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Patent No.:

US 12073083 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2022

Self-insulating high bandwidth external media storage device

Applicant:

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew C. Gray, Falls Church, VA (US);

Kevin D. Claycomb, Falls Church, VA (US);

James R. Windgassen, Falls Church, VA (US);

Kevin Gallagher, Falls Church, VA (US);

Assignee:

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Getente A Yimer

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H02G 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0613 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); H02G 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data storage system including a docking station, and a dockable external data storage device operates in an underwater environment. The dockable external data storage device includes a housing, a memory disposed within the housing to store data, and a connector assembly mounted on the housing. The connector assembly includes at least one optical transmitter configured to transfer data from the memory to a corresponding optical receiver in the docking station. The connector assembly also includes a self-passivating electrical contact configured to transfer electrical power to the dockable external data storage device from a corresponding power contact in the docking station.

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Gray, Andrew. (2024). Self-insulating high bandwidth external media storage device (U.S. Patent No. 12073083). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12073083

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