Patents by Inventor Jimmy Clidaras

Jimmy Clidaras 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).

  • Patent number: 7738251
    Abstract: A computer system may include a connecting hub having a plurality of docking regions and be configured to provide to each docking region electrical power, a data network interface, a cooling fluid supply and a cooling fluid return; and a plurality of shipping containers that each enclose a modular computing environment that incrementally adds computing power to the system. Each shipping container may include a) a plurality of processing units coupled to the data network interface, each of which include a microprocessor; b) a heat exchanger configured to remove heat generated by the plurality of processing units by circulating cooling fluid from the supply through the heat exchanger and discharging it into the return; and c) docking members configured to releaseably couple to the connecting hub at one of the docking regions to receive electrical power, connect to the data network interface, and receive and discharge cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
  • Patent number: 7724518
    Abstract: A facility is described that includes one or more enclosures defining an interior space, a plurality of power taps, a plurality of coolant supply taps, and a plurality of coolant return taps. A flow capacity of the supply taps and a flow capacity of the return taps can be approximately equal over a local area of the interior space. The plurality of power taps, the plurality of supply taps, and the plurality of return taps can be divided into a plurality of zones, with taps of each zone are configured to be controllably coupled to a power source or a coolant source independently of the taps of other zones. The taps can be positioned along paths, and paths of the power taps can be spaced from associated proximate paths of supply and return taps by a substantially uniform distance along a substantial length of the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Exaflop LLC
    Inventors: Andrew B. Carlson, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Xiaobo Fan
  • Publication number: 20100091449
    Abstract: A computer system may include a connecting hub having a plurality of docking regions and be configured to provide to each docking region electrical power, a data network interface, a cooling fluid supply and a cooling fluid return; and a plurality of shipping containers that each enclose a modular computing environment that incrementally adds computing power to the system. Each shipping container may include a) a plurality of processing units coupled to the data network interface, each of which include a microprocessor; b) a heat exchanger configured to remove heat generated by the plurality of processing units by circulating cooling fluid from the supply through the heat exchanger and discharging it into the return; and c) docking members configured to releasably couple to the connecting hub at one of the docking regions to receive electrical power, connect to the data network interface, and receive and discharge cooling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
  • Patent number: 7646590
    Abstract: A power distribution apparatus includes a housing holding a plurality of electrical outlets, a plurality of independent electrical circuits within the housing, and a plurality of cord sets serving the plurality of independent electrical circuits and extending from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Exaflop LLC
    Inventors: Selver Corhodzic, Andrew Carlson, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Jonathan D. Beck, Alan Lam, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen
  • Publication number: 20090295167
    Abstract: A system includes a cooling water intake conduit having a water intake in a submerged area of an open natural body of water, a first water-to-water heat exchanger having a first side in fluid communication with the cooling water intake conduit, and a closed water loop in fluid communication with a second side of the water-to-water heat exchanger and arranged to route water to cooling structures at a computer data center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, David W. Stiver
  • Publication number: 20090241578
    Abstract: A data center cooling system includes a floor structure defining a below-floor warm-air plenum and an above-floor cool air plenum, a plurality of above-floor computer assemblies arranged to exhaust warmed air into the warm-air plenum, and one or more fan-coil arrangements to draw air from the warm-air plenum, cool the air, and provide the air to the cool air plenum. The volume of the above-floor cool air plenum and the below-floor warm air plenum may both be substantial so as to minimize changes in temperature from the failure of components in the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew B. Carlson, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen
  • Publication number: 20090206670
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an corresponding uninterruptible power system in which only one AC-to-DC rectification occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: EXAFLOP LLC
    Inventors: William Whitted, Montgomery Sykora, Ken Krieger, Benchiao Jai, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Donald L. Beaty, Gerald Aigner
  • Patent number: 7564685
    Abstract: A computer apparatus includes a first motherboard having a top surface and a bottom surface and a second motherboard having a top surface and a bottom surface. The motherboards each have mounted thereto components that generate high thermal loads and components that generate low thermal loads. A heat sink is in conductive thermal contact with the top surfaces of the first and second motherboards. Computer components generating high thermal loads are mounted to the top surfaces of the first and second motherboards, and computer components generating low thermal loads are mounted to the bottom surface of one or more of the first and second motherboards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, Winnie Leung
  • Patent number: 7560831
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an corresponding uninterruptible power system in which only one AC-to-DC rectification occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Exaflop LLC
    Inventors: William Whitted, Montgomery Sykora, Ken Krieger, Benchiao Jai, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Donald L. Beaty, Gerald Aigner
  • Patent number: 7525207
    Abstract: A system includes a floating platform-mounted computer data center comprising a plurality of computing units, a sea-based electrical generator in electrical connection with the plurality of computing units, and one or more sea-water cooling units for providing cooling to the plurality of computing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, David W. Stiver, William Hamburgen
  • Publication number: 20090021078
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an integrated uninterruptible power system in which a PFC-boost AC-to-DC conversion occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an integrated uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Selver Corhodzic, Andrew B. Carlson, William H. Whitted, Montgomery Sykora, Ken Krieger, William Hamburgen, Donald L. Beaty, Gerald Aigner, Jimmy Clidaras
  • Publication number: 20080204999
    Abstract: A method of cooling electronic equipment is disclosed and includes substantially continuously circulating ambient air across a plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, monitoring the temperature of air in or around a group of devices in the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, and providing substantially cooler-than-ambient air to the group of devices when the monitored air temperatures rises above a set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, Winnie Leung
  • Publication number: 20080209234
    Abstract: A system includes a floating platform-mounted computer data center comprising a plurality of computing units, a sea-based electrical generator in electrical connection with the plurality of computing units, and one or more sea-water cooling units for providing cooling to the plurality of computing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, David W. Stiver, William Hamburgen
  • Publication number: 20080158818
    Abstract: A computer apparatus includes a first motherboard having a top surface and a bottom surface, a second motherboard having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a heat sink in conductive thermal contact with the top surfaces of the first and second motherboards. Computer components generating high thermal loads are mounted to the top surfaces of the motherboards, and computer components generating low thermal loads are mounted to the bottom surface of one or more of the motherboards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, Winnie Leung
  • Patent number: 7352589
    Abstract: A modular computer system mechanical interconnection includes a primary chassis having a first opening and a secondary chassis attached to the primary chassis and having a second opening, wherein the first opening and the second opening are generally aligned. The apparatus further includes a backplate covering the aligned first opening and second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, Kenneth Kitlas
  • Publication number: 20080055850
    Abstract: A method for cooling electronic equipment can include flowing cooling air across a plurality of computer units and into a common warm air plenum located at a first end of the computer units; flowing air from the warm air plenum through one or more cooling units, and into an area located at a second end of the computer units; and controlling a flow rate of air out of the warm air plenum to maintain a predetermined pressure differential between the second end of the computer units and the first end of the computer units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Carlson, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras
  • Publication number: 20080055848
    Abstract: A system for providing air circulation to rack-mounted computers can include a plurality of rack-mounted computers on a plurality of motherboards, each motherboard having a front end near a work space and a back end; one or more fans associated with the plurality of motherboards and adapted to deliver heated air from the computers to a common warm-air plenum; and one or more motor controllers coupled to the plurality of fans and adapted to maintain a substantially constant sensed exhaust temperature for air moved by the fans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: William Hamburgen, William Whitted, Jimmy Clidaras, Andrew Carlson, Gerald Aigner, Donald Beaty
  • Publication number: 20080055846
    Abstract: A computer system may include a connecting hub having a plurality of docking regions and be configured to provide to each docking region electrical power, a data network interface, a cooling fluid supply and a cooling fluid return; and a plurality of shipping containers that each enclose a modular computing environment that incrementally adds computing power to the system. Each shipping container may include a) a plurality of processing units coupled to the data network interface, each of which include a microprocessor; b) a heat exchanger configured to remove heat generated by the plurality of processing units by circulating cooling fluid from the supply through the heat exchanger and discharging it into the return; and c) docking members configured to releaseably couple to the connecting hub at one of the docking regions to receive electrical power, connect to the data network interface, and receive and discharge cooling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald Beaty
  • Publication number: 20080029250
    Abstract: A method of providing cooled air to electronic equipment includes capturing heated air from a volume containing electronic equipment, cooling the heated air by more than fifteen degrees Celsius in an air-to-water heat exchanger, and supplying cooling water to the air-to-water heat exchanger at a temperature above a dew point temperature of the heated air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Carlson, William Whitted, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen, Gerald Aigner, Donald Beaty
  • Publication number: 20080030078
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an corresponding uninterruptible power system in which only one AC-to-DC rectification occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Exaflop LLC
    Inventors: William Whitted, Montgomery Sykora, Ken Krieger, Benchiao Jai, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Donald Beaty, Gerald Aigner