Patents Assigned to Super Micro Computer, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7839624
    Abstract: An industrial computer chassis structure is mainly to partition at least two motherboard sections in the shell of the computer chassis, in each of which a motherboard tray capable of being pulled and drawn is arranged and is provided for placing a motherboard therein. Meanwhile, the two motherboard sections are horizontally disposed by being parallel with each other, in the space between which a power source arrangement section is formed. The power source arrangement section is provided for arranging power supplies of the computer therein. Through this kind of disposition structure, all motherboards in the motherboard sections can be close to the power source arrangement section as near as possible, such that a function of common usage can be achieved for both the hardware connection and the software system control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Te-Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 7822127
    Abstract: Techniques for minimizing signal loss in transit are described. Data signals lose their strengths while traveling across conductive passages such as cooper wire, cooper strip, Printed Circuit Board (PCB), etc. There are two major factors that affect the signal loss: the distance and the speed. To minimize signal loss while maintaining higher rate data signals for I/O, substantially lower rate data signals are used in transit between two interfaces over a signal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben-Koon Lin, Charles J. Liang
  • Patent number: 7813146
    Abstract: Techniques pertaining to powering multiple platforms with a minimum impact on air passage in a predefined environment are disclosed. Instead of connecting each of the platforms in a chassis to a power supply therein, the present invention uses what is referred to as cascading powering to power all platforms within minimum cable delivery. According to one embodiment of the present invention, each platform is provided with a pair of power connectors. At least one of the platforms has a power connector located towards or near a power supply so that only a short cable is needed to power the platform. The power is serially provided to an adjacent platform via a pair of corresponding connectors, each located on one of the two adjacent platforms. Such configuration is extended to the remaining platforms. As a result, all platforms are powered by the same power supply without using individual cables directly to the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Manhtien Phan
  • Patent number: 7735669
    Abstract: A modular case assembly device including: a lower case, wherein a front wall and a rear wall protrude from a bottom plate respectively, and a left wall and a right wall protrude from left and right sides of the bottom plate respectively, and protruding pieces are punched out from upper edges of the left and right walls; an upper case structured from an upper plate and left and right side wall plates; and resilient springs, each of which is formed a press portion, a through hole and a connecting portion are further respectively formed of the press portion; The protruding pieces of the lower case transversally cross and rest atop the position fixing portions, which assist in increasing stability of the assembled upper case and lower case, and effectively provide convenient and fast assembly and disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 7706145
    Abstract: An assembly device for a computer case and outer cover incorporating: a host case provided with a bottom plate and perpendicular left and right side walls, a circuit motherboard fixed within the holding space, a jack panel of relatively small area and size is located at a tail end of the circuit motherboard, and an electrical circuit is printed on an inverse side of the jack panel; a rectangular outer cover, the outer cover can be assembled/disassembled to/from the rectangular gap of the host case, and the jack panel can be plugged into or withdrawn from the socket, thereby realizing a rapid and convenient method of assembling and disassembling the outer cover to and from the host case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chen, Albert Hua
  • Patent number: 7643273
    Abstract: A control device of connection studs of a computer includes a plurality of hexagonal grooves which are punched at different distances on a base plate of a computer casing. The groove is provided with a through-hole, hexagonal heads of a set of studs are loosely fitted into the hexagonal grooves, and rods of the studs are loosely transfixed into the through-holes, in order to screw with a circuit board of different size, such that a number of studs to be actually used for screwing can be effectively controlled, and an interference from the unnecessary studs, the circuit board, or other parts can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 7639507
    Abstract: A control device used for a computer casing on which a plurality of expansion cards is inserted, is composed of a first frame and a second frame which are installed in a casing of height of 2 U; a connection element, which is connected on the first and second frames, and is in a vertical state; a right riser card, which is connected on a right side of the connection element; a left riser card, which is connected on a left side of the connection element; a plurality of expansion cards, which is inserted horizontally into a plurality of slots of the right riser card; and a plurality of expansion cards, which is inserted horizontally into a plurality of slots of the left riser card. By this control device, at least more than seven expansion cards or interface cards can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc
    Inventors: Richard Chen, Alan Lee
  • Patent number: 7618309
    Abstract: A fan device for a computer host includes a rectangular container having an emplacement sink, a plurality of fans each of whose front and rear surfaces are provided with a plurality of latch holes, a plurality of positioning outer jackets made by a flexible material, and a plurality of positioning inner jackets made by a hard material and inserted into positioning holes of the positioning outer jackets, wherein an exterior edge of positioning outer jacket can be latched and positioned on an inner sink wall of the emplacement sink, so as to latch and fix the fans onto a casing of computer host without using screws, and to achieve the effects of absorbing vibration and reducing a noise at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computers, Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 7586764
    Abstract: A rectifier filter control device for a power supply that includes: A saturable inductor (swing choke), capacitors; and rectifiers connected to a rectifier filter circuit. The rectifier filter circuit further includes two electronic switches, which are respectively connected to two terminals of each of the two rectifiers. Should a reverse current flow back into the rectifier filter circuit, then the two electronic switches assume off states at different time sequences, thereby preventing the reverse current flow from burning out the two electronic switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Hwa-Chu Chiu
  • Patent number: 7586748
    Abstract: A clasp device for a handle of a power supply, which includes: A power supply; a U-shaped handle are movably joined to left and right sidewalls of the power supply; a spring piece respectively provided with a pressure plate and a base plate, wherein two sides of the base plate are fixedly connected to the transversal plate, a gap is formed between the pressure plate and another inner plate surface of the transversal plate, and a protruding portion is located at the base plate; a clasp hole defined in a side plate surface of the power supply; when the U-shaped handle is rotary displaced about shaft tips as center, the protruding portion clasps into/separates from the clasp hole, which prevents the entire spring piece from protruding from the surface of the handle, thereby avoiding hindrance to external objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Chen
  • Patent number: 7567437
    Abstract: An assembly device for a power supply is composed of a rectangular case which is provided with a transversal spacer grid in a horizontal direction, with an upper spacer grid and a lower spacer grid being vertically installed above and below the transversal spacer grid, to divide the rectangular case into four rectangular positioning holes; and four rectangular power supplies which are inserted and fitted into the four rectangular positioning holes respectively, such that when the four power supplies start, four fans at their front parts can be activated, thereby allowing air inside and outside the rectangular case to be able to flow uniformly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 7558035
    Abstract: An anomaly control device for a dual fan of computer is composed of a first and second coil, a first and second driving IC, a controller, and a voltage level comparing circuit. The voltage level comparing circuit will perform a voltage dividing to a first and second reference potential signals input from the first and second driving ICs to obtain a third reference potential signal which is compared with a reference pulse wave signal output from an output end of the first driving IC, to determine to output either a high level pulse voltage signal or a low voltage direct-current signal to the controller for processing. The controller will output a control-gate-on or a control-gate-off signal to the first and second driving ICs for enabling the first and second coils to continue to operate or to stop operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 7558074
    Abstract: A partitioning device for holding slots of a host computer case, including: a host computer outer case provided with a horizontal upper panel; an upper cover; more than one rectangular partition; vertical connecting holes are defined in an upper side of each of the rectangular partitions, which provide for vertical penetration into the holding slot; bolts bolt into the through holes and into the vertically connecting holes, thereby fixing the partitions within the holding slot, thus partitioning the holding slot and forming at least more than two holding spaces, thereby achieving control of the number and size of the more than two holding spaces so as to accommodate he insertion of modular cases of various size specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 7545641
    Abstract: A computer housing shock absorber device for a vibration source frame, which includes: a computer housing provided with a U-shaped holding space; an inner fixing frame fixed within the U-shaped holding space; an outer fixing frame; The shock absorber elements mounted on circumferential edge walls of the connecting holes of the inner fixing frame. Upper and lower portions of each of the recessed circular grooves of the shock absorber elements are respectively provided with a cylindrical body, and one of the cylindrical bodies of each of the shock absorber elements lies between the upper surface of the outer fixing frame and the upper surface of the inner fixing frame. Accordingly, the vibratory moment on the outer fixing frame produced by rotation of the fans is absorbed by the shock absorber elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Chen
  • Patent number: 7525815
    Abstract: A device for assembling transversal PCI expansion cards and a computer housing includes a vertical connection board which is installed in an internal space of a computer housing, with a riser card being fixed on the connection board. The riser card is provided with a plurality of insertion slots, and a side of the connection board is provided with a plurality of brackets, such that tail ends of PCI expansion cards can be horizontally locked on the brackets, thereby allowing more PCI expansion cards, which are superimposed, to be horizontally inserted in a limited space of the computer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chen, Yen-Lun Lee
  • Patent number: 7499289
    Abstract: A server wherein an interior of which is connected with five expansion boards is composed of a server at a height of 1U, an interior of which is fixed with a circuit motherboard on which is welded with expansion slots; a first riser card which is inserted into the first expansion slot; a first expansion board which is inserted into a transversal slot of the first riser card; a second riser card which is inserted into the second expansion slot; a second expansion board which is inserted into a transversal slot of the second riser card; a third riser card which is inserted into the third expansion slot; a third expansion board which is inserted into a transversal slot of the third riser card; a fourth riser card which is inserted into the fourth expansion slot; a fourth expansion board which is inserted into a lower slot; and a fifth expansion board which is inserted into an upper slot; such that the circuit motherboard, and five expansion boards are installed in the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 7499285
    Abstract: A control device used for a computer motherboard on which a plurality of interface cards is inserted, is composed of an L-shape notch which is opened at a corner or a long strip of notch which is opened at a side edge, of a circuit motherboard positioned in an interior of a computer casing of height of 2U or 1U; a riser card, which is inserted vertically into a preset slot of the circuit motherboard; and an interface short card or an interface long card, which can be fitted into the L-shape notch or the long strip of notch, wherein conduction pins of the interface long, short cards can be inserted into a transversal slot of the riser card, and the interface short card or the interface long card approaches to a same horizontal level as the circuit motherboard, such that the riser card can be added with more slots for insertion of more interface long cards or interface short cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chen, Alan Lee
  • Patent number: 7488152
    Abstract: A vibration absorption for a fan includes a frame, fans, positioning outer jackets, and pins, wherein the positioning outer jacket is inserted into a latching hole of fan, an outer-projected circular ring of pin is attached to a first groove of frame, and a circular ring of ping is attached to a second groove of frame, so as to reduce a vibration force of fans and to increase a flow rate and a flow speed of air flowing out of the fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 7480963
    Abstract: A handle device for a modularized casing is composed of a rectangular inner casing; a handle; a shaft pin which is flexibly connected to the pivoting hole of casing and the pivoting hole of handle being rotated against the shaft pin; and an outer casing, the front sliding wall/rear sliding wall can be frictionally sliding and be exerting a force on a circumferential surface of the pillar. The handle can be moved into or out of an emplacing space, so as to prevent the inner casing from being dropped on a ground surface due to an excessive exertion of force upon pulling out the inner casing from the emplacement sink. In addition, a large vibration force will not be created, such that the handle can be tightly locked and positioned on the inner casing, after inserting the inner casing into the emplacement sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang
  • Patent number: 7469978
    Abstract: A block-shape container which can be assembled into and disassembled from a computer casing, is composed of a block-shape container; a computer casing, a side of which is provided with a locking slot, with ear parts being located above the insertion slot, with the ear parts being provided with shaft holes, and with an upper wall of the insertion slot being provided with insertion holes; and a press plate, two sides of which are provided with shaft ends to be loosely connected into the shaft holes, a front end of which is formed downward with a projection part for locking; After the container is inserted into the insertion slot, such that the container, which is latched with the cartridges, can be locked on the computer casing without using screws, and can be quickly assembled or disassembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Liang