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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6910089 | Fault tolerant bus for highly available storage enclosure A backplane apparatus for an electronic device enclosure includes a common bus comprising a plurality of signal lines, each signal line having a current limiting element, RA. Isolation circuitry is provided for electrically coupling each of the plurality of signal l... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6422814 | Fan brake for removable module Fan brakes for decelerating blower impellers particularly for modular equipment enclosures are described. A module includes a blower having an impeller with a plurality of blades. The brake engages the impeller body or blades when the module is at least p... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6423909 | Circuit board construction for differential bus distribution A circuit board including differential bus traces on or buried within both sides of the board, interconnecting electronic devices such as disk drives, processors, and connectors for external cables. Via fields, which mimic the size and configuration of th... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6229691 | Apparatus and method for mounting a power distribution unit within an equipment enclosure A power distribution unit adapted for mounting within an equipment enclosure including an inner rack. The power distribution unit includes at least one mounting hinge that is fixedly attached to the power distribution unit housing and which is adapted to ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5895848 | Apparatus and method for level sensing in a container A liquid level sensing apparatus, and related method, that utilizes a tuning fork assembly to detect the presence of not only a liquid or air at a particular location within a container, but also a solid material at that location. The tuning fork assembly... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5822274 | Method and apparatus for acoustically measuring the level of liquid in a tank A time-domain reflectometer is disclosed for reliably measuring the level of a liquid in a tank. The reflectometer emits an acoustic signal into a waveguide that projects downwardly into the tank and receives a return acoustic signal reflected from the su... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5729448 | Low cost highly manufacturable DC-to-DC power converter A highly manufacturable low cost DC-to-DC power converter uses a control circuit constructed from a '555 type timer IC and a precision voltage reference. The output of the '555 timer is used to drive a MOSFET transistor that alternately energizes and de-e... | 03/17/1998 |