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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanley P. Mros, Roseville, MN (US);
Kevin J. Jenkins, Elk River, MN (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/314 ; H02J 1/16 ; H03K 1/716 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ; G06F 1/314 ; H02J 1/16 ; H03K 1/716 ;
Abstract
Transmission between two cards is disabled if power is not supplied to one of the cards. The system includes a first card generating a first power signal based on power applied to the first card. A second card, in communication with the first card, generates a second power signal based on power applied to the second card. A transmitter on the first card transmits to a receiver on the second card. The transmitter is disabled from transmitting based on the second power signal and the receiver is disabled from receiving based on the first power signal.