Patents by Inventor Brandon Rubenstein
Brandon Rubenstein 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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Publication number: 20240357775Abstract: Techniques for controlling cooling of electronic components in computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a pressure drop of a coolant flowing across multiple servers in an enclosure between the inlet and outlet manifolds and a supply temperature of the coolant at the inlet manifold. The method further includes automatically adjust operations of the pump to maintain the calculated pressure drop at or near a pressure-drop setpoint while automatically adjusting operations of the air mover to maintain the supply temperature at or near a temperature setpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mark Edward SHAW, Husam Atallah Alissa, Brandon Rubenstein, Robert Jason LANKSTON, II, Christian Belady, Bharath Ramakrishnan
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Patent number: 12029015Abstract: Techniques for controlling cooling of electronic components in computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a pressure drop of a coolant flowing across multiple servers in an enclosure between the inlet and outlet manifolds and a supply temperature of the coolant at the inlet manifold. The method further includes automatically adjust operations of the pump to maintain the calculated pressure drop at or near a pressure-drop setpoint while automatically adjusting operations of the air mover to maintain the supply temperature at or near a temperature setpoint.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mark Edward Shaw, Husam Atallah Alissa, Brandon Rubenstein, Robert Jason Lankston, II, Christian Belady, Bharath Ramakrishnan
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Publication number: 20220201902Abstract: Techniques for controlling cooling of electronic components in computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a pressure drop of a coolant flowing across multiple servers in an enclosure between the inlet and outlet manifolds and a supply temperature of the coolant at the inlet manifold. The method further includes automatically adjust operations of the pump to maintain the calculated pressure drop at or near a pressure-drop setpoint while automatically adjusting operations of the air mover to maintain the supply temperature at or near a temperature setpoint.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Mark Edward Shaw, Husam Atallah Alissa, Brandon Rubenstein, Robert Jason Lankston, II, Christian Belady, Bharath Ramakrishnan
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Patent number: 9886068Abstract: Cable management systems, devices, and associated methods of installation and operation are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an enclosure for holding computer components includes a front panel, a back panel, and a side panel between the front panel and the back panel. The side panel has a first side facing an interior space of the enclosure and a second side facing away from the first side. The enclosure also includes a guide panel proximate to the side panel, the guide panel being spaced apart from the second side of the side panel by a gap extending at least partially between the front panel and the back panel. The enclosure also includes a cable anchor located in the gap between the side panel and the guide panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Brandon Rubenstein
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Publication number: 20170262028Abstract: Cable management systems, devices, and associated methods of installation and operation are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an enclosure for holding computer components includes a front panel, a back panel, and a side panel between the front panel and the back panel. The side panel has a first side facing an interior space of the enclosure and a second side facing away from the first side. The enclosure also includes a guide panel proximate to the side panel, the guide panel being spaced apart from the second side of the side panel by a gap extending at least partially between the front panel and the back panel. The enclosure also includes a cable anchor located in the gap between the side panel and the guide panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventor: Brandon Rubenstein
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Patent number: 9541299Abstract: Climate regulation within an enclosure (e.g., a server cabinet) may involve a climate regulator device that reports a set of available settings (e.g., fan speeds of a fan array) to a computational unit that selects among the available settings. However, such techniques involve bidirectional communication between the climate regulator device and a computational unit that is capable of utilizing the device-specific settings. Presented herein are climate regulation architectures involving a request from the computational unit as a climate target that is independent of the settings of the climate regulator devices (e.g., an selection on an arbitrary scale from 0 to 100). A climate regulator controller may map the device-independent climate target to a selection among the available settings of the particular climate regulator device(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sriram Sankar, Brandon Rubenstein
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Patent number: 9060436Abstract: A land grid array socket assembly comprises a plurality of cells, with each cell comprising an insulative body having a top surface, and contact conductor that has a first portion that extends from a board contact point up to and beyond the top surface to a contact bend, and a second portion that extends from the contact bend to terminate below the top surface and within the insulative body.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Brandon Rubenstein, Roger Nattkemper, Eric R. Daniel
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Patent number: 9055698Abstract: Flow measurement systems and methods are provided. A flow measurement system can include at least one heat-producing computing device having at least one fluid inlet and one fluid outlet. The system can further include at least one inlet fluid temperature sensor and at least one outlet fluid temperature sensor. At least one current sensor measuring the current supplied to at least a portion of the at least one heat-producing computing device can also be included with the system. The system can also include at least one calculating device adapted to calculate the inlet fluid flow rate based at least in part upon the sensed inlet fluid temperature, the sensed outlet fluid temperature, and the sensed current flow.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Brandon Rubenstein, Roy Zeighami
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Patent number: 9019704Abstract: Methods and means related to rejecting heat through thermal storage are provided. A heat sink includes internal cavities containing a phase-change material. Heat from a thermal load is rejected by flowing fluid coolant at a normal operating temperature. Failure of the fluid coolant system causes heat storage within the phase-change material at a temperature slightly greater than the normal operating temperature. Restoration of the fluid coolant system results in stored heat rejection and a return to a normal operating temperature. Normal operation of the thermal load can be performed while efforts are made to restore the fluid coolant system.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Brandon Rubenstein, Roy Zeighami
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Patent number: 8982552Abstract: An embodiment of a system and method disaggregate I/O resources from a server's compute resources, such as CPU and memory, by moving the server's local I/O devices to a remote location apart from the server's compute resources. An embodiment uses optical technology to accomplish the fast communication speeds needed between the compute resources and the remotely located I/O resources. Specifically, an embodiment uses fiber-optic cables and electrical-to-optical conversion to facilitate communication between the compute resources and the I/O resources. The compute resources and the remotely located I/O resources can be designed differently to allow conductive liquid cooling for the compute resources and air cooling for the I/O resources.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2009Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Arlen L. Roesner, Brandon Rubenstein, John F. Hutton, Richard Stanton Self
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Publication number: 20140172185Abstract: Climate regulation within an enclosure (e.g., a server cabinet) may involve a climate regulator device that reports a set of available settings (e.g., fan speeds of a fan array) to a computational unit that selects among the available settings. However, such techniques involve bidirectional communication between the climate regulator device and a computational unit that is capable of utilizing the device-specific settings. Presented herein are climate regulation architectures involving a request from the computational unit as a climate target that is independent of the settings of the climate regulator devices (e.g., an selection on an arbitrary scale from 0 to 100). A climate regulator controller may map the device-independent climate target to a selection among the available settings of the particular climate regulator device(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Sriram Sankar, Brandon Rubenstein
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Patent number: 8599557Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a printed circuit board assembly is disclosed. The cooling apparatus comprises a main printed circuit (PC) board 202. The main PC board 202 has a plurality of connectors 210 mounted, in a parallel row, onto the top side of the main PC board 202. A first liquid cooling manifold 204 is positioned along one end of the parallel row of connectors 210 and a second liquid cooling manifold 206 is positioned along the other end of the parallel row of connectors 210. A plurality of heat sink devices 208, each having an elongated shape, run parallel to, and on each side of, the plurality of connectors 210. The plurality of heat sink devices 208 are coupled to the first and second liquid cooling manifolds.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Brandon Rubenstein, Vic Hong Chia
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Patent number: 8542488Abstract: A cooling apparatus is disclosed. The cooling apparatus comprising a printed circuit (PC) board with an integrated circuit (IC) socket mounted onto the top side of the PC board. A mounting frame generally in the shape of a plate, with a first opening passing through the center of the plate, is mounted on the top side of the PC board with the IC socket located inside the first opening. A cold plate is attached to the mounting frame, the cold plate has an opening that passes through the cold plate. The opening in the cold plate is sized to allow an IC to be inserted into the IC socket through the opening. A fluid passageway is formed inside the cold plate. A fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port are mounted on the cold plate and coupled to a first end and a second end of the fluid passageway, respectively. A heat spreader is removably attached to the top side of the cold plate wherein the bottom side of the heat spreader is configured to contact the top side of an IC when the IC is mounted in the IC socket.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Brandon Rubenstein
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Publication number: 20130208410Abstract: A land grid array socket assembly comprises a plurality of cells, with each cell comprising an insulative body having a top surface, and contact conductor that has a first portion that extends from a board contact point up to and beyond the top surface to a contact bend, and a second portion that extends from the contact bend to terminate below the top surface and within the insulative body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: August 15, 2013Inventors: Brandon Rubenstein, Roger Nattkemper, Eric R. Daniel
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Publication number: 20120325013Abstract: Flow measurement systems and methods are provided. A flow measurement system can include at least one heat-producing computing device (160) having at least one fluid inlet (120) and one fluid outlet (130). The system can further include at least one inlet fluid inlet temperature sensor (140) and at least one outlet fluid temperature sensor (150). At least one current sensor (160) measuring the current supplied to at least a portion of the at least one heat-producing computing device (110) can also be included with the system (100). The system can also include at least one calculating device (180) adapted to calculate the inlet fluid flow rate based at least in part upon the sensed inlet fluid temperature, the sensed outlet fluid temperature, and the sensed current flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2010Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventors: Brandon Rubenstein, Roy Zeighami
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Publication number: 20120134678Abstract: An embodiment of a system and method disaggregate I/O resources from a server's compute resources, such as CPU and memory, by moving the server's local I/O devices to a remote location apart from the server's compute resources. An embodiment uses optical technology to accomplish the fast communication speeds needed between the compute resources and the remotely located I/O resources. Specifically, an embodiment uses fiber-optic cables and electrical-to-optical conversion to facilitate communication between the compute resources and the I/O resources. The compute resources and the remotely located I/O resources can be designed differently to allow conductive liquid cooling for the compute resources and air cooling for the I/O resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2009Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventors: Arlen L. Roesner, Brandon Rubenstein, John F. Hutton, Richard Stanton Self
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Publication number: 20120125573Abstract: Methods and means related to rejecting heat through thermal storage are provided. A heat sink includes internal cavities containing a phase-change material. Heat from a thermal load is rejected by flowing fluid coolant at a normal operating temperature. Failure of the fluid coolant system causes heat storage within the phase-change material at a temperature slightly greater than the normal operating temperature. Restoration of the fluid coolant system results in stored heat rejection and a return to a normal operating temperature. Normal operation of the thermal load can be performed while efforts are made to restore the fluid coolant system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: Brandon Rubenstein, Roy Zeighami
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Publication number: 20120039036Abstract: A cooling system for a blade enclosure is disclosed. The cooling system comprises a thermal bus bar (TBB) 1220 positioned in the middle of the blade enclosure. The TBB 122 has a front face and a back face. When blades are inserted into the blade enclosure, a heat transfer plate 584 on the blade makes thermal contact with either the front or back face of the TBB 122. The TBB 122 is cooled, thereby cooling the blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Michael R. Krause, Brandon Rubenstein, Roy Zeighami, Fred B. Worley
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Publication number: 20120020022Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a printed circuit board assembly is disclosed. The cooling apparatus comprises a main printed circuit (PC) board 202. The main PC board 202 has a plurality of connectors 210 mounted, in a parallel row, onto the top side of the main PC board 202. A first liquid cooling manifold 204 is positioned along one end of the parallel row of connectors 210 and a second liquid cooling manifold 206 is positioned along the other end of the parallel row of connectors 210. A plurality of heat sink devices 208, each having an elongated shape, run parallel to, and on each side of, the plurality of connectors 210. The plurality of heat sink devices 208 are coupled to the first and second liquid cooling manifolds.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Brandon Rubenstein, Vic Hong Chia
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Publication number: 20120012714Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention employs two articulated cable-management arms, each articulated cable-management arm pivotally mounted, at a first end, to a system frame or rack and pivotally mounted, at a second end, to a component-system enclosure or sliding component-system-enclosure mount. The articulated cable-management arms provide mechanical channels through which cables connected to the back of a component-system enclosure are routed together to a structural member of the rack or frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Brandon Rubenstein, Eric Peterson