Patents by Inventor Tracy L. Smith

Tracy L. Smith 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: 10139878
    Abstract: A chassis may include a plurality of power supply units and a controller. The power supply units may be configured to deliver electrical energy to information handling resources disposed in the chassis. The controller may be communicatively coupled to the power supply units and configured to: receive operational parameters associated with the plurality of power supply units; receive user configuration parameters governing operation of components of the chassis; and based at least on the operational parameters and the user configuration parameters, determine if the controller and the plurality of power supply units are capable of operating in an enhanced power performance mode, wherein when operating in the enhanced power performance mode, one or more power supply units that would otherwise operate as idle redundant power supplies in absence of the enhanced power performance mode are oversubscribed to allocate electrical energy to the information handling resources disposed in the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ashish Munjal, Michael Louis Hobbs, Tracy L. Smith, William Fonkou Tambe, Sunil A. Vyas, Andrey Krokhin
  • Publication number: 20150261272
    Abstract: A chassis may include a plurality of power supply units and a controller. The power supply units may be configured to deliver electrical energy to information handling resources disposed in the chassis. The controller may be communicatively coupled to the power supply units and configured to: receive operational parameters associated with the plurality of power supply units; receive user configuration parameters governing operation of components of the chassis; and based at least on the operational parameters and the user configuration parameters, determine if the controller and the plurality of power supply units are capable of operating in an enhanced power performance mode, wherein when operating in the enhanced power performance mode, one or more power supply units that would otherwise operate as idle redundant power supplies in absence of the enhanced power performance mode are oversubscribed to allocate electrical energy to the information handling resources disposed in the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ashish Munjal, Michael Louis Hobbs, Tracy L. Smith, William Fonkou Tambe, Sunil A. Vyas, Andrey Krokhin
  • Patent number: 5466162
    Abstract: An electrical connector made of overlapping layers of flexible film 8 carrying conductive traces 9 for interconnecting pins 1 to connection pads 10 on a printed circuit board surface 2a. Cylindrical elastomeric bodies 11 having parallel spaced apart conductors 25 thereon connect the traces 9 to the pads 10. Pins 1 impinge a rigid backing plate 18 upon axial forces to the pins 1 which resists axial movement of the pins 1 relative to solder joints 19 between the pins 1 and the traces 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Schroepfer, Tracy L. Smith
  • Patent number: 5127843
    Abstract: A connector 1 comprising: conductive contact means 14 for connection to a corresponding signal conductor 3 of an electrical cable 2, a conductive shell, insulator means 15 for separating the contact means 14 and the conductive shell, an insulative housing 8 with a key 31 for orienting and covering the conductive shell 16 and the insulator means 15, and insulative coupling means 9 for disconnectable coupling to a complementary connector and adapted for movement along a portion of the insulative housing 8 with an interference fit therewith to a position for rotation with the insulative housing 8 while interlocked with a second portion of the insulative housing 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Randall R. Henry, Tracy L. Smith
  • Patent number: 5030138
    Abstract: A connector assembly 6 comprises, conductive contacts 9 for connection to wires 2, 5 of at least one electrical cable 1, an insulative housing block 16, the contacts 9 being on superimposed lead frames 12A, 12B, and the lead frames 12A, 12B are bent for positioning the contacts 9 parallel with one another in a row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Randolph E. Capp, Keith S. Koegel, Tracy L. Smith
  • Patent number: 4998895
    Abstract: A packaged connector 1 comprising, a preassembled connector 1 in a transparent package 25, a conductive contact 7 having a friction socket 18 facing an open end of the package 25, and a loose ferrule 24 precisely positioned by the package 25 concentrically with a barrel 21 of the connector 1 for one step crimp connection of the ferrule 24 on a shield 5 of a cable 2, a concentric space 31 defined between the ferrule 24 and the barrel 21 to receive the shield 5 of the cable 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Edgar W. Forney, Andrew J. Gabany, Tracy L. Smith
  • Patent number: 4946392
    Abstract: A coaxial connector 17 comprises, a center contact 41, a dielectric body 50 encircling concentrically the center contact 41 and a conductive and unitary shell 25 encircling the dielectric body 50, and the shell 25 is adapted for insertion into and along a cavity 18 of a housing block 8, wherein each flange 31 of the shell 25 along a corresponding side of an open seam 30 projects outward radially from the shell 25 for alignment into and along a recess 20 extending inthe housing block 8, and a corresponding terminal 33 extends from each flange 31 through the recess 20 and outwardly of the housing block 8, and the corresponding terminals 33 are side by side to provide a composite, single post 34 for insertion into a single aperture of a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert J. Kobler, Ronald C. Laudig, Tracy L. Smith
  • Patent number: 4934960
    Abstract: Capacitive coupled connector 1 for mounting to a conductive panel comprises an insulative dielectric skirt section 25, a conductive shell 2 within the insulative body 25 and having cylindrical wall 6 with coupling portion for coupling the shell to the panel, an insulative dielectric liner section 26 within the conductive shell 2, a conductive contact 4 extending within the liner section 26, electrical capacitor elements 46 and 47 inset within the outer profile of the connector 1, and conductive clip 5 retaining the capacitor elements 46 and 47 in pressure contact with the shell 2, contact surfaces of the clip establishing a capacitive electrical coupling of the shell 2 and the panel. the insulative outer skirt section 25 and the insulative dielectric liner section 26 form a complex insulative body 3 having interconnecting sections 27 and 28 through apertures 23 and 24 in the cylindrical wall 6 of the conductive shell 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Randolph E. Capp, Tracy L. Smith
  • Patent number: 4846711
    Abstract: A coaxial connector (17) comprises, a center contact (41), a dielectric body (50) encircling concentrically the center contact (41) and a conductive and unitary shell (25) encircling the dielectric body (50), and the shell (25) is adapted for insertion into and along a cavity (18) of a housing block (8), wherein each flange (31) of the shell (25) along a corresponding side of an open seam (30) projects outward radially from the shell (25) for alignment into and along a recess (20) extending in the housing block (8), and a corresponding terminal (33) extends from each flange (31) through the recess (20) and outwardly of the housing block (8), and the corresponding terminals (33) are side by side to provide a composite, single post (34) for insertion into a single aperture of a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert J. Kobler, Ronald C. Laudig, Tracy L. Smith