IP Library Granted Patent US 6,731,455
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US 6,731,455 · App. 09/843,657

Automated library system including a gripper assembly apparatus for interfacing with a storage device

Inventors: John Edward Kulakowski, Rodney Jerome Means, Jesse Lee Thrall, Daniel J. Winarski
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Granted: May 4, 2004 Filed: Apr 26, 2001
Inventors
John Edward Kulakowski
Rodney Jerome Means
Jesse Lee Thrall
Daniel J. Winarski
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,731,455
App. No.
09/843,657
Filed
2001-04-26
Granted
2004-05-04
Kind
B2