Patents by Inventor Arthur T. Sempliner
Arthur T. Sempliner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8507798Abstract: A sealing grommet, particularly for data centers and the like, formed of one or a pair of U-shaped frame sections, each co-molded with a thermoplastic elastomeric seal of corrugated wave form, with corrugated edges of the seals exposed at the open sides of the U-shaped frames. A pair of such grommet sections joined together, with the corrugated edges arranged to be in contact and in phase, provides a uniquely efficient seal to hold back air under pressure while allowing various pass-through elements, such as cables, hoses, etc., to be extended through the grommet and while enabling the pass-through elements to be easily added, removed, or rearranged as may be necessary to accommodate the dynamic changes experienced in the operation of a data center.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Pettingill
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Patent number: 8256627Abstract: A snap-mount blanking panel for an equipment rack or cabinet enclosure has ergonomic grips spaced laterally inwardly and offset forwardly to permit comfortable and reliable mounting and removal of the blanking panel regardless of lateral clearance. A special stacking structure engages the grips in a manner to position a blanking panel, when stacked upon a lower blanking panel, in a fixed and stabilized relation to the lower blanking panel. The stacking features enable stable stacking of multiple units, one on top of another, without requiring external confinement of the stack.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Patent number: 8049109Abstract: A cable grommet system for installation in data centers, offices and the like, for sealing cable openings in raised flooring, wall or ceiling panels, server cabinets, etc. to facilitate the installation and revision of wiring and cabling to server installations while minimizing losses of any provided conditioned air. A wide variety of grommet configurations is possible with a limited number of component parts. An advantageous acute angle mounting of sealing brushes enhances the sealing effectiveness thereof, particularly for smaller sizes of cable openings. In some embodiments, a novel arrangement of electrical conductors is incorporated into the grommet structures for dissipation of electrostatic charges, enabling the basic frame components to be formed of a flame retardant material.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Upsite Technologies, IncInventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Publication number: 20110240573Abstract: A snap-mount blanking panel for an equipment rack or cabinet enclosure has ergonomic grips spaced laterally inwardly and offset forwardly to permit comfortable and reliable mounting and removal of the blanking panel regardless of lateral clearance. A special stacking structure engages the grips in a manner to position a blanking panel, when stacked upon a lower blanking panel, in a fixed and stabilized relation to the lower blanking panel. The stacking features enable stable stacking of multiple units, one on top of another, without requiring external confinement of the stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Patent number: 7959015Abstract: A snap-mount blanking panel for an equipment rack or cabinet enclosure has ergonomic grips spaced laterally inward to permit comfortable and reliable mounting and removal of the blanking panel regardless of lateral clearance. Resiliently flexible sealing skirt members create a positive seal with adjacent electronic devices or blanking panels. Stacking structure enables stable stacking of multiple units outside a container. An off-set platform allows for mounting ambient atmospheric indicators or signage, or may be used as a writing surface. A cable pass-through is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Publication number: 20110042123Abstract: A sealing grommet, particularly for data centers and the like, formed of one or a pair of U-shaped frame sections, each co-molded with a thermoplastic elastomeric seal of corrugated wave form, with corrugated edges of the seals exposed at the open sides of the U-shaped frames. A pair of such grommet sections joined together, with the corrugated edges arranged to be in contact and in phase, provides a uniquely efficient seal to hold back air under pressure while allowing various pass-through elements, such as cables, hoses, etc., to be extended through the grommet and while enabling the pass-through elements to be easily added, removed, or rearranged as may be necessary to accommodate the dynamic changes experienced in the operation of a data center.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Pettingill
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Publication number: 20090178985Abstract: A snap-mount blanking panel for an equipment rack or cabinet enclosure has ergonomic grips spaced laterally inward to permit comfortable and reliable mounting and removal of the blanking panel regardless of lateral clearance. Resiliently flexible sealing skirt members create a positive seal with adjacent electronic devices or blanking panels. Stacking structure enables stable stacking of multiple units outside a container. An off-set platform allows for mounting ambient atmospheric indicators or signage, or may be used as a writing surface. A cable pass-through is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Publication number: 20090151983Abstract: A cable grommet system for installation in data centers, offices and the like, for sealing cable openings in raised flooring, wall or ceiling panels, server cabinets, etc. to facilitate the installation and revision of wiring and cabling to server installations while minimizing losses of any provided conditioned air. A wide variety of grommet configurations is possible with a limited number of component parts. An advantageous acute angle mounting of sealing brushes enhances the sealing effectiveness thereof, particularly for smaller sizes of cable openings. In some embodiments, a novel arrangement of electrical conductors is incorporated into the grommet structures for dissipation of electrostatic charges, enabling the basic frame components to be formed of a flame retardant material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Marchant
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Publication number: 20090084580Abstract: A cable grommet system for installation in data centers, offices and the like, for sealing cable openings in raised flooring, wall or ceiling panels, server cabinets, etc. to facilitate the installation and revision of wiring and cabling to server installations while minimizing losses of any provided conditioned air. A wide variety of grommet configurations is possible with a limited number of component parts. An advantageous acute angle mounting of sealing brushes enhances the sealing effectiveness thereof, particularly for smaller sizes of cable openings. In some embodiments, a novel arrangement of electrical conductors is incorporated into the grommet structures for dissipation of electrostatic charges, enabling the basic frame components to be formed of a flame retardant material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2007Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Patent number: 7507912Abstract: A cable grommet system for installation in data centers, offices and the like, for sealing cable openings in raised flooring, wall or ceiling panels, server cabinets, etc. to facilitate the installation and revision of wiring and cabling to server installations while minimizing losses of any provided conditioned air. A wide variety of grommet configurations is possible with a limited number of component parts. An advantageous acute angle mounting of sealing brushes enhances the sealing effectiveness thereof, particularly for smaller sizes of cable openings. In some embodiments, a novel arrangement of electrical conductors is incorporated into the grommet structures for dissipation of electrostatic charges, enabling the basic frame components to be formed of a flame retardant material.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2007Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Patent number: D596184Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Patent number: D596185Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Patent number: D596186Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Patent number: D597823Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Berkeley T. Merchant
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Patent number: RE41863Abstract: A floor grommet for use in building and office structures supplied with air conditioning via under floor plenum. Directed flow of conditioned air is optimized by limiting the escape of air from the plenum into the space above the floor by leakage through floor openings provided for power cables, data cables and the like. Specialized floor grommets installed in the cable openings are comprised of a surrounding frame mounting sealing elements comprised of thin, flexible elements which are anchored at one end in the grommet frame and extend toward the center of the opening, from each side, to effectively close the opening against significant flow of conditioned air from the plenum below. Cables passing through the grommet opening cause minimal deflection of the flexible elements to limit the escape of conditioned air. Preferably, the resilient, flexible elements are filamentary in nature.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Brill, Kenneth Brill, Robert Sullivan, William Pitt Turner, IV
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Patent number: D635012Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Pettingill
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Patent number: D646150Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Pettingill
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Patent number: D653099Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Pettingill
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Patent number: D653936Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Pettingill
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Patent number: RE43175Abstract: A floor grommet for use in building and office structures supplied with air conditioning via under floor plenum. Directed flow of conditioned air is optimized by limiting the escape of air from the plenum into the space above the floor by leakage through floor openings provided for power cables, data cables and the like. Specialized floor grommets installed in the cable openings are comprised of a surrounding frame mounting sealing elements comprised of thin, flexible elements which are anchored at one end in the grommet frame and extend toward the center of the opening, from each side, to effectively close the opening against significant flow of conditioned air from the plenum below. Cables passing through the grommet opening cause minimal deflection of the flexible elements to limit the escape of conditioned air. Preferably, the resilient, flexible elements are filamentary in nature.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Upsite Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Arthur T. Sempliner, Jonathan Brill, Kenneth Brill, Robert Sullivan, William Pitt Turner, IV