ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,746, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Modular mass storage system" was invented by Darin Lee Frink (Lake Tapps, Wash.) and Peter George Ross (Olympia, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for storing data includes a rack, one or more data storage modules coupled to the rack, and one or more data control modules coupled to the rack. The data storage modules may include a chassis, two or more backplanes coupled to the chassis, and one or more mass storage devices (for example, hard disk drives) coupled to the backplanes. The data control modules may access the mass storage devices in the ...