Patents by Inventor Benjamin K. Sharfi

Benjamin K. Sharfi 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: 20230403815
    Abstract: A thermoelectric chiller for cooling an electronic device comprising a chassis and a heatsink, the heatsink having a flat side and an opposing side equipped with cooling fins, the chassis and heatsink adapted for cooperative engagement to create an air-sealed chamber with the heatsink cooling fins inside the chamber; a cold air inlet on an inlet side of the chamber, the cold air inlet equipped with one or more fans adapted to force ambient air into the chamber; a hot air exhaust on an exhaust side of the chamber, the hot air exhaust providing an outlet for air to leave the chamber; one or more Peltier effect elements, each having a hot side and a cold side, the one or more Peltier effect elements disposed so that their hot side is in thermal contact with the flat side of the heat sink; a cold plate disposed over the one or more Peltier effect elements and in thermal contact with the cold side of the one or more Peltier effect elements; a controller to control the operation of the one or more fans and the one
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin K. Sharfi, Saul Gonzalez, Kadek W. Hemawan
  • Publication number: 20230402207
    Abstract: An interconnection cable adapted to connect two or more electronic devices comprising one or more end connectors; at least one of the one or more connectors comprising one or more data plugs, each complying with the USB or the Thunderbolt specification, and one or more power pins that are separate from the data plug; a cable assembly attached to at least one of the one or more connectors; the cable assembly comprising one or more fiber optic cores, and one or more stranded coper wires; wherein at least one of the one or more fiber optic cores is communicatively connected to at least one of the one or more data plugs; and wherein at least one of the one or more stranded copper wires is electrically connected to at least one of the one or more power pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin K. Sharfi, Cory Steen, Saul Gonzalez, Kadek W. Hemawan
  • Patent number: 11825624
    Abstract: An ejector device comprising a housing block; an ejector handle adapted to alternate between an open position and a closed position, having first and second rack engagement features, a sloped feature, and a notch; a trigger latch adapted to alternate between a latched position and an unlatched position, and having a sloped feature adapted to engage the sloped handle feature, and a hook adapted to engage the ejector handle notch; and an ejector button adapted to alternate between a pressed position and an unpressed position; wherein the housing block comprises a space for receiving the ejector handle and the latching trigger; the ejector handle is pivotally attached to the housing block and is adapted to urge the latching trigger to the unlatched position when the ejector handle moves to the closed position and the sloped handle feature engages with the sloped latching trigger feature; and the latching trigger is pivotally attached to the housing block, and is adapted to be urged to the unlatched position as t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi
  • Publication number: 20230097002
    Abstract: A modular electronic device is formed from a plurality of stackable hexagonal or rectangular-shaped modules. Each module is locked to another adjacent unit with an indented groove inserted through their sidewalls. Each hexagonal or rectangular module can be made of one or four extrusion elements which then can be stacked in a honeycomb or brick wall configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi
  • Publication number: 20230099556
    Abstract: An ejector device comprising a housing block; an ejector handle adapted to alternate between an open position and a closed position, having first and second rack engagement features, a sloped feature, and a notch; a trigger latch adapted to alternate between a latched position and an unlatched position, and having a sloped feature adapted to engage the sloped handle feature, and a hook adapted to engage the ejector handle notch; and an ejector button adapted to alternate between a pressed position and an unpressed position; wherein the housing block comprises a space for receiving the ejector handle and the latching trigger; the ejector handle is pivotally attached to the housing block and is adapted to urge the latching trigger to the unlatched position when the ejector handle moves to the closed position and the sloped handle feature engages with the sloped latching trigger feature; and the latching trigger is pivotally attached to the housing block, and is adapted to be urged to the unlatched position as t
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi
  • Publication number: 20230088909
    Abstract: Disclosed is thermal management device that combines a vapor chamber with a mechanical heat sink to provide improved cooling performance under extreme conditions—the vapor chamber and heat sink combination comprises a single-unit device where the vapor chamber side of the device is in direct contact with the heat source and the opposite side of the vapor chamber is equipped with cooling fins that mate with cooperatively sized fins on the heat sink portion of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi
  • Publication number: 20220157691
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel diamond-based devices, methods, and materials for use in thermal interface cooling, including a freestanding diamond wafer heat spreader, liquefied diamond thermal interface materials coolant and encapsulated nanocrystalline diamond metal heat spreaders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin K. Sharfi, Kadek W. Hemawan, Saul Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20190094912
    Abstract: An assembly for electrical devices that will protect the devices from G force trauma and overheating. The assembly protects the device through the use of a shock absorbing layer with thermal conductive qualities, a rigid base and a fastener assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi
  • Patent number: 10045462
    Abstract: An assembly for electrical components that will protect the components from G force trauma. The assembly will also prevent overheating of the component parts due to the trauma through the use of a coolant that will be employed when the trauma impacts the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi
  • Publication number: 20180049344
    Abstract: An assembly for electrical components that will protect the components from G force trauma. The assembly will also prevent overheating of the component parts due to the trauma through the use of a coolant that will be employed when the trauma impacts the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi
  • Patent number: 9382914
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for an enclosure. A base plate is mounted to the enclosure, with a first and second motor disposed on a first side of the base plate. First and second fans are disposed in a central location on an opposing side of the base plate, and are rotationally coupled to the motors. First and second sets of fins protrude from the base plate, with proximate ends of the fins disposed proximate the first and second fans, and distal ends of the fins disposed proximate a peripheral edge of the base plate. The fins are curved so as to form first and second partial swirl patterns. The fins are disposed in a spaced configuration, where spacing between the fins is greater at the distal ends than it is at the proximate ends. The first set of fins and the second set of fins are disposed adjacent one another in a yin-yang pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi
  • Patent number: 8967903
    Abstract: A wedge-lock for a rack mount system having a top plate with slots formed in each end. A bottom plate is disposed adjacent the top plate, and has an incline surface at each end, with a channel formed between the two inclines. Wedge blocks are disposed between the top plate and the bottom plate, with one wedge block at each end. Each wedge block includes an incline surface, a receiving channel formed from the incline surface to an opposing end surface, and a guide for engaging the slot of the top plate. A tensioning member passes through the receiving channels of the wedge blocks and the channel of the bottom plate, thereby retaining the wedge blocks to the bottom plate. As the tensioning member is tensioned, the incline surfaces of the wedge blocks ride up on the incline surfaces at both ends of the bottom plate and cause the top plate to be forced away from the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: General Micro Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi