US Patent No: 7,673,176

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Apparatus and method to locate a failed device in a data storage system

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Abstract

A computing device comprising a plurality of devices and a plurality of visual indicators is disclosed. Each of the plurality of visual indicators is interconnected with a power source and is associated with a different one of the plurality of devices. None of the plurality of visual indicators comprises a capacitor.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONARMONK, NY68180

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bradshaw, Richard Lionel Tucson, AZ 6 4
Lucas, Gregg Steven Tucson, AZ 88 151
Seidel, Andrew Ellis Tucson, AZ 14 6

Cited Art

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GOOGLE INC. (1)
6,694,831 Method and system for automatically locating a component on a planar 2 2001
 
HARVATEK CORPORATION (1)
2002/0063,257 Flat package for semiconductor diodes 2 2002
 
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. (1)
6,487,623 Replacement, upgrade and/or addition of hot-pluggable components in a computer system 63 1999
 
INTEL CORPORATION (1)
6,067,506 Small computer system interface (SCSI) bus backplane interface 10 1997
 
INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD. (1)
6,155,699 Efficient phosphor-conversion led structure 155 1999
 
LUMIMOVE, INC. (1)
7,001,639 Electroluminescent devices fabricated with encapsulated light emitting polymer particles 11 2002
 
NETAPP, INC. (1)
7,395,460 Failed drive locator for removable disk array modules 3 2004
 
NICHIA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (1)
5,859,496 Lamp containing long decay phosphor 27 1996
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (1)
6,479,936 Afterglow lamp with multiple phosphor coatings 5 2000

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