Patents by Inventor Tahir Cader

Tahir Cader 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).

  • Conducting plastic cold plates
    Patent number: 10433458
    Abstract: Cold plates are described herein. In one example, a cold plate can include a thermally conductive plastic forming a coolant channel that includes a heat spreader formed into the thermally conductive plastic and an exterior surface of the thermally conductive plastic with a coupling location to couple a heat pipe to the exterior surface of the thermally conductive plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: Tahir Cader, Harvey Lunsman
  • COOLING DISTRIBUTION UNIT FLOW RATE
    Publication number: 20190243430
    Abstract: In some examples, a system may include a plurality of cooling distribution units (CDUs) to control cooling of a plurality of computing devices based in part on average differential pressure between a supply and return for each of the plurality of CDUs, temperature of coolant in a loop flowing between each of the plurality of CDUs and computing devices, and facility valve position for each of the plurality of CDUs, wherein one CDU of the plurality of the CDUs is nominated lead CDU and broadcasts flow rate to the plurality of CDUs to follow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Slaby, Aaron Childers, Tuong Tran, Tahir Cader
  • LIQUID COOLANT SUPPLY
    Publication number: 20190227606
    Abstract: Apparatuses associated with liquid coolant supply are disclosed. One example apparatus is a computing cartridge which includes a first electronic device and a liquid-cooled cold plate. The computing cartridge also includes a first thermal couple between the first electronic device and the cold plate. The computing cartridge also includes an inlet fluid connector. The inlet fluid connector may supply a liquid coolant to the cold plate. The computing cartridge also includes an outlet fluid connector. The outlet fluid connector may facilitate return of the coolant from the cold plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: John Franz, Tahir Cader, Cullen E. Bash, Niru Kumari, Sarah Anthony, Sergio Escobar-Vargas, Siamak Tavallaei
  • Chassis cooling resource
    Patent number: 10356959
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a chassis cooling resource. In some examples, a chassis cooling resource includes a controller, comprising instructions to detect a failure corresponding to a first cooling system of a first chassis coupled to a server rack, and alter settings of a second cooling system of a second chassis coupled the server rack to provide additional cooling resources to the first cooling system in response to the detected failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: John P. Franz, Tahir Cader, Matthew Richard Slaby
  • Adaptive cooling assembly
    Patent number: 10356957
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to an adaptive cooling assembly. For example, an adaptive cooling assembly includes a removable shelf installed in the adaptive cooling assembly, an adaptive cooling bay located in a slot formed by the removable shelf, and a removable thermal bus bar installed in the adaptive cooling bay and connected to a pair of connectors. The adaptive cooling bay includes the pair of connectors and the removable thermal bus bar provides liquid cooling to an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: John P Franz, Tahir Cader
  • Coolant leak detection based on a nanosensor resistance measurement
    Patent number: 10337950
    Abstract: Examples herein relate to detecting a coolant leak. For example, a system includes a nanosensor coupled to an airflow channel in a server. The nanosensor provides a resistance measurement to a controller. The system includes the controller coupled to the nanosensor. The controller detects the coolant leak based on the resistance measurement from the nanosensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: Tahir Cader, Zhiyong Li, John Franz
  • Liquid cooling
    Patent number: 10330395
    Abstract: An assembly for liquid cooling is provided herein. The assembly 8 includes a thermal member, a support member, and a gasket. The thermal member includes an array of cooling pins formed of a thermally conductive material to extend from the thermal member. The support member includes an inlet channel and an outlet channel. The inlet channel to provide a fluid to the array of cooling pins. The outlet channel to receive the fluid from the array of cooling pins. The gasket between the thermal member and the support member to form a cooling channel with a fluid tight seal therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: John P. Franz, Tahir Cader, Michael L. Sabotta, David A. Moore
  • DATA CENTER FUEL CELLS
    Publication number: 20190146565
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to data center fuel cells. In some examples, a controller for data center fuel cells can include instructions to: determine when a load for a data center that exceeds a power threshold, determine a first quantity of power to be provided by a first power source and a second quantity of power to be provided by a second power source such that a sum of the first quantity of power and the second quantity of power is equal to or exceeds the power threshold for the data center, provide the first quantity of power utilizing the first power source, wherein the first quantity of power is less than the power threshold, and provide the second quantity of power utilizing the second power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Tahir Cader, Javier Izquierdo
  • Sensor members
    Patent number: 10240997
    Abstract: An assembly to detect fluid leaks is provided herein. For example, the assembly includes a plug, a gasket, and a sensor member. The plug is connected to a first electronic module. The gasket surrounds the plug to provide a fluid-tight seal around the plug. The sensor member is connected to the gasket to detect fluid loss that exceeds a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: John Franz, Tahir Cader, William Kirk Norton
  • VALVE FAILURE PREDICTIONS
    Publication number: 20190079815
    Abstract: In one implementation, a system for valve failure prediction includes a temperature engine to determine a temperature of a liquid exiting a cooling device, a flowrate engine to compare an actual flow rate of the liquid exiting the cooling device to a flow rate threshold, a prediction engine to determine when a valve of the cooling device is malfunctioning based on the comparison of the actual flow rate and the flow rate threshold, and a notification engine to notify a user when the valve of the cooling device is malfunctioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Tahir Cader, John Franz
  • Management of airflow provisioning to meet a cooling influence redundancy level
    Patent number: 10228668
    Abstract: In an implementation, airflow provisioning in an area by a plurality of fluid moving devices is managed through assignment of the fluid moving devices to monitor and regulate conditions at respective subsets of a plurality of locations based upon determined influence levels of the fluid moving devices on the respective locations to meet a predefined cooling influence redundancy level. The predefined cooling influence redundancy level for a particular location identifies a number of the fluid moving devices that are to monitor and regulate a condition at the particular location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: Rongliang Zhou, Cullen E. Base, Tahir Cader, Zhiki Wang
  • CHASSIS COOLING RESOURCE
    Publication number: 20190037734
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a chassis cooling resource. In some examples, a chassis cooling resource includes a controller, comprising instructions to detect a failure corresponding to a first cooling system of a first chassis coupled to a server rack, and alter settings of a second cooling system of a second chassis coupled the server rack to provide additional cooling resources to the first cooling system in response to the detected failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: John P. Franz, Tahir Cader, Matthew Richard Slaby
  • CHASSIS COOLING RESOURCE
    Publication number: 20190037731
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a chassis cooling resource. In some examples, a chassis cooling resource includes a controller, comprising instructions to detect a failure corresponding to a first cooling system of a first chassis coupled to a server rack, and alter settings of a second cooling system of a second chassis coupled the server rack to provide additional cooling resources to the first cooling system in response to the detected failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: John P. Franz, Tahir Cader, Matthew Richard Slaby
  • Thermal bus bar
    Patent number: 10185375
    Abstract: An example method includes positioning a thermal bus bar into a bus bar support channel of a cooling wall, the cooling wall comprising a plurality of thermal bus bars. The positioning comprises removably connecting first portions of at least two dripless connectors coupled to a fluid flow path of the thermal bus bar to second portions of the dripless connectors coupled to coolant transport lines that receive and return coolant from a coolant source. The method further includes flowing coolant received from the coolant transport lines through the fluid flow path and returning the coolant to the coolant transport lines. The thermal bus bar is positioned while coolant provided by the coolant transport lines is flowing through other thermal bus bars of the cooling wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: John Franz, Tahir Cader, William K. Norton
  • ROUTING A COOLING MEMBER ALONG A BOARD
    Publication number: 20180359881
    Abstract: Examples herein disclose a system including a board and a cooling member. The board includes a first surface, a second surface, and a midpoint between the first and the surface, the boards supports an electrical component on the first surface. The cooling member is routed along the second surface of the board and delivers cooling liquid to the electrical component by crossing the midpoint of the board from the second surface to the first surface. The cooling member routes heated liquid from the electrical component by crossing the midpoint of the board from the first surface to the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Tahir Cader, Minh H. Nguyen
  • Adjustment of a pump speed based on a valve position
    Patent number: 10143111
    Abstract: Examples herein disclose a coolant distribution unit (CDU) including a valve, a pump, and a controller. The valve controls a coolant through the CDU and the pump maintains a differential pressure of coolant to data center components. The controller exclusively controls the CDU to determine a position of the valve. In the response to the determined position of the valve, the CDU adjusts a speed of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: Matthew Slaby, Tuong Q Tran, Aaron Michael Childers, Tahir Cader
  • FAULT REPRESENTATION OF COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20180321977
    Abstract: In one example, a system for fault representation of computing infrastructures includes an infrastructure engine to determine a fault relationship between a first element and a second element within a computing infrastructure, wherein the fault relationship represents an ability of the first element and the second element to function, a representation engine to generate a fault representation of the computing infrastructure based on the determined fault relationship between the first element and the second element within the computing infrastructure, and a workload engine to assign workloads to the computing infrastructure based on the fault representation of the computing infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: David A. Moore, Zhikui Wang, Charles W. Cochran, Tahir Cader, Andrew Brown, John P. Franz, Christopher L. Holmes
  • Heat dissipating system
    Patent number: 10123464
    Abstract: Heat dissipating system and method are disclosed. An example method includes removing heat from a rack component via a thermal transport. The method also includes applying a pressure at a fluid cooled thermal bus bar on a rack system to form a thermally conductive dry disconnect interface and form a heat path between the thermal transport and the fluid cooled thermal bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: David A Moore, John P Franz, Tahir Cader, Michael L Sabotta
  • FUEL CELL TO POWER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20180316030
    Abstract: An example system is provided herein. The system includes a fuel cell coupled to the set of electronic components. The fuel cell provides power to the set of electronic components when a set of conditions are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Tahir Cader, Hai Ngoc Nguyen, Javier F. Izquierdo, Ameya Soparkar, Mark Joseph Lepore
  • IDENTIFYING COOLING LOOP CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20180317347
    Abstract: An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a collection engine and a correlation engine to identify cooling loop characteristics. The collection engine is to collect data from devices associated with cooling loops. The correlation engine is to identify, based on the data collected, a common loop from among the cooling loops, and which of the devices are associated with the common loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Tahir Cader, David A. Moore, Greg Scott Long