easily assembled providing a relatively inexpensive, yet reliable drive.