Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Keefe

Stephen J. Keefe 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: 8783333
    Abstract: A cooling system includes an evaporator assembly configured to thermally contact one or more memory modules and absorb thermal energy from the one or more memory modules. A condenser assembly is thermally coupled to the evaporative assembly and configured to receive and dissipate at least a portion of the thermal energy absorbed by the evaporative assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: John K. Bowman, Stephen J. Keefe
  • Patent number: 8462495
    Abstract: A cooling system having a enclosure, a plurality of disk drives stored in the enclosure, a first portion of the disk drives having housings with a first form factor and a second portion of the disk drives having housings with a second form factor smaller than the first form factor, and an air baffle system for directing a flow of air internal the enclosure over portions of the housing of the second portion of the disk drives while at the same time creating a wall to maintain the flow of air over neighboring ones of the first portion of the disk drives (the external flow).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Keefe, Joseph L. Brigham, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7388749
    Abstract: This invention is a support carrier for attaching a smaller format disk drive into a chassis bay sized for receiving a larger disk drive, the support carrier includes a heat-sink surface with pin fins for conducting and removing heat from the smaller disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Feroli, Albert F. Beinor, Jr., Joseph P. King, Jr., C. Ilhan Gundogan, Stephen J. Keefe