Zhengzhou Yunhai Information Technology Assigned Two Patents

Device for fixing hard disk
Zhengzhou Yunhai Information Technology Co., Ltd., Henan, China, has been assigned a patent (11,347,281) developed by Zhang, Wenda, and Xu, Wenhan, Henan, China, for a “device for fixing hard disk.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A device for fixing a hard disk is provided, which is arranged in a case and can install multiple hard disks at one time. The device for fixing a hard disk includes fixing brackets and an elastic support member. The elastic support member is arranged between two adjacent fixing brackets. The number of the fixing bracket is even, and the fixing brackets are arranged in symmetry. The hard disk is placed between the elastic support member and one single fixing bracket, which can quickly and conveniently realize the fixing and installation of the hard disk, save a lot of space, and can be arranged in array in the case. The device has high reliability and good shock absorption effects. When the space of the case is limited, the demand of high-density storage configuration can also be achieved.”

The patent application was filed on December 25, 2018 (16/475,118).

Allocating hard disks to placement group, and storage medium
Zhengzhou Yunhai Information Technology Co., Ltd., Henan, China, has been assigned a patent (11,314,426) developed by Zhen, Tianqiao, Henan, China, for “method, system, and apparatus for allocating hard disks to placement group, and storage medium.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method, a system, an apparatus for allocating a hard disk to a placement group, and a storage medium. An allocated placement group count of each candidate hard disk in a pool of candidate hard disks is acquired, where the allocated placement group count is increased by one count unit, each time said hard disk is allocated to any placement group. A table of allocated placement group counts is established based on the allocated placement group count, where the table reflects a correspondence between candidate hard disks and placement group counts. Candidate hard disks are selected from the table based on an ascending order of the allocated placement group count, to obtain target hard disks, where a quantity of the candidate hard disks is equal to a quantity of hard disks required by a target placement group. The target hard disks are allocated to the target placement group.”

The patent application was filed on October 26, 2018 (16/981,708).