Patents by Inventor Andrew Butcher

Andrew Butcher 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).

  • Publication number: 20250077410
    Abstract: A method for provisioning swap spaces. The method includes: receiving, from a platform orchestrator of a service delivery platform and directed to provisioning a swap space, a swap space instruction specifying a swap space owner and a swap space size; requesting, from the platform orchestrator in response to receiving the swap space instruction and subsequently receiving, a swap space configuration associated with the swap space; based on at least a portion of the swap space configuration: selecting, at least based on the swap space size, at least one physical memory device; creating at least one volume on the at least one physical memory device; creating an emulated memory drive using the at least one volume; and presenting, to the swap space owner, the emulated memory drive as attached swap space representing the swap space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Leonard Deonarine, Arulnambi Raju, Wade Andrew Butcher
  • Patent number: 12242375
    Abstract: A method for provisioning swap spaces. The method includes: receiving, from a platform orchestrator of a service delivery platform and directed to provisioning a swap space, a swap space instruction specifying a swap space owner and a swap space size; requesting, from the platform orchestrator in response to receiving the swap space instruction and subsequently receiving, a swap space configuration associated with the swap space; based on at least a portion of the swap space configuration: selecting, at least based on the swap space size, at least one physical memory device; creating at least one volume on the at least one physical memory device; creating an emulated memory drive using the at least one volume; and presenting, to the swap space owner, the emulated memory drive as attached swap space representing the swap space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Jonathan Leonard Deonarine, Arulnambi Raju, Wade Andrew Butcher
  • Patent number: 12215888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air treatment method and a system (1a-1f) arranged for treating an air flow (3) to be entered into a semiconductor clean room. Said air flow (3) comprises at least one vapour phase compound, and wherein the air flow (3) is subjected to at least one first treatment process arranged for reducing the concentration of the at least one vapour phase compound in the treated air flow below a predefined threshold, and wherein said first treatment process comprises subjecting the air flow to at least one photooxidation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AIRLICH IP ApS
    Inventors: Thomas Rosenørn, Jonas Ingemar, Andrew Butcher, Cecilie Litske Carstens
  • Patent number: 12153643
    Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor; and an information handling resource, wherein the information handling resource has hardware definition information associated therewith, and wherein the hardware definition information is not stored in a physical storage resource of the information handling resource; wherein the information handling system is configured to: determine a storage location of a database including the hardware definition information of the information handling resource; and retrieve the hardware definition information from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yayun Liu, Wade Andrew Butcher, Deepaganesh Paulraj
  • Publication number: 20240308498
    Abstract: A controller, while a motor is deactivated and a corresponding inverter is disabled, enables an engine for propulsion of a vehicle such that the motor rotates at a speed due to the propulsion, and commands variable voltage control circuitry to generate a target input voltage for the inverter that is based on a speed limit for the vehicle such that the speed of the motor corresponding to the vehicle travelling results in zero braking torque from the motor and zero charging current flow to a traction battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Xuemei SUN, David Michael BEVAN, Jonathan Andrew BUTCHER, Carol Louise OKUBO, Russell Michael CHARLES
  • Publication number: 20240253519
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a high-voltage (HV) bus and a controller. The controller, during assembly of a control system including a plurality of HV devices to be installed in a predefined order such that one of the HV devices is installed before an other of the HV devices, and responsive to detecting presence of the other of the HV devices and absence of the one of the HV devices, disconnects a traction battery from the HV bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler James-Ray KALDOBSKY, Jonathan Andrew BUTCHER
  • Patent number: 12043124
    Abstract: A vehicle power system includes at least one main switch to electrically connect a traction battery and electric machine, at least one DC charge switch to electrically connect the traction battery and a DC charge port when the at least one main switch is closed, and a controller to, while the DC charge port is disconnected from a DC power source, sequentially close the at least one DC charge switch and then the at least one main switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Graham Lynn Briggs, Yuan Zhang, Jonathan Andrew Butcher, Wai Hwa Fong
  • Publication number: 20240232276
    Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor; and an information handling resource, wherein the information handling resource has hardware definition information associated therewith, and wherein the hardware definition information is not stored in a physical storage resource of the information handling resource; wherein the information handling system is configured to: determine a storage location of a database including the hardware definition information of the information handling resource; and retrieve the hardware definition information from the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yayun LIU, Wade Andrew BUTCHER, Deepaganesh PAULRAJ
  • Patent number: 11989147
    Abstract: An LCS networking device multi-host primary circuit board system includes a primary circuit board having a host processing system that provides an operating system for an LCS. A networking device connector on the circuit board is configured to connect to a networking device that performs networking operation(s) for the LCS, with the networking device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the host processing system to provide a first host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the host processing system. A first orchestrator device connector on the circuit board is configured to cable to an orchestrator device including an orchestrator processing system that performs orchestration operations for the LCS, with the first orchestrator device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the networking device connector to provide a second host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the orchestrator processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Andrew Butcher
  • Patent number: 11989579
    Abstract: The present disclosure enables proxied device ownership for a secondary processing system by providing a chassis housing a plurality of devices, a secondary processing system, and a central processing system that includes an integrated switch device that is coupled to each of the plurality of devices and the secondary processing system. The central processing system enter a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) mode in which the central processing system provides a BIOS that is configured to execute instructions and, using the BIOS, receives a transaction that was generated by the secondary processing system and that is directed to a first device that is include in the plurality of devices, and executes the transaction on the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Butcher, Shawn Joel Dube
  • Publication number: 20240134925
    Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor; and an information handling resource, wherein the information handling resource has hardware definition information associated therewith, and wherein the hardware definition information is not stored in a physical storage resource of the information handling resource; wherein the information handling system is configured to: determine a storage location of a database including the hardware definition information of the information handling resource; and retrieve the hardware definition information from the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yayun LIU, Wade Andrew BUTCHER, Deepaganesh PAULRAJ
  • Patent number: 11964080
    Abstract: An air treatment system (1) arranged for treating polluted air (Apol) at least by means of an air particle filter, and wherein said air treatment system comprises an air treatment unit placed upstream of the air particle filter and being arranged for directing a sub-flow (Asub) of the polluted air (Apol) through said air treatment unit (2) and for subjecting the sub-flow (Asub) to a photooxidation process. The photooxidation process in the air treatment unit (2) is so efficient that the overall concentration of gas-pollution of the combined air flow Acorn is significantly reduced whereby large volumes of polluted air can be treated in a fast, inexpensive and effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Airlich IP ApS
    Inventors: Thomas Rosenørn, Andrew Butcher, Jonas Ingemar, Cecilie Litske Carstens
  • Patent number: 11902106
    Abstract: A client-isolation internal/external fabric LCS provisioning system includes an orchestrator device coupled to a client device via an external fabric, and coupled to resource devices via an internal fabric that is not accessible to the client device via the external fabric. The orchestrator device configures the resource devices to communicate with each other in a manner that satisfies a workload intent for a workload requested by the client device, and presents an LCS provided using the configured resource devices to the client device via the external fabric. When the orchestrator device receives LCS communication(s) directed to the LCS from the client device via the external fabric, it provides instruction(s) to at least one of the resource devices via the internal fabric that are based on the LCS communication and that are configured to cause the at least one of the resource devices to perform function(s) for the LCS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas Lang Farley, Gaurav Chawla, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Tommi Salli, Andrew Butcher, Geoffrey A. Reid, John Harwood
  • Publication number: 20240020159
    Abstract: An LCS resource device utilization system includes an orchestrator device coupled to a processing system, a memory system, and resource device. The orchestrator device receives an LCS provisioning instruction to provide an LCS using the resource devices and, in response, emulates respective hot plug events for an operating system provided for the LCS using the processing system and between emulated resource devices for the resource devices that are provided via the orchestrator device and respective emulated ports on emulated switch device(s) that are presented to the operating system. The orchestrator device then receives an LCS stop provisioning instruction to stop providing the LCS and, in response, emulates respective hot removal events for the operating system and between the emulated resource devices and the respective emulated ports on the emulated switch device(s) that are presented to the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Srikrishna Ramaswamy, Glen Owen Sescila, III, Andrew Butcher
  • Publication number: 20230421461
    Abstract: A client-isolation internal/external fabric LCS provisioning system includes an orchestrator device coupled to a client device via an external fabric, and coupled to resource devices via an internal fabric that is not accessible to the client device via the external fabric. The orchestrator device configures the resource devices to communicate with each other in a manner that satisfies a workload intent for a workload requested by the client device, and presents an LCS provided using the configured resource devices to the client device via the external fabric. When the orchestrator device receives LCS communication(s) directed to the LCS from the client device via the external fabric, it provides instruction(s) to at least one of the resource devices via the internal fabric that are based on the LCS communication and that are configured to cause the at least one of the resource devices to perform function(s) for the LCS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Lang Farley, Gaurav Chawla, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Tommi Salli, Andrew Butcher, Geoffrey A. Reid, John Harwood
  • Publication number: 20230394001
    Abstract: An LCS networking device multi-host primary circuit board system includes a primary circuit board having a host processing system that provides an operating system for an LCS. A networking device connector on the circuit board is configured to connect to a networking device that performs networking operation(s) for the LCS, with the networking device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the host processing system to provide a first host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the host processing system. A first orchestrator device connector on the circuit board is configured to cable to an orchestrator device including an orchestrator processing system that performs orchestration operations for the LCS, with the first orchestrator device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the networking device connector to provide a second host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the orchestrator processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Andrew Butcher
  • Patent number: 11829798
    Abstract: An information handling system for compressing data includes multiple compression engines, a source data buffer to provide compression data to the compression engines, at least one destination data buffer to receive compressed data from the compression engines, and a compression engine driver. Each compression engine is configured to provide a different compression function. The compression engine driver directs each compression engine to compress data from the source data buffer, and retrieves select compressed data from a first one of the compression engines from the at least one destination data buffer. The selection is based upon a selection criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Butcher, Shyamkumar Iyer, Glen Sescila
  • Publication number: 20230322087
    Abstract: A vehicle power system includes at least one main switch to electrically connect a traction battery and electric machine, at least one DC charge switch to electrically connect the traction battery and a DC charge port when the at least one main switch is closed, and a controller to, while the DC charge port is disconnected from a DC power source, sequentially close the at least one DC charge switch and then the at least one main switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Graham Lynn Briggs, Yuan Zhang, Jonathan Andrew Butcher, Wai Hwa Fong
  • Patent number: 11775465
    Abstract: An intra-chassis device multi-management domain system includes a chassis housing a host processing system connected to first device(s), a secondary processing system connected to second device(s), and a management system connected to the first and second device(s). The management system may receive a first request for management access including first management domain access credentials, determine that the first management domain access credentials allow first access to a host domain associated with the host processing system and, in response, provide the first access to the first device(s) connected to the host processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Butcher, Shawn Joel Dube
  • Patent number: 11754490
    Abstract: An information handling system includes first and second lines of a differential pair. A baseboard management controller (BMC) periodically determines a resistance of the first line and a resistance of the second line. If the first resistance is substantially equal to the second resistance, then the BMC provides a corrosion signal to a remote diagnostic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Danny King, Wade Andrew Butcher, Sandor Farkas