US Patent Issued to SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP on Aug. 4 for "Modular and symmetrical data storage unit" (Wisconsin, New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,432, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LLC (New York).

"Modular and symmetrical data storage unit" was invented by Michael Graae (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Deanan Dasilva (Malibu, Calif.) and David Woods (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device can be symmetrically designed for multiple-orientation connection to a storage appliance. An electromagnetic locking mechanism can secure the data storage device in a connected state while data is being transferred to/from the data storage device. The electromagnetic locking mechanism can respond to changes in the state of data transfer to/from the d...