Patents Examined by Chun Cao
  • Patent number: 11840022
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for use in additively manufacturing a composite structure from reinforcements wetted with a matrix. The method may include slicing a virtual model of the composite structure into multiple slices that are adjacent to each other along a length direction of the composite structure and determining points of the reinforcements passing through each of the multiple slices. The method may further include clocking the points differently around each of the multiple slices and generating at least one tool path including a sequenced subset of the points. The method may additionally include causing an additive manufacturing machine to discharge the reinforcements along the at least one tool path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Continuous Composites Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Budge, Mikel Negugogor, Rachael Kathleen Morris
  • Patent number: 11844192
    Abstract: A number of slots in a chassis of an information handling system and a number of a plurality of sleds to be housed in the chassis may be determined. An airflow for each of the plurality of sleds in each of the plurality of placement configurations may be determined based, at least in part, on the number of slots in the chassis and the number of the plurality of sleds to be housed in the chassis. A recommended placement for each of the sleds may be determined based at least in part on the airflow for each of the plurality of sleds for the plurality of placement configurations. A notification may be generated comprising the recommended placements for each of the plurality of sleds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas E. Messick, Muhammad Ahmed, Richard Eiland
  • Patent number: 11833006
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for cutting and trimming dental molds and oral appliances by receiving a digital model of teeth, determining a cutting loop path and applying a drape wall to the cutting loop to generate a simplified tooth base in a dental mold having an inner arch curve and an outer arch curve. The oral appliance may be formed on the dental mold and a cutter may be applied using a sweeping motion across the inner and outer arch curves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: uLab Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Huafeng Wen
  • Patent number: 11829215
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an alternate cooling loop with its own fluid source and a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger is used to provide cooling for the at least one computing component alternatively from a secondary cooling loop that is associated with a primary cooling loop and a chilling facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventor: Ali Heydari
  • Patent number: 11829216
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may determine a temperature value associated with a discrete graphics processing unit (dGPU); if the temperature value is below a threshold temperature value: configure an information handling system (IHS) to utilize the dGPU for processing graphics workloads of the IHS; disable an integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU) from processing any of the graphics workloads; and provide an amount of power utilized by the iGPU to a processor of the IHS; and if the temperature value is not below the threshold temperature value: determine that the iGPU is disabled; configure the IHS to utilize the iGPU for processing a portion of the graphics workloads; and enable the iGPU to process the portion of the graphics workloads; and remove the amount of power utilized by the iGPU from the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Shows, Yi-Ting Wang
  • Patent number: 11828421
    Abstract: A method for managing the filling levels of a plurality of tanks arranged in a ship, said tanks being connected in such a way as to allow liquid to be transferred between said tanks, the method comprising providing an initial state (7) of the tanks, determining a target state (8) defining respective final filling levels of said tanks, determining a liquid transfer scenario (9), the transfer scenario defining one or more flows of liquid to be transferred between the tanks during a transfer period in order to shift from the initial state to the target state of the tanks, calculating a probability of damage to the tanks (10) during the course of said transfer scenario, as a function of successive filling levels of the tanks during the transfer period, if the probability of damage to the tanks satisfies an acceptance criterion, transferring (13) the liquid between the tanks in accordance with said transfer scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Gaztransport Et Technigaz
    Inventors: Romain Pasquier, Eric Gervaise, Nicolas Leroux, Bruno Robillart
  • Patent number: 11822398
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an alternate cooling loop with its own fluid source and a liquid-to-air heat exchanger is used to provide cooling for the at least one computing component alternatively from a secondary cooling loop that is associated with a primary cooling loop and a chilling facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: Ali Heydari
  • Patent number: 11822404
    Abstract: A power distribution system is provided in this application, which includes a plurality of power distribution equipments, and the plurality of power distribution equipments are configured to supply power to a plurality of powered devices respectively. First power distribution equipment in the plurality of power distribution equipments includes: a first power module, configured to perform voltage conversion on an input voltage to obtain an output voltage, where the output voltage is a supply voltage of the first power distribution equipment; and a first cascading circuit, configured to connect an output of the first power module to an output of a power module in power distribution equipment in the power distribution system other than the first power distribution equipment, where the first power distribution equipment is any power distribution equipment in the power distribution system. A server system which includes the power distribution system is also disclosed in this application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhen Qin, Chen Zhang, Bin Luo
  • Patent number: 11815980
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a memory; a first processor; a second processor for which power consumption is lower than power consumption of the first processor; a communicator that communicates with an external device; and a switch that switches a connection destination of the communicator to the first processor or the second processor. The second processor is configured to, in a case in which a condition for transitioning to a power suppression state that is an operating state in which power consumption is suppressed is satisfied, connect the communicator by the switch. The first processor is configured to, in a case in which a condition for transitioning to a normal state that is a normal operating state is satisfied, connect the communicator by the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimiyasu Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Minami, Shuhei Uchida, Munetaka Seo
  • Patent number: 11815973
    Abstract: A data receiving method includes: receiving a destination address in a preamble segment; receiving a first duration and a second duration after the destination address in the preamble segment when the destination address is different from a local address, the first duration being a remaining duration before a beginning of transmission of valid data, and the second duration being a duration required for transmitting the valid data; determining a dormant duration according to the first duration and the second duration, and controlling a local device to enter a low power mode; and waking up the local device after a duration in the low power mode reaches the dormant duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qian Zhao, Zeyu Pang, Yachen Wang
  • Patent number: 11809256
    Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of, inter alia, systems, devices, and associated methods for allocating and distributing power management budgets for classes of tasks being executed by a computer system, based on thermal feedback loops. Specifically, multiple quality-of-service (QoS) tiers may be defined, and each QoS tier may be allocated power based on a different set of thermal feedback loops. QoS tiers including tasks that are invisible to the user may be mitigated more aggressively than QoS tiers including tasks that are visibly supporting user operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Ismail, Bryan R. Hinch, Evan M. Hoke, Andrei Dorofeev, Shirin Dadashi, Mohsen Heidarinejad, Reza Arastoo
  • Patent number: 11812588
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing airflow for cooling computing devices in a data center in normal and cold environments are disclosed. Computing devices are positioned on racks, and an air barrier may be connected to the racks and have openings configured to permit air to be drawn through the computing devices by cooling fans. In a first mode, cool air may be drawn in from a cold aisle, and heated air may be exhausted into a hot aisle. Temperature sensors may periodically measure temperatures for the cool air being drawn into the computing devices. A controller may select a subset of the computing devices for air flow reversal in response to the measured temperatures being below a predetermined threshold. Patterns that may be time-varying and temperature-varying may be used to select the computing devices for air flow reversal and to adjust the fan speed of the computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Core Scientific Operating Company
    Inventor: Harsh Patel
  • Patent number: 11796981
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to additive manufacturing or printing of an object using parallel processing of files comprising 3D models of the object and/or portions thereof. A master file comprising a 3D model of the object is divided into subordinate files, wherein each subordinate file comprises a 3D model of a corresponding portion of the object. Each subordinate file is processed in parallel, controlling at least a first laser source to fabricate each portion from a build material. Parallel processing according to the methods of the present disclosure expedites additive manufacturing or printing over conventional methods that build an object in layers completed in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Mohammed El Hacin Sennoun
  • Patent number: 11774125
    Abstract: A building management system includes a communications bus, field devices connected to the communications bus, a cloud service including a machine learning engine; and a controller for an HVAC device. The controller communicates with the communications bus and the cloud service and is configured to transmit messages through the communications bus to the field devices, compile a list of connected field devices, receive sample data from the connected field devices, and transmit the sample data from the connected field devices to the cloud service. The controller is further configured to receive identifying characteristics for each of the connected field devices from the cloud service and to select a control logic file for the HVAC device based on the identifying characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Sourav Bandyopadhyay, Sushant Trivedi
  • Patent number: 11761660
    Abstract: A system for controlling air quality of a building space includes HVAC equipment configured to serve the building space, sensors configured to measure a plurality of parameters relating to the building space, and a control system. The control system is configured to receive data from the sensors, determine a feedforward air quality contribution, determine a feedback air quality contribution based on a measured air quality and an air quality setpoint for the building space, combine the feedforward air quality contribution and the feedback air quality contribution to determine a target amount of ventilation or filtration to be provided to the building space by the HVAC equipment, and control the HVAC equipment to provide the target amount of ventilation or filtration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Kirk H. Drees, Timothy C. Gamroth, Craig E. Trivelpiece, Joseph Piccolo, III
  • Patent number: 11765869
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclose self-contained data center facility operations, management and build comprising, in the data center facility, installing a plurality of computer servers contained in a corresponding plurality of configurable rack mounted containers, a single or plurality of heat exchangers operatively coupled to the configurable rack mounted containers, and comprised in a thermal heat exchange system which further comprises a closed loop cooling unit. The closed loop cooling unit is caused to absorb heat from the single or plurality of heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Nautilus TRUE, LLC
    Inventor: Arnold Castillo Magcale
  • Patent number: 11755084
    Abstract: A cooling system for a rack of servers includes a plurality of cooling circuits, where each cooling circuit is coupled to a server of the rack. Each cooling circuit includes a plurality of cooling modules arranged in parallel. Each cooling module includes a cold plate having a cooling conduit passing therethrough, and a pump fluidly coupled to the cooling conduit. The cooling circuit further includes one or more valves fluidly interconnecting the plurality of cooling modules. Each of the one or more valves, when turned on, fluidly connects the cooling conduits of any two adjacent cooling modules. The cooling system further includes a first cooling distribution manifold fluidly connected to the cooling circuit of each of the plurality of servers through an inlet pipe, and a second cooling distribution manifold fluidly connected to the cooling circuit of each of the plurality of servers through an outlet pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Chieh Chen, Yueh-Chang Wu, Te-Chuan Wang, Tzu-Hsuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 11746774
    Abstract: A system for controlling a fluid operation of a machine. The system includes a main pump of the machine, a supplemental pump of the machine, a fluid maintenance circuit comprising a processing circuit, and control system. The fluid maintenance system includes at least one memory device and at least one processor configured to access the memory device. The control system comprises a processing circuit, is electrically couplable to the main pump, the supplemental pump and the fluid maintenance circuit, and is configured to control the post-lubrication operation of the machine based on at least one of the following (1) a fluid operation service schedule and (2) data associated with the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: RPM Industries, LLC
    Inventor: John K. Apostolides
  • Patent number: 11747878
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises: an input terminal configured to receive alternating current (AC) power from an external source; an output terminal configured to output the AC power; a solid state relay (SSR) configured to selectively connect the input terminal and the output terminal, the SSR comprising a zero-crossing detector, wherein the zero-crossing detector is configured to detect a zero voltage of a voltage associated with at least one voltage of the input terminal and/or the output terminal; a bypass circuit connected in parallel to the SSR and configured to selectively connect the input terminal and the output terminal; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: obtain a power supply interruption command while supplying the AC power to the output terminal via the bypass circuit, turn on the SSR, based on the obtaining of the power supply interruption command, turn off the bypass circuit, based on the lapse of a first period after turning on the SSR, a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., WoonYoung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongwon Lee, Seunghyun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11747885
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for saving power in a Universal Serial Bus (USB) repeater/re-timer between a USB host and a peripheral device by intercepting packets received from the host to predict the direction of data traffic to selectively turn off/on circuitry of a peripheral port used to receive packets from the peripheral device. If a host port determines that the host is sending a start-of-frame (SOF) packet, the direction of data flow is from the host to the peripheral device, and the repeater may turn off the peripheral port such as squelch circuitry. If the host port determines that the host is sending a non-SOF packet, such as an address token that precedes a host-to-peripheral-device data transfer or a peripheral-device-to-host data transfer, the direction of data flow is anticipated to be from the peripheral device to the host, and the repeater may re-enable the deactivated circuitry of the peripheral port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Pradeep Kumar Bajpai, Godwin Gerald Arulappan, Anup Nayak