Patents Assigned to Super Micro Computer, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11362935
    Abstract: A computer network includes a server computer having communication ports that are wired to switch ports of two separate network switches. The network switches receive link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) packets from other network devices, and automatically aggregate corresponding switch ports into a port channel aggregation based on the contents of the LLDP packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventor: Sahul Hameed Abdul Kader Jailani
  • Publication number: 20220183144
    Abstract: A circuit board has an electrical circuit and a connector that is attached to the circuit board. The connector has metal contacts. A housing of the connector has an embedded reference metal layer that is disposed under a single-ended metal contact or differential metal contacts. The reference metal layer sets the impedance of the single-ended metal contact or the differential metal contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Manhtien V. PHAN, Mau-Lin CHOU, Chih-Hao LEE
  • Patent number: 11350534
    Abstract: A telecommunication cabinet includes a cabinet body, a cabinet door module, and a detachable hinge. The cabinet body includes a cabinet and a telecommunication module disposed in the cabinet. The cabinet door module includes a cabinet door and a function module. The detachable hinge includes a first shaft seat, a second shaft seat and a pivot shaft. The cabinet door module is pivotally rotatable with respect to the cabinet through the pivot shaft inserted to the first shaft seat and the second shaft seat. The cabinet door module is detachably coupled to the cabinet body to facilitate replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Tienen Chao
  • Patent number: 11316904
    Abstract: A server management switch discovers and identifies its switch ports that are connected to communication ports of baseband management controllers (BMC's) of server computers. The server management switch isolates the identified BMC-connected switch ports such that network traffic on a BMC-connected switch port is restricted to a switch port that has a connection, either directly by a link or over a server management network, to a server management computer. Network traffic on BMC-connected switch ports are monitored and controlled in various ways to further protect the BMC's from security attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventor: Sahul Hameed Abdul Kader Jailani
  • Patent number: 11297713
    Abstract: A circuit board has an electrical circuit and a connector that is attached to the circuit board. The connector has metal contacts. A housing of the connector has an embedded reference metal layer that is disposed under a single-ended metal contact or differential metal contacts. The reference metal layer sets the impedance of the single-ended metal contact or the differential metal contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Manhtien V. Phan, Mau-Lin Chou, Chih-Hao Lee
  • Publication number: 20220104384
    Abstract: A pole mount system has an enclosure, an enclosure mounting assembly, and a clamp system. The enclosure mounting assembly is affixed to the exterior of the enclosure. The clamp system grips the pole. The enclosure mounting assembly and the clamp system have complementary fastening structures to secure the enclosure to the pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei CHEN, Tienen CHAO
  • Publication number: 20220084174
    Abstract: A target image of a target circuit board and a gold image of a gold circuit board are taken by an image acquisition system. Fiducial points are located on the target image and on the gold image. Perspective transformation is performed on the target image using the fiducial points on the target image for reference and on the gold image using the fiducial points on the gold image for reference. After perspective transformation, an anomalous section of the target image is identified by identifying pixels that have different intensities between the target image and the gold image, the anomalous section being indicative of an unauthorized modification to the target circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo-Han WO, Chun-Yi LIN, Yu-Lung SHIH, Kai Cheng WEN, Kevin Wei-Chou CHEN, Yu-Jung LIANG, Pei Hsiang YANG, Jenn-Chih CHOU
  • Patent number: 11259435
    Abstract: A system includes a support frame residing within a region conforming to a 3.5-inch form-factor disk drive specification, and a plurality of data storage drives, wherein each data storage drive resides entirely within the region. Each data storage drive conforms to a 2.5-inch form-factor disk drive specification, is mounted on the support frame via at least one external mounting hole that is positioned on a surface of the data storage drive in conformance with the 2.5-inch form-factor disk drive specification, is communicatively coupled to a backplane via an electrical connection device, and the electrical connection device includes a flexible electrical connector that, when coupled to a first end of the data storage drive, does not extend beyond the region, and has a removal tab through which a removal force is exerted to urge the data storage drive away from the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventor: Hsiao-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 11245644
    Abstract: A computer network includes a server computer having communication ports that are wired to switch ports of two separate network switches. The network switches receive link aggregation control packets from the server computer, and automatically aggregate corresponding switch ports into a single logical port channel based on contents of the control packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventor: Sahul Hameed Abdul Kader Jailani
  • Publication number: 20220007501
    Abstract: A circuit board has an edge connector with signal traces. The signal traces are formed on a dielectric layer of the circuit board. A reference trace is formed within the dielectric layer or on another surface of the dielectric layer. Parameters of the reference trace are adjusted to set an impedance of a single-ended signal trace or a differential impedance of two adjacent signal traces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Manhtien V. PHAN, Mau-Lin CHOU, Chih-Hao LEE
  • Patent number: 11209990
    Abstract: An apparatus including a control unit, a memory having computer program code, and N groups of storage units electrically connected to the control unit is disclosed. Each of the N groups of storage units has N storage units, each of the N storage units has N storage regions, wherein N is a positive integer. The memory and the computer program code configured to, with the control unit, cause the apparatus to perform: storing a first data segment into an ith storage region of a first storage unit of a kth group of storage units; storing a fourth data segment into an ith storage region of a first storage it of a (k+1)th group of storage units; storing a fifth data segment into an ith storage region of a second storage unit of the (k+1)th group of storage units; and storing a sixth data segment into an ith storage region of a third storage unit of the (k+1)th group of storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventor: Hung-Ming Chien
  • Patent number: 11212179
    Abstract: Various embodiments set forth a method for automatically configuring a multi-chassis link aggregation group (MLAG), including receiving first system information associated with the MLAG, receiving a first discovery packet via a first uplink port associated with a first switch that is included in the MLAG, where the first discovery packet includes second system information associated with the MLAG, determining whether the first system information matches the second system information, where if the first system information matches the second system information, then concluding that the first uplink port is included in an inter peer link connecting the first switch to a second switch that also is included in the MLAG, and if the first system information does not match the second system information, then concluding that the first uplink port is not included in the inter peer link. Advantageously, the method avoids requiring a user to enter hundreds of commands manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventor: Sahul Hameed Abdul Kader Jailani
  • Patent number: 11197389
    Abstract: A server chassis includes an outer case including a plurality of outer shells and an insertion space. The outer shell has an inner wall, and an outer rail structure is disposed on the inner wall of the outer shell. The outer rail structures including an outer rail-plate, an outer-rail and a set of ball slide rail. A chassis body is slidably coupled to the insertion space. The chassis body includes inner shells and an accommodating space. An inner rail structure includes an inner rail-plate, and the chassis body is capable of sliding with respect to the outer case through the inner rail-plate inserted in the outer-rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Ken-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11191183
    Abstract: A fan module includes a fan body and metal plates. The fan body has a fan seat, and the fan seat is provided with coupling holes. The metal plates enclose the fan body and expose an outlet side. The position assembly includes a position frame and position members. The position frame has an air outlet and is fixed on the outlet side. The airflow shielding structure includes shutter plates and a connection rod. One side of the shutter plates are pivoted at the position frame, and the shuttle plates are capable of turning simultaneously for opening and closing the air outlet so as to maintain the normal operation of the server fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Ken-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11178792
    Abstract: A telecommunication cabinet includes a first and a second cabinet bodies, an internal fan, a partition board, multiple heat dissipation pipes and an external fan. The first cabinet body includes an upper slot and a lower slot. The second cabinet body covers the first cabinet body and includes an air inlet and an air outlet. The internal fan is arranged in the first cabinet body. The partition board is connected with the second cabinet body and includes multiple air vents and multiple air intakes. The heat dissipation pipes are disposed in the second cabinet body and include multiple upper nozzles and multiple lower nozzles. Multiple heat dissipation channels are disposed between the heat dissipation pipes. The external fan is disposed on a bottom inside the second cabinet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Tienen Chao
  • Patent number: 11166367
    Abstract: A circuit board has an edge connector with signal traces. The signal traces are formed on a dielectric layer of the circuit board. A reference trace is formed within the dielectric layer or on another surface of the dielectric layer. Parameters of the reference trace are adjusted to set an impedance of a single-ended signal trace or a differential impedance of two adjacent signal traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Manhtien V. Phan, Mau-Lin Chou, Chih-Hao Lee
  • Patent number: 11124358
    Abstract: A roller platform apparatus includes a rigid plate, a set of bearings mounted on the rigid plate, and a set of one or more bars attached to the rigid plate. The set of bars is configured to restrict movement of a load into a space between the set of bearings and lower than the height of the one of more bars, and the height of the one or more bars is lower than the height of the first set of bearings and higher than the rigid plate. At least one advantage in this approach is that an equipment rack can be transported without the use of casters that are permanently attached to the equipment rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Chinghorng (Charlie) Wu, Peter Wang
  • Patent number: 11119876
    Abstract: A computer system includes a circuit board, one or more connectors/sockets and a first controller. The connectors/sockets are disposed on the circuit board. The first controller is configured to receive information corresponding to parameters of the circuit board and/or the connectors/sockets before booting up the computer system to run an operating system (OS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Mao Sui Wang, Pao-Ting An
  • Patent number: 11113232
    Abstract: A computer system includes a processor and a memory. The processor is located on a first circuit board having a first connector. The memory is located on a second circuit board having a second connector. The first circuit board and the second board are physically separated from each other but connect to each other through the connector. The processor and the memory are communicated to each other based on a differential signaling scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Vivek Joshi, Chih-Chieh Chang, Chang-Hsin Geng
  • Publication number: 20210235578
    Abstract: A circuit board has an edge connector with signal traces. The signal traces are formed on a dielectric layer of the circuit board. A reference trace is formed within the dielectric layer or on another surface of the dielectric layer. Parameters of the reference trace are adjusted to set an impedance of a single-ended signal trace or a differential impedance of two adjacent signal traces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Manhtien V. PHAN, Mau-Lin CHOU, Chih-Hao LEE