Thales Assigned Patent

Thales, Courbevoie, France, has been assigned a patent (10,765,027) developed by Feyrin, Georges, Pessac, France, Abomnes, Pascal, Le Haillan, France, Dupuis, Nicolas, Pessac, France, and Meyre, Nicolas, Le Haillan, France, for “assembly for attaching and connecting a computer data storage device to an on-board computer and associated method for use.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The present invention relates to an assembly (10) for attaching a data storage device (12) to an on-board computer including an encapsulation structure (17, and a receiving structure (18) for receiving the encapsulation structure (17) comprising a first connector complementary to a connector of the storage device and a second connector complementary to a connector of the onboard computer. The encapsulation structure (17) and the storage device (12) mounted therein are movable relative to the receiving structure (18) between an inserted configuration in which the encapsulation structure (17) and the storage device (12) are inserted into the receiving structure (18) and the connector of the storage device (12) is connected to the first connector, and a removed configuration in which the encapsulation structure (17) and the storage device (12) are removed from the receiving structure (18).”

The patent application was filed on October 19, 2015 (15/521,092).