Patents by Inventor Arthur Robert Nigro, Jr.

Arthur Robert Nigro, Jr. 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).

  • Techniques for cooling a set of circuit boards within a rack mount cabinet
    Patent number: 7187547
    Abstract: A data storage subsystem is configured to mount within a rack mount cabinet. The data storage subsystem includes a housing configured to mount to a set of vertical rails of the rack mount cabinet, a set of circuit boards configured to install in a vertically aligned manner within the housing to define a set of vertically oriented channels within a central space defined by the set of vertical rails of the rack mount cabinet, and a fan assembly configured to mount to the set of vertical rails in a position above the housing to generate a vertical air stream through the set of vertically oriented channels and to exhaust the vertical air stream to an external location above the rack mount cabinet. The vertical air stream enables robust heat removal from the set of circuit boards even if the rack mount cabinet does not reside in a cold-isle environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: F. William French, Arthur Robert Nigro, Jr.
  • Techniques for cooling a set of circuit boards within a rack mount cabinet
    Patent number: 6987673
    Abstract: A data storage subsystem is configured to mount within a rack mount cabinet. The data storage subsystem includes a housing configured to mount to a set of vertical rails of the rack mount cabinet, a set of circuit boards configured to install in a vertically aligned manner within the housing to define a set of vertically oriented channels within a central space defined by the set of vertical rails of the rack mount cabinet, and a fan assembly configured to mount to the set of vertical rails in a position above the housing to generate a vertical air stream through the set of vertically oriented channels and to exhaust the vertical air stream to an external location above the rack mount cabinet. The vertical air stream enables robust heat removal from the set of circuit boards even if the rack mount cabinet does not reside in a cold-isle environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: F. William French, Arthur Robert Nigro, Jr.