Drobo Assigned Patent

Drobo, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,215,727) developed by Geoffrey S. Barrall, San Jose, CA, Julian M. Terry, Mountain View, CA, and Mark J. Herbert, Danville, CA, for a "carrierless storage system enclosure with ejection mechanism."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A carrierless storage system enclosure includes an ejection mechanism to permit installation and removal of data storage devices (e.g., HDDs) without tools, carriers, and manual cabling."

The patent application was filed on April 11, 2008 (12/101,708).