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Charles E. Nichols
Also filed as: NICHOLS CHARLES · NICHOLS CHARLES E · NICHOLS JR CHARLES E
25 granted patents·4 pending applications·616 citations·filing 1975–2017
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29 records- 0193US7904647B2System for optimizing the performance and reliability of a storage controller cache offload circuitLSI CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 8, 2011·42 cites·21 claims
- 0293US7562176B2Apparatus and methods for clustering multiple independent PCI express hierarchiesLSI CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 14, 2009·38 cites·20 claims
- 0391US4642837ABroom having interlocking componentsDRACKETT CO·Filed 1985·Granted Feb 17, 1987·96 cites·12 claims
- 0490US6816950B2Method and apparatus for upgrading disk drive firmware in a RAID storage systemLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 9, 2004·63 cites·20 claims
- 0589US6959413B2Method of handling unreadable blocks during rebuilding of a RAID deviceLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 25, 2005·56 cites·10 claims
- 0686US6889294B1Virtual shared volume via proxy data transferLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2001·Granted May 3, 2005·47 cites·2 claims
- 0785US7418550B2Methods and structure for improved import/export of raid level 6 volumesLSI CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 26, 2008·16 cites·12 claims
- 0885US6944791B2Method of handling unreadable blocks during write of a RAID deviceLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 13, 2005·43 cites·12 claims
- 0983US8776060B2Methods and structure for near-live reprogramming of firmware in storage systems using a hypervisorJESS MARTIN·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 8, 2014·8 cites·16 claims
- 1083US4302862ASnow removal toolDRACKETT CO·Filed 1979·Granted Dec 1, 1981·29 cites·10 claims
- 1176US7584368B2Apparatus and methods for power management and spin-up in a storage systemLSI CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 1, 2009·11 cites·19 claims
- 1276US5083729AStorage system for holding athletic equipment and a methodFORD SAEKS·Filed 1990·Granted Jan 28, 1992·42 cites·23 claims
- 1373USD282112SBroom shroudTHE DRACKETT COMPANY·Filed 1983·Granted Jan 7, 1986·12 cites·1 claims
- 1470US6859890B2Method for reducing data/parity inconsistencies due to a storage controller failureLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 22, 2005·14 cites·25 claims
- 1570US6655071B2Waterfowl decoy mounting deviceFiled 2002·Granted Dec 2, 2003·28 cites·20 claims
- 1668US5063638AHinge assemblySTERLING PLUMBING GROUP INC·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 12, 1991·37 cites·12 claims
- 1764US8015439B2Method for handling more than a maximum number of supported drives in a raid configurationLSI CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 6, 2011·4 cites·20 claims
- 1864US6705050B2Flashing deviceBUILDING MATERIALS INVEST CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 16, 2004·10 cites·12 claims
- 1955USD244524SVacuum cleaner-blowerBREUER ELECTRIC MFG CO·Filed 1975·Granted May 31, 1977·5 cites·1 claims
- 2054US7171518B2Data storage system recovery from disk failure during system off-line conditionLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 30, 2007·3 cites·14 claims
- 2151US7085910B2Memory window manager for control structure accessLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 1, 2006·3 cites·13 claims
- 2247US2010312964A1Embedded private scale out networkDEKONING RODNEY A·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2346US7430635B2Methods and structure for improved import/export of RAID level 6 volumesLSI CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 30, 2008·0 cites·14 claims
- 2444US2007143541A1Methods and structure for improved migration of raid logical volumesLSI LOGIC CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2538US4538318APush broom assemblyDRACKETT CO·Filed 1983·Granted Sep 3, 1985·8 cites·36 claims
- 2638US2011202728A1Methods and apparatus for managing cache persistence in a storage system using multiple virtual machinesLSI CORP·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
- 2737US10826848B2Balanced, opportunistic multicore I/O scheduling from non-SMP applicationsNETAPP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 3, 2020·0 cites·18 claims
- 2837USD271635SBroom shroudTHE DRACKETT COMPANY·Filed 1981·Granted Dec 6, 1983·1 cites·1 claims
- 2937US2002000442A1Nestable, dual-ovenable, thin-walled cooking pan with integral handles and enhanced strength and rigidityFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
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