Patents by Inventor Banha SOK

Banha SOK 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: 20230369885
    Abstract: A recovery current controller sets a recovery current cap for a power supply unit (PSU) based on power usage of a server. The power usage is determined based on the power consumption of the server, such as before, during, or after a switch from a default power feed to a backup power feed. The recovery current cap is less than a maximum available power of the PSU, thereby reducing or preventing tripped breakers and/or damaged bulk capacitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Haowei HSU, John Joseph SIEGLER, Banha SOK, Caroline Elizabeth LICHTENBERGER, Joseph Alek PIASECKI, Scot HEATH
  • Publication number: 20230327478
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes a rectifier configured to receive alternating current (AC) power. The UPS further includes a first output connected to the rectifier through an inverter. The first output is configured to output an AC power supply. The UPS also includes a second output connected to the rectifier through a battery backup and a stepdown converter. The second output is configured to output a direct current (DC) power supply in response to a detected power anomaly condition, thereby providing extra redundancy that allows for increased power availability and uptime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Banha SOK, Rameez K. KAZI, Shaun L. HARRIS, John J. SIEGLER
  • Patent number: 11715973
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes a rectifier configured to receive alternating current (AC) power. The UPS further includes a first output connected to the rectifier through an inverter. The first output is configured to output an AC power supply. The UPS also includes a second output connected to the rectifier through a battery backup and a stepdown converter. The second output is configured to output a direct current (DC) power supply in response to a detected power anomaly condition, thereby providing extra redundancy that allows for increased power availability and uptime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Banha Sok, Rameez K. Kazi, Shaun L. Harris, John J. Siegler
  • Publication number: 20230124698
    Abstract: A busbar connector includes an insulator body, a positive power delivery contact, a negative power delivery contact, and a side band contact. The insulator body has first prong and a second prong oriented in a longitudinal direction and proximate one another with a gap therebetween. The positive power delivery contact is on a first inner surface of the first prong adjacent the gap, and the negative power delivery contact is on a second inner surface of the second prong adjacent the gap. The side band contact is positioned on the insulator body and insulated from the positive power delivery contact and the negative power delivery contact by the insulator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Chadd Nathaniel GARTON, Banha SOK, Fredrick Anthony CONSTANTINO
  • Patent number: 11569751
    Abstract: A device for providing power to a server rack includes a first AC input port, a second AC input port, a first relay, a second relay, and an output port. The output port is electrically connected to both the first AC input port and second AC input port. The first relay is electrically between the first AC input port and the output port, and the second relay is electrically between the second AC input port and the output port. The first relay and second relay are configured to compare a first phase of a first voltage from the first AC input port to a second phase of a second voltage from the second AC input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Banha Sok, Brandon Devaul, Chadd Nathaniel Garton, John Joseph Siegler
  • Patent number: 11569623
    Abstract: A busbar connector includes an insulator body, a positive power delivery contact, a negative power delivery contact, and a side band contact. The insulator body has first prong and a second prong oriented in a longitudinal direction and proximate one another with a gap therebetween. The positive power delivery contact is on a first inner surface of the first prong adjacent the gap, and the negative power delivery contact is on a second inner surface of the second prong adjacent the gap. The side band contact is positioned on the insulator body and insulated from the positive power delivery contact and the negative power delivery contact by the insulator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chadd Nathaniel Garton, Banha Sok, Fredrick Anthony Constantino
  • Publication number: 20220045463
    Abstract: A busbar connector includes an insulator body, a positive power delivery contact, a negative power delivery contact, and a side band contact. The insulator body has first prong and a second prong oriented in a longitudinal direction and proximate one another with a gap therebetween. The positive power delivery contact is on a first inner surface of the first prong adjacent the gap, and the negative power delivery contact is on a second inner surface of the second prong adjacent the gap. The side band contact is positioned on the insulator body and insulated from the positive power delivery contact and the negative power delivery contact by the insulator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Chadd Nathaniel GARTON, Banha SOK, Fredrick Anthony CONSTANTINO
  • Patent number: 11126255
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer readable media for enabling a power shelf unit to communicate a power throttle signal to devices of a power rack (or other grouping of devices) via a busbar. In particular, systems disclosed herein involve detecting a trigger condition associated with throttling power on server devices of a server rack. In response to detecting the trigger condition, systems here cause a direct current (DC) power supply voltage to change from an operating voltage to a notification voltage for a period of time to alert or otherwise communicate to server devices coupled to the busbar of the trigger condition. Causing the DC power supply voltage to change to the notification voltage may cause processors on server devices to throttle power consumption in accordance with one or more power capping policies implanted thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Banha Sok, Rameez Kadar Kazi, Mark Andrew Shaw, Fredrick Anthony Constantino
  • Patent number: 11016750
    Abstract: A system includes reception of a first portion of a firmware image, determination, based on the first portion of the firmware image, of whether to update the firmware based on the firmware image, transmission of an acknowledgement signal if it is determined to update the firmware based on the first portion of the firmware image, reception of a remaining portion of the firmware image, and updating of the firmware based on the firmware image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Shaun L. Harris, John Joseph Siegler, Banha Sok, Rameez Kadar Kazi
  • Publication number: 20210135487
    Abstract: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes a rectifier configured to receive alternating current (AC) power. The UPS further includes a first output connected to the rectifier through an inverter. The first output is configured to output an AC power supply. The UPS also includes a second output connected to the rectifier through a battery backup and a stepdown converter. The second output is configured to output a direct current (DC) power supply in response to a detected power anomaly condition, thereby providing extra redundancy that allows for increased power availability and uptime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Banha SOK, Rameez K. KAZI, Shaun L. HARRIS, John J. SIEGLER
  • Patent number: 10784712
    Abstract: A power supply unit (PSU) dynamically limits total recovery current. The PSU includes at least a power input, a power output, a historic maximum power draw memory, an update logic, and a recovery current limiting logic. Some implementations include a latest power measurement register, an hourly max power register, and a rolling max register, and controlling firmware. The update logic monitors a power level. The update logic updates the historic maximum power draw memory to match the monitored level. After a power interruption, the recovery current permitted to flow into the PSU is limited based on the historic usage. The recovery current may be limited in a constant, stepped, or ramped manner. The PSU may also provide power distribution. Multiple PSUs may be treated as a group, allowing an individual PSU to exceed its historic usage while the group's recovery currents are limited to the sum of historic usage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shaun L. Harris, John J. Siegler, Banha Sok
  • Publication number: 20200293298
    Abstract: A system includes reception of a first portion of a firmware image, determination, based on the first portion of the firmware image, of whether to update the firmware based on the firmware image, transmission of an acknowledgement signal if it is determined to update the firmware based on the first portion of the firmware image, reception of a remaining portion of the firmware image, and updating of the firmware based on the firmware image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Shaun L. HARRIS, John Joseph SIEGLER, Banha SOK, Rameez Kadar KAZI
  • Publication number: 20190310697
    Abstract: A power supply unit includes a set of primary circuits operably coupled to a set of phase pair electrical inputs. The electrical inputs provide an input voltage via alternating current. Each primary circuit receives a phased pair electrical input of the set of phase pair electrical inputs and provides a tap output. A single transformer is operably coupled to each tap output. A single secondary circuit is operably coupled to the transformer to provide an output voltage via a direct current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shaun L. Harris, William R. Harris, John J. Siegler, Banha Sok
  • Publication number: 20190148975
    Abstract: A power supply unit (PSU) dynamically limits total recovery current. The PSU includes at least a power input, a power output, a historic maximum power draw memory, an update logic, and a recovery current limiting logic. Some implementations include a latest power measurement register, an hourly max power register, and a rolling max register, and controlling firmware. The update logic monitors a power level. The update logic updates the historic maximum power draw memory to match the monitored level. After a power interruption, the recovery current permitted to flow into the PSU is limited based on the historic usage. The recovery current may be limited in a constant, stepped, or ramped manner. The PSU may also provide power distribution. Multiple PSUs may be treated as a group, allowing an individual PSU to exceed its historic usage while the group's recovery currents are limited to the sum of historic usage levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Shaun L. HARRIS, John J. SIEGLER, Banha SOK
  • Patent number: 10199860
    Abstract: A power supply unit (PSU) dynamically limits total recovery current. The PSU includes at least a power input, a power output, a historic maximum power draw memory, an update logic, and a recovery current limiting logic. Some implementations include a latest power measurement register, an hourly max power register, and a rolling max register, and controlling firmware. The update logic monitors a power level. The update logic updates the historic maximum power draw memory to match the monitored level. After a power interruption, the recovery current permitted to flow into the PSU is limited based on the historic usage. The recovery current may be limited in a constant, stepped, or ramped manner. The PSU may also provide power distribution. Multiple PSUs may be treated as a group, allowing an individual PSU to exceed its historic usage while the group's recovery currents are limited to the sum of historic usage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shaun L. Harris, John J. Siegler, Banha Sok
  • Publication number: 20180219410
    Abstract: A power supply unit (PSU) dynamically limits total recovery current. The PSU includes at least a power input, a power output, a historic maximum power draw memory, an update logic, and a recovery current limiting logic. Some implementations include a latest power measurement register, an hourly max power register, and a rolling max register, and controlling firmware. The update logic monitors a power level. The update logic updates the historic maximum power draw memory to match the monitored level. After a power interruption, the recovery current permitted to flow into the PSU is limited based on the historic usage. The recovery current may be limited in a constant, stepped, or ramped manner. The PSU may also provide power distribution. Multiple PSUs may be treated as a group, allowing an individual PSU to exceed its historic usage while the group's recovery currents are limited to the sum of historic usage levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Shaun L. HARRIS, John J. SIEGLER, Banha SOK