Patents by Inventor Bill Dailey
Bill Dailey 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).
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Patent number: 11395432Abstract: Techniques for managing data center electronic devices in a data center include operating data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power of a data center, the devices supported in server racks positioned in a frame assembly that includes bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the bays arranged in stacked layers that include at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays, the server racks positioned in at least one of the bays of the first or second layers of bays; determining that at least one of the server devices requires a maintenance operation; based on the determination, operating an automated service machine to move to a location in the data center that is adjacent to the data center server device; and performing the maintenance operation on the at least one data center server device with the automated service machine.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jayson Michael Jochim, Michael Chi Kin Lau, Bill Dailey, Angela Chen, Winnie Leung
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Patent number: 11357135Abstract: A data center system includes a frame assembly that includes a plurality of bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the plurality of bays arranged in a plurality of stacked layers of bays, the plurality of stacked layers including at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays; a plurality of server racks positioned in the bays of the first layer of bays, each of the server racks configured to support a plurality of data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power; and a plurality of network switches positioned in the bays of the second layer of bays, each of the network switches communicably coupled to at least one of the data center server devices in the first layer of bays.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jayson Michael Jochim, Michael Chi Kin Lau, Bill Dailey, Angela Chen, Winnie Leung, Peter Pellerzi, Soheil Farshchian
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Publication number: 20210112676Abstract: Techniques for managing data center electronic devices in a data center include operating data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power of a data center, the devices supported in server racks positioned in a frame assembly that includes bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the bays arranged in stacked layers that include at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays, the server racks positioned in at least one of the bays of the first or second layers of bays; determining that at least one of the server devices requires a maintenance operation; based on the determination, operating an automated service machine to move to a location in the data center that is adjacent to the data center server device; and performing the maintenance operation on the at least one data center server device with the automated service machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Jayson Michael Jochim, Michael Chi Kin Lau, Bill Dailey, Angela Chen, Winnie Leung
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Publication number: 20210007249Abstract: A data center system includes a frame assembly that includes a plurality of bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the plurality of bays arranged in a plurality of stacked layers of bays, the plurality of stacked layers including at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays; a plurality of server racks positioned in the bays of the first layer of bays, each of the server racks configured to support a plurality of data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power; and a plurality of network switches positioned in the bays of the second layer of bays, each of the network switches communicably coupled to at least one of the data center server devices in the first layer of bays.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Jayson Michael Jochim, Michael Chi Kin Lau, Bill Dailey, Angela Chen, Winnie Leung, Peter Pellerzi, Soheil Farshchian
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Patent number: 10888013Abstract: Techniques for managing data center electronic devices in a data center include operating data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power of a data center, the devices supported in server racks positioned in a frame assembly that includes bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the bays arranged in stacked layers that include at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays, the server racks positioned in at least one of the bays of the first or second layers of bays; determining that at least one of the server devices requires a maintenance operation; based on the determination, operating an automated service machine to move to a location in the data center that is adjacent to the data center server device; and performing the maintenance operation on the at least one data center server device with the automated service machine.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jayson Michael Jochim, Michael Chi Kin Lau, Bill Dailey, Angela Chen, Winnie Leung
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Patent number: 10785895Abstract: A data center system includes a frame assembly that includes a plurality of bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the plurality of bays arranged in a plurality of stacked layers of bays, the plurality of stacked layers including at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays; a plurality of server racks positioned in the bays of the first layer of bays, each of the server racks configured to support a plurality of data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power; and a plurality of network switches positioned in the bays of the second layer of bays, each of the network switches communicably coupled to at least one of the data center server devices in the first layer of bays.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jayson Michael Jochim, Michael Chi Kin Lau, Bill Dailey, Angela Chen, Winnie Leung, Peter Pellerzi, Soheil Farshchian
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Publication number: 20190104637Abstract: Techniques for managing data center electronic devices in a data center include operating data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power of a data center, the devices supported in server racks positioned in a frame assembly that includes bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the bays arranged in stacked layers that include at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays, the server racks positioned in at least one of the bays of the first or second layers of bays; determining that at least one of the server devices requires a maintenance operation; based on the determination, operating an automated service machine to move to a location in the data center that is adjacent to the data center server device; and performing the maintenance operation on the at least one data center server device with the automated service machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Jayson Michael Jochim, Michael Chi Kin Lau, Bill Dailey, Angela Chen, Winnie Leung
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Publication number: 20190104636Abstract: A data center system includes a frame assembly that includes a plurality of bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the plurality of bays arranged in a plurality of stacked layers of bays, the plurality of stacked layers including at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays; a plurality of server racks positioned in the bays of the first layer of bays, each of the server racks configured to support a plurality of data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power; and a plurality of network switches positioned in the bays of the second layer of bays, each of the network switches communicably coupled to at least one of the data center server devices in the first layer of bays.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Jayson Michael Jochim, Michael Chi Kin Lau, Bill Dailey, Angela Chen, Winnie Leung, Peter Pellerzi, Soheil Farshchian
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Patent number: 10225959Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidly coupled to the condenser by a condensate line. The evaporator includes a housing having an opening to the condensate line, a wick located in the housing, and a flow restrictor located in the housing configured to restrict flow of a working fluid from the condensate line onto a portion of the wick.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
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Publication number: 20170055377Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidly coupled to the condenser by a condensate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
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Patent number: 9521786Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidically coupled to the condenser by a condensate line. The evaporator includes a housing having an opening to the condensate line, a wick located in the housing, and a flow restrictor located in the housing configured to restrict flow of a working fluid from the condensate line onto a portion of the wick.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
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Publication number: 20140268548Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidically coupled to the condenser by a condensate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
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Patent number: 8773854Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidically coupled to the condenser by a condensate line. The evaporator includes a housing having an opening to the condensate line, a wick located in the housing, and a flow restrictor located in the housing configured to restrict flow of a working fluid from the condensate line onto a portion of the wick.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey Spaulding
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Publication number: 20120268877Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidically coupled to the condenser by a condensate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey Spaulding