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Paul A Wormsbecher

from Pittsboro, NC
Age ~62
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Paul A Wormbecher
Related to:
Melissa L Fisher, 50Lisa J Wormsbecher, 62Eric WormsbecherKurt S Wormsbecher, 34Joel Chapman, 34Anna S Wormsbecher, 33Aric S Wormsbecher, 37
Connected to:
Jason U Wormser, 57Ron A Wormser, 38Kelsey L Wormsley, 31Carrie Wormwood, 46Jennifer K Wornath, 41Don C Worner, 70Kimberly A Worner, 49Roger L Worner, 66Sharon Wornick, 71Amy B Worobe, 36

Paul Wormsbecher Phones & Addresses

  • Pittsboro, NC
  • Endicott, NY
  • 1108 Rosabella Ln, Apex, NC 27502 (919) 303-0443
  • 310 Mainsail Dr, Cary, NC 27511
  • 1108 Rosabella Ln, Apex, NC 27502

Work

Position: Professional/Technical

Education

Degree: Graduate or professional degree

Publications

Us Patents

Thermal Load Dissipation Assembly

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US Patent:
6754073, Jun 22, 2004
Filed:
Apr 26, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/134013
Inventors:
John Geoffrey Gundlach - Chapel Hill NC
Dean Frederick Herring - Youngsville NC
Paul Andrew Wormsbecher - Apex NC
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 116
US Classification:
361687, 361724, 454184, 3122232
Abstract:
An assembly for dissipating heat generated by electronic components, the assembly designed to include a computer chassis dimensioned to substantially enclose the electronic components. The assembly is further designed so that the chassis includes a panel having a substantially flat portion and a non-flat portion with the non-flat portion including a plurality of vent holes and having a surface area that is greater than the surface area of a flat portion with corresponding outer dimensions so as to permit an increase in the number of vent holes and improvement in the air flow within the computer chassis while at the same time maintaining the structural integrity of the computer chassis and minimizing electromagnetic interference resulting from the percentage of open area to closed area within the venting surface.

Apparatus And System To Attach A Member

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US Patent:
6824325, Nov 30, 2004
Filed:
Sep 23, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/252657
Inventors:
John Geoffrey Gundlach - Durham NC
Jerry Lee Gunter - Raleigh NC
Dean Frederick Herring - Youngsville NC
Glenn Edward Myrto - Holly Springs NC
Paul Andrew Wormsbecher - Apex NC
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
H05K 716
US Classification:
403329, 403326, 403327, 403321, 403325, 403315, 403316, 403317, 361724, 361725, 361726
Abstract:
A system and apparatus to couple a bracket member with a receiver member is disclosed. Embodiments may couple bracket members with receiver members, such as brackets to rails of racks, via a flexible member. The flexible member may secure a bracket member to a receiver member by fastening the bracket member to a corresponding extension or tab of the receiver member. Some embodiments may load a second portion of the flexible member such that pressure applied to the second portion can transfer the load to a first portion of the flexible member to facilitate coupling the bracket member with or decoupling the bracket member from the receiver member. In many of these embodiments, the load may transfer as a waveform along the flexible member. Further embodiments provide a lever for the second portion of the flexible member to facilitate transferring a load to the first portion.

Apparatus And System To Mount A Device To A Rack

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US Patent:
6891727, May 10, 2005
Filed:
Aug 21, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/224784
Inventors:
Karl Klaus Dittus - Durham NC, US
Cynthia Michelle Grosser - Apex NC, US
Dean Frederick Herring - Youngsville NC, US
Brian Alan Trumbo - Apex NC, US
Paul Andrew Wormsbecher - Apex NC, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
H05K005/00
US Classification:
361724, 361727, 211 26, 3123345
Abstract:
A system and apparatus to mount devices to a rack is disclosed. Embodiments may comprise mounting hardware configured to adaptively accommodate attachment features of a rack to mount devices such as servers to the rack. A device attachment member may couple with the device, and some of these device attachment members may comprise a bent portion to facilitate coupling the device to vertical members of a rack. Many device attachment members may have in place of or in addition to the bent portion, a slide attachment member and rack attachment slidably coupled with the device attachment member to provide tool-less attachment of the device to the rack via pins. These rack attachments may also adaptively accommodate attachment features such as round openings, square openings, and/or threaded openings of a vertical member of the rack and may advantageously provide a threaded member to secure the device attachment member to vertical members.

Adjustable Apparatus To Support An Electronic Device Within A Rack

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US Patent:
6935521, Aug 30, 2005
Filed:
Sep 23, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/252644
Inventors:
John Geoffrey Gundlach - Durham NC, US
Dean Frederick Herring - Youngsville NC, US
Paul Andrew Wormsbecher - Apex NC, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
A47F005/00
A47F007/00
A47B088/00
US Classification:
211183, 211 26, 31233444
Abstract:
An adjustable apparatus for supporting an electronic device within a rack including a fixed rail, a sliding rail, and a latch. The sliding rail is adjustably receivable within the fixed rail. The latch maintains the relative positions of the sliding and fixed rails to define a length of the apparatus that accommodates a dimension of the rack. The fixed rail may be an L-shaped bracket including a plurality of locating points which interact with the latch to maintain the position of the fixed and sliding rails, a plurality of tabs suitable for receiving the sliding rail; and at least one mounting feature suitable for attaching to the rack. The sliding rail may include a mounting feature suitable for attaching to the rack, ribs that interact with the latch, and an attachment point. The latch typically includes a lever body and a tension member to which the attachment point attaches.

Daughterboard With Sense And Release System

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US Patent:
7083444, Aug 1, 2006
Filed:
Mar 14, 2005
Appl. No.:
11/079752
Inventors:
Richard M. Barina - Wellington FL, US
Jason Michael Campbell - Raleigh NC, US
Dean F. Herring - Youngsville NC, US
Edward J. McNulty - Raleigh NC, US
Paul Andrew Wormsbecher - Apex NC, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
H01R 13/62
US Classification:
439157, 439372
Abstract:
A printed circuit board is configured as a daughterboard to include at least one lever pivotable between open and closed positions. The lever applies leverage to a card guide structure to selectively urge the daughterboard into or out of engagement with a connector of a motherboard. A manually operable pivotable latch member is mounted on the daughterboard for selectively retaining the lever(s) in a closed position. The latch member may be spring biased so that it maintains the lever(s) in the closed position and returns to a latch position after being manually pivoted to release the lever(s). The lever(s) may be spring biased toward the open position. An optical switch may be provided on the daughterboard to sense whether the lever is in a closed position, and to responsively interrupt power and/or bus signals to the daughterboard when the lever is not sensed in the closed position.

Floating Connector Spring And Assembly

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US Patent:
7083453, Aug 1, 2006
Filed:
Dec 30, 2004
Appl. No.:
11/026952
Inventors:
Dean F. Herring - Youngsville NC, US
Angela Lopez - Mission TX, US
Tony C. Sass - Fuquay Varina NC, US
Paul A. Wormsbecher - Apex NC, US
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
International Classification:
H01R 13/64
US Classification:
439247, 248660, 248671
Abstract:
A floating connector spring capable of movement in multiple degrees of freedom to enable the mating of at least two connectors that may be misaligned relative to one another. The connector spring includes first and second arms spaced form one another and extending substantially in the same direction. The first and second arms each have a lobe section between their distal and proximal ends, which are resiliently deformable to allow movement of the distal ends relative to the proximal ends of the respective arms. The movement permitted includes linear and rotational movement in up to six degrees of freedom depending on the configuration of the invention used. The connector spring can further include a third arm extending perpendicular from the first and second arms and which includes a third lobe section for movement in an additional degree of freedom. The connector spring can fixedly hold a connector, such as an electrical connector, and can further include a restrainer for limiting the range of motion of the spring.

Card Mounting Apparatus

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US Patent:
7085137, Aug 1, 2006
Filed:
Jun 30, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/882138
Inventors:
Peter Andrew Smith - Cary NC, US
Brian Michael Kerrigan - Cary NC, US
Michael Sven Miller - Raleigh NC, US
Paul Andrew Wormsbecher - Apex NC, US
John Gary Bulluck - Apex NC, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
H05K 7/16
US Classification:
361752, 361730, 361796, 361755, 439 761, 439 79, 439377
Abstract:
An apparatus for providing multi-directional signaling interface connection of a printed circuit card within a computer chassis. In one embodiment, a blind swap cartridge carries a circuit card that includes a first signaling interface connector in the form of a PCI edge connector. The edge connector is movable via a pivot point on the cartridge in a substantially transverse direction with respect to an insertion direction of said blind swap cartridge. In accordance with the present invention, a second signaling interface connector, such as a SCSI connector, is rigidly affixed to the exterior of the blind swap cartridge. The second signaling interface connector is preferably disposed on the cartridge in an orientation such that its connection direction is substantially aligned with the blind swap cartridge insertion direction. A flexible interconnect member is preferably utilized to couple the second signaling interface connector to the circuit card.

Torsion Spring Force And Vertical Shear Pin Retention Of Heat Sink To Cpu

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US Patent:
7236369, Jun 26, 2007
Filed:
Mar 14, 2005
Appl. No.:
11/079851
Inventors:
Richard M. Barina - Wellington FL, US
Michael D. French - Raleigh NC, US
Dean F. Herring - Youngsville NC, US
John P. Scavuzzo - Rougemont NC, US
Paul A. Wormsbecher - Apex NC, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
H05K 7/20
US Classification:
361719, 361704, 257719, 24458, 24513
Abstract:
A heat sink retention assembly for retaining a heat sink in thermal contact with a CPU while transmitting load away from the CPU. The heat sink retention assembly includes a frame sized to receive the heat sink, the frame including opposing pin capture channels and a wire module. The wire module includes an upper handle section and a lower pivoting section. The wire module is pivotably coupled to the frame at the lower pivoting section. The wire module further includes opposing end pins, wherein each pin is moveably retained within and extends through a corresponding pin capture channel such that when the wire module is rotated with respect to the frame, the pins travel within their respective channels in order to engage the heat sink.
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