Patents by Inventor Bradley Ray Rentfrow

Bradley Ray Rentfrow 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).

  • Attenuation of acoustic pressures in rackmount servers to reduce drive performance degradation
    Patent number: 10565974
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, one or more storage drives, one or more fans, and one or more acoustic barriers. The housing includes a bottom side bounded by a front side, a back side, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side. The housing may further include a top cover removably attached to the housing. The storage drives may be disposed within the housing at a first location. The fans may be disposed within the housing at a second location spaced from the first location. The fans may generate a flow of air through the housing, while simultaneously generating sound waves that travel throughout the housing. The acoustic barriers may be disposed between the storage drives and the fans, and configured to attenuate the sounds waves prior to the sound waves reaching the storage drives in order to reduce the throughput performance degradation of the drives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rakesh Bhatia, Daniel Bernard Hruska, Mark Hong Chen, Bradley Ray Rentfrow