Micron Technology Incorporated

Balboa Instruments, Inc.

Ampex Corporation

Richard A Corrington

Alan B Gordon

David J Cline

Stefan Daystrom

Kurt Dykema

Brent Bouws

David L Klamer

Steve M Buu

Afshin Toussi

Joie Lee Puckett, Jr

Robert Lee Faulkner, Sr

Alex Dale Grossman

A control system for a bathing installation which has one or more electrically powered devices. A line voltage service is connected through a GFCI to power the electrically powered devices, the GFCI adapted to interrupt the service upon detection of a ground fault. A trip circuit may induce a ground fault and trip the GFCI in response to a trip signal, thereby disabling application of electrical power to the electrically powered devices. An electronic circuit is responsive to a fault condition for generating the trip signal.

Shutoff system for pool or spa

A method and apparatus for remotely monitoring a status of a spa installation includes transmitting status commands from a spa monitor to a spa installation over a communication link, and generating an alarm if status data is not returned via the link.

Remote spa monitor

A method and apparatus for remotely monitoring a status of a spa installation includes transmitting wireless status commands from a spa monitor to a spa installation over a wireless link, and generating an alarm if status data is not returned via the wireless link.

Remote SPA monitor

Disk subsystem for a storage area network

A user configurable RAID system designed to provide RAID functions as well as mass storage functions in a non-RAID mode. Flexibility is built into the system to allow the user to configure the SCSI bus to which removable drive modules are connected into one or more channels to define some of the drive modules in a RAID set and others as stand-alone drives which are independently operated or logically grouped and operated in a non-RAID mode. Removable internal SCSI bridges allow the SCSI bus to be configured into one or more channels. In the RAID mode, the system is configured to prevent a wrong drive from being removed from the system in the event of a drive failure. The system automatically unlatches only the failed drive. The RAID system includes an intelligent control unit ('ICU'), a RAID controller and a modem. The ICU allows the system administrator to access the RAID system Monitor Utility so that the status of the system may be monitored and its configuration changed. The ICU also monitors the failure status of the various components of the system. The ICU has a built-in pager feature that can be configured with the Monitor Utility to page the system administrator via the modem when a component or system failure is encountered. The RAID controller controls the functions of the RAID set as programmed and configured using the Monitor Utility. The Monitor Utility may be remotely accessed using a computer via the modem. Redundant removable power supply and fan units are provided to improve system integrity. The removable power supply and fan units are configured such when the unit is plugged into the system housing, the fan is first turned on and the power through the unit is allowed to stabilize before turning on the power supply to begin providing DC power to the components in the system. A set of manual release buttons are provided for manually unlatching the drive modules from the system housing. A locking mechanism is provided for simultaneously locking all the manual release buttons.

User configurable raid system with multiple data bus segments and

In a housing for removable computer mass-storage drives, commands coming in over a computer bus direct a removable mass-storage drive to spin down. Electronics in the housing detects that a removable mass-storage drive has begun to spin down by sensing the amount of current it is using. Following a delay period which is set by jumpers on the removable mass-storage drive itself, to allow for spin down to complete, the housing actuates a latch which releases the removable mass-storage drive and allows the user to remove it.

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Tustin, CA, United States of America

Richard A Corrington