Patents by Inventor Steven A. Mills

Steven A. Mills 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: 10459138
    Abstract: An embedded wire-grid polarizer (WGP) can include ribs 13 located over a surface of a transparent substrate 11, gaps 16 between the ribs 13, and a fill-layer 15 substantially filling the gaps 16. The fill-layer can have a relatively high index of refraction, such as greater than 1.4. At a wavelength of light incident upon the WGP, E? transmission can be greater than E? transmission. E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation parallel to a length L of the ribs, and E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation perpendicular to a length L of the ribs. This embedded, inverse WGP is especially useful for polarizing, with high WGP performance, small wavelength (high-energy) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. UV) which are difficult to polarize with conventional WGPs (E? transmission >E? transmission).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Moxtek, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted Wangensteen, Bin Wang, Matt George, Paul Steven Mills, Arash Farhang
  • Publication number: 20190154900
    Abstract: An embedded wire-grid polarizer (WGP) can include ribs 13 located over a surface of a transparent substrate 11, gaps 16 between the ribs 13, and a fill-layer 15 substantially filling the gaps 16. The fill-layer can have a relatively high index of refraction, such as greater than 1.4. At a wavelength of light incident upon the WGP, E? transmission can be greater than E? transmission. E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation parallel to a length L of the ribs, and E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation perpendicular to a length L of the ribs. This embedded, inverse WGP is especially useful for polarizing, with high WGP performance, small wavelength (high-energy) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. UV) which are difficult to polarize with conventional WGPs (E? transmission>E? transmission).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ted Wangensteen, Bin Wang, Matt George, Paul Steven Mills, Arash Farhang
  • Patent number: 10234613
    Abstract: An embedded, inverse wire-grid polarizer (WGP) includes ribs 13 located over a surface of a transparent substrate 11, gaps 16 between the ribs 13, and a fill-layer 15 substantially filling the gaps 16. The fill-layer has a relatively high index of refraction, such as greater than 1.4. At a wavelength of light incident upon the WGP, E? transmission can be greater than E? transmission. E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation parallel to a length L of the ribs, and E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation perpendicular to a length L of the ribs. This embedded, inverse WGP is especially useful for polarizing, with high WGP performance, small wavelength (high-energy) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. UV) which are difficult to polarize with conventional WGPs (E? transmission>E? transmission).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Moxtek, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted Wangensteen, Bin Wang, Matt George, Paul Steven Mills, Arash Farhang
  • Patent number: 10143113
    Abstract: An immersion cooling tank includes: a tank comprised of a base wall, and perimeter walls, and having a lower tank volume in which a liquid can be maintained and heated to a boiling point to generate a rising plume of vapor; a rack structure within the tank volume that supports insertion of multiple, heat dissipating electronic devices in a side-by-side vertical configuration; and a condenser configured as a plurality of individually rotatable condenser sub-units, with each condenser sub-unit located above a vertical space that extends vertically from the lower tank volume and within which an electronic device can be inserted. Each individual condenser sub-unit can be opened independent of the other sub-units and each other condenser sub-unit can remain in a closed position while a first condenser sub-unit is opened to allow access to a first vertical space and any existing electrical device contained therein below the first condenser sub-unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Michael Shelnutt, James Don Curlee, Richard Steven Mills
  • Publication number: 20170285237
    Abstract: An embedded, inverse wire-grid polarizer (WGP) includes ribs 13 located over a surface of a transparent substrate 11, gaps 16 between the ribs 13, and a fill-layer 15 substantially filling the gaps 16. The fill-layer has a relatively high index of refraction, such as greater than 1.4. At a wavelength of light incident upon the WGP, E? transmission can be greater than E? transmission. E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation parallel to a length L of the ribs, and E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation perpendicular to a length L of the ribs. This embedded, inverse WGP is especially useful for polarizing, with high WGP performance, small wavelength (high-energy) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. UV) which are difficult to polarize with conventional WGPs (E? transmission>E? transmission).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ted Wangensteen, Bin Wang, Matt George, Paul Steven Mills, Arash Farhang
  • Patent number: 9773526
    Abstract: A system for cooling hard disk drives (HDDs) includes: an enclosure having (i) a lower volume within which a cooling liquid is heated to a boiling point to cause some of the cooling liquid to evaporate, creating a plume of rising vapor and (ii) an upper volume having (a) a HDD cooling area with HDD(s) placed in the direct path of the rising vapor, which cools the HDD(s) during functional operation of the HDD(s) and (b) a condenser located above the HDD cooling area and which cools a substantial portion of the rising vapor that impacts the condenser within the upper volume such that the rising vapor condenses back into liquid phase on contact with the condenser; and a heat source that dissipates heat into the lower volume of the enclosure, sufficient to heat the cooling liquid to the boiling point temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Michael Shelnutt, James Don Curlee, Edmond I. Bailey, Richard Steven Mills
  • Patent number: 9699938
    Abstract: A system may include a chassis having a pair of stationary rails mechanically coupled thereto. Each stationary rail may receive a corresponding telescoping sliding rail. Each stationary rail/sliding rail combination may be configured to convey a cooling fluid to or from a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Shelnutt, Christian Petersen, John Stuewe, Joseph Michael Sekel, Richard Steven Mills, Shane Kavanagh
  • Patent number: 9572271
    Abstract: Technology is provided for a wireless access device isolation cabinet for use in software testing on multiple mobile devices. The wireless access device isolation cabinet isolates each wireless access device and the mobile devices communicating with the wireless access device from other nearby wireless access devices. The wireless access device isolation cabinet can include an enclosure having a plurality of walls configured to enclose an isolation region. The walls are electrically conductive to shield electromagnetic interference from entering or exiting the isolation region. A wireless access device is disposed in the isolation region to communicate with one or more mobile devices. A device tray comprising a non-conductive panel and a pair of support beams is mounted within the isolation region and configured to support the mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Steven Mills, Fraidun Akhi, Justin Andrew Boseant, Irina Mikhaylovna Somin, Marquis Thomas, John Timon, William Redhawk Espinoza, Kriston A. Boston, Jonathan Richard Cook, Paul Robert Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20160381818
    Abstract: Technology is provided for a wireless access device isolation cabinet for use in software testing on multiple mobile devices. The wireless access device isolation cabinet isolates each wireless access device and the mobile devices communicating with the wireless access device from other nearby wireless access devices. The wireless access device isolation cabinet can include an enclosure having a plurality of walls configured to enclose an isolation region. The walls are electrically conductive to shield electromagnetic interference from entering or exiting the isolation region. A wireless access device is disposed in the isolation region to communicate with one or more mobile devices. A device tray comprising a non-conductive panel and a pair of support beams is mounted within the isolation region and configured to support the mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Steven Mills, Fraidun Akhi, Justin Andrew Boseant, Irina Mikhaylovna Somin, Marquis Thomas, John Timon, William Redhawk Espinoza, Kriston A. Boston, Jonathan Richard Cook, Paul Robert Reynolds
  • Patent number: 9485133
    Abstract: DCMI functionality is extended to platforms of a datacenter by integrating a management controller in each of plural platforms and interfacing the management controllers with a management server through a network. End users interface with platforms of the datacenter using DCMI protocol communications. The management server supports communication with management controllers by receiving DCMI messages and translating the DCMI messages to a text-based protocol for communications with the management controllers. In one embodiment, the management controllers push sensor information for their associated platforms to a sensor cache of the management server so that the management sensor references the cache to respond to DCMI requests for sensor information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: German Florez-Larrahondo, Jimmy D. Pike, Joseph Andrew Vivio, John Stuewe, Joseph M. Sekel, Richard Steven Mills
  • Publication number: 20160240226
    Abstract: A system for cooling hard disk drives (HDDs) includes: an enclosure having (i) a lower volume within which a cooling liquid is heated to a boiling point to cause some of the cooling liquid to evaporate, creating a plume of rising vapor and (ii) an upper volume having (a) a HDD cooling area with HDD(s) placed in the direct path of the rising vapor, which cools the HDD(s) during functional operation of the HDD(s) and (b) a condenser located above the HDD cooling area and which cools a substantial portion of the rising vapor that impacts the condenser within the upper volume such that the rising vapor condenses back into liquid phase on contact with the condenser; and a heat source that dissipates heat into the lower volume of the enclosure, sufficient to heat the cooling liquid to the boiling point temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: AUSTIN MICHAEL SHELNUTT, JAMES DON CURLEE, EDMOND I. BAILEY, RICHARD STEVEN MILLS
  • Publication number: 20160231487
    Abstract: An embedded, inverse wire-grid polarizer (WGP) includes ribs 13 located over a surface of a transparent substrate 11, gaps 16 between the ribs 13, and a fill-layer 15 substantially filling the gaps 16. The fill-layer has a relatively high index of refraction, such as greater than 1.4. At a wavelength of light incident upon the WGP, E? transmission can be greater than E? transmission. E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation parallel to a length L of the ribs, and E? is a polarization of light with an electric field oscillation perpendicular to a length L of the ribs. This embedded, inverse WGP is especially useful for polarizing, with high WGP performance, small wavelength (high-energy) regions of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. UV) which are difficult to polarize with conventional WGPs (E? transmission>E? transmission).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Ted Wangensteen, Bin Wang, Matt George, Paul Steven Mills, Arash Farhang
  • Publication number: 20160234970
    Abstract: An immersion cooling tank includes: a tank comprised of a base wall, and perimeter walls, and having a lower tank volume in which a liquid can be maintained and heated to a boiling point to generate a rising plume of vapor; a rack structure within the tank volume that supports insertion of multiple, heat dissipating electronic devices in a side-by-side vertical configuration; and a condenser configured as a plurality of individually rotatable condenser sub-units, with each condenser sub-unit located above a vertical space that extends vertically from the lower tank volume and within which an electronic device can be inserted. Each individual condenser sub-unit can be opened independent of the other sub-units and each other condenser sub-unit can remain in a closed position while a first condenser sub-unit is opened to allow access to a first vertical space and any existing electrical device contained therein below the first condenser sub-unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: AUSTIN MICHAEL SHELNUTT, JAMES DON CURLEE, RICHARD STEVEN MILLS
  • Patent number: 9351429
    Abstract: A fluid level control system includes: a first immersion cooling tank having a first volume of immersion cooling liquid and an inlet/outlet pipe extending from a base wall of the tank by which immersion cooling liquid can flow into and out of the first immersion cooling tank; at least one second volume of cooling liquid held within a liquid containing unit having a corresponding inlet/outlet pipe; and a pipe distribution system that physically connects the second volume of immersion cooling liquid to the first volume of immersion cooling liquid via respective inlet/outlet pipes and which enables fluid equilibrium to be maintained between the first volume of liquid and the second volume of liquid via gravitational equilibrium and/or passive level control such that a first volume level of the first volume of immersion cooling liquid remains substantially equal to a second volume level of the second volume of immersion cooling liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: DELL Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Michael Shelnutt, James D. Curlee, Edmond I. Bailey, Richard Steven Mills
  • Patent number: 9335802
    Abstract: A system for cooling hard disk drives (HDDs) includes: an enclosure having a lower volume within which a cooling liquid is heated to a boiling point temperature to cause some of the cooling liquid to evaporate into a plume of rising vapor; a HDD cooling area with at least one HDD placed in the direct path of the rising vapor, which cools the at least one HDD during functional operation of the at least one HDD; and a heat source that dissipates heat into the lower volume of the enclosure, sufficient to heat the cooling liquid to the boiling point temperature. The system can also include a condenser located above both the HDD cooling area. A substantial portion of the rising vapor that passes through the HDD cooling area and cools the at least one HDD is condensed back into liquid phase on contact with the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Michael Shelnutt, James D. Curlee, Edmond I. Bailey, Richard Steven Mills
  • Patent number: 9328964
    Abstract: An immersion cooling tank includes: a tank comprised of a base wall, and perimeter walls, and having a lower tank volume in which a liquid can be maintained and heated to a boiling point to generate a rising plume of vapor; a rack structure within the tank volume that supports insertion of multiple, heat dissipating electronic devices in a side-by-side vertical configuration; and a condenser configured as a plurality of individually rotatable condenser sub-units, with each condenser sub-unit located above a vertical space that extends vertically from the lower tank volume and within which an electronic device can be inserted. Each individual condenser sub-unit can be opened independent of the other sub-units and each other condenser sub-unit can remain in a closed position while a first condenser sub-unit is opened to allow access to a first vertical space and any existing electrical device contained therein below the first condenser sub-unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Michael Shelnutt, James D. Curlee, Richard Steven Mills
  • Patent number: 9144179
    Abstract: An immersion cooling tank comprises: a dielectric liquid disposed within a lower volume of the tank; at least one electronic equipment immersed within the dielectric liquid and which requires electrical power to operate; and at least one power distribution unit and/or a bus bar distribution system submerged beneath a surface of the dielectric liquid and providing electrical power to the at least one electronic equipment. The immersion cooling tank further includes a condenser located vertically above the dielectric fluid and the at least one electronic equipment, and through which is flowing a condensation fluid that has a lower density than the dielectric liquid. A leak of the condensation fluid into the tank volume results in the condensation fluid floating atop the dielectric liquid and prevents the condensation liquid from coming into contact with the power distribution unit. The bus bar distribution system enables blind mating of inserted electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Michael Shelnutt, James D. Curlee, Edmond I. Bailey, Joseph M. Sekel, John R. Stuewe, Richard Steven Mills
  • Patent number: 8933312
    Abstract: An apparatus for synchronized digital sheet music display and audio playback comprises an electronic appliance. The apparatus includes an audio output for playing an audio recording of a piece of music and a display for displaying the piece of music in notation form, including a first portion thereof and comprising elements representing discrete segments of the piece of music that may be identified, displayed, and highlighted. The apparatus further comprises software for controllably playing the recording of and displaying the piece of music, highlighting a second portion of the piece of music within and advancing through the first, and synchronizing the highlighted second portion with the audio played from the audio output. The software further supports an electronic book format, displaying and playing book contents containing both written language and music notation. Audio playback includes both music and a voice reading the language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: MakeMusic, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Good, Steven Mills
  • Publication number: 20140216686
    Abstract: An immersion cooling tank includes: a tank comprised of a base wall, and perimeter walls, and having a lower tank volume in which a liquid can be maintained and heated to a boiling point to generate a rising plume of vapor; a rack structure within the tank volume that supports insertion of multiple, heat dissipating electronic devices in a side-by-side vertical configuration; and a condenser configured as a plurality of individually rotatable condenser sub-units, with each condenser sub-unit located above a vertical space that extends vertically from the lower tank volume and within which an electronic device can be inserted. Each individual condenser sub-unit can be opened independent of the other sub-units and each other condenser sub-unit can remain in a closed position while a first condenser sub-unit is opened to allow access to a first vertical space and any existing electrical device contained therein below the first condenser sub-unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Michael Shelnutt, James D. Curlee, Richard Steven Mills
  • Publication number: 20140218859
    Abstract: A system for cooling hard disk drives (HDDs) includes: an enclosure having a lower volume within which a cooling liquid is heated to a boiling point temperature to cause some of the cooling liquid to evaporate into a plume of rising vapor; a HDD cooling area with at least one HDD placed in the direct path of the rising vapor, which cools the at least one HDD during functional operation of the at least one HDD; and a heat source that dissipates heat into the lower volume of the enclosure, sufficient to heat the cooling liquid to the boiling point temperature. The system can also include a condenser located above both the HDD cooling area. A substantial portion of the rising vapor that passes through the HDD cooling area and cools the at least one HDD is condensed back into liquid phase on contact with the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Austin Michael Shelnutt, James D. Curlee, Edmond I. Bailey, Richard Steven Mills