Patents by Inventor Casey Winkel
Casey Winkel 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: 12144110Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB) dual in-line memory module (DIMM) connector having ejectors. The ejectors have a small enough vertical profile to permit unbent liquid cooling conduits to run across the DIMM's semiconductor chips.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Guixiang Tan, Xiang Li, Casey Winkel, George Vergis
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Patent number: 12131977Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a housing including a base and sidewalls. The housing is to support a circuit board. The apparatus also includes a heat sink to be supported by the housing independent of the circuit board. The heat sink is to be thermally coupled to a semiconductor package attached to the circuit board. The heat sink is to be closer to the base of the housing than the circuit board is to be to the base of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Barrett M. Faneuf, Phil Geng, Kenan Arik, David Shia, Casey Winkel, Sandeep Ahuja, Eric D. McAfee, Jeffory L Smalley, Minh T. D. Le, Ralph V. Miele, Marc Milobinski, Aaron P. Anderson, Brendan T. Pavelek, Carlos Alvizo Flores, Fernando Gonzalez Lenero
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Publication number: 20240357777Abstract: Methods and apparatus for localized temperature control and leakage protection in a server housing are disclosed. An example system includes interface circuitry, machine readable instructions, and at least one programmable circuit of a server disposable inside a portion of a server housing. The at least one programmable circuit are to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to identify a temperature of the server, determine a target temperature for a workload for the server, and control an actuator based on the temperature and the target temperature, the actuator to control a local flow rate of a coolant in the portion of the server housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2024Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Berhanu Kebede Wondimu, Casey Winkel, Sandeep Ahuja, Mark Angus MacDonald, Benson Dale Inkley, Mark Joseph Luckeroth, Jason Crop, Srinivasa Rao Damaraju, Casey Jamesen Carte, Laxmi Vishwanathan, Timothy Yee-Kwong Kam, Olaotan Frank Elenitoba-Johnson, Romir Desai, Kevin Mistofsky, Zhikui Ren
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Patent number: 11917790Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of improving the thermal performance of processor-based devices. Such thermal performance improvement may include limiting the degree of tilt experienced by a semiconductor device as a thermal solution coupled to the semiconductor device is tightened to the substrate. Such thermal performance improvements may include increasing the available heat transfer area associated with a particular heat producing semiconductor device. Such thermal performance improvements may include thermally coupling one or more cool blocks thermally coupled to one or more remote heat-producing devices to a central cool block that may be cooled using a cooling medium or coupled to a central heat-producing semiconductor device.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Prabhakar Subrahmanyam, Casey Winkel, Yingqiong Bu, Ming Zhang, Yuehong Fan, Yi Xia, Ying-Feng Pang
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Publication number: 20240063082Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a housing including a base and sidewalls. The housing is to support a circuit board. The apparatus also includes a heat sink to be supported by the housing independent of the circuit board. The heat sink is to be thermally coupled to a semiconductor package attached to the circuit board. The heat sink is to be closer to the base of the housing than the circuit board is to be to the base of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Barrett M. Faneuf, Phil Geng, Kenan Arik, David Shia, Casey Winkel, Sandeep Ahuja, Eric D. McAfee, Jeffory L. Smalley, Minh T.D. Le, Ralph V. Miele, Marc Milobinski, Aaron P. Anderson, Brendan T. Pavelek, Carlos Alvizo Flores, Fernando Gonzalez Lenero
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Patent number: 11842943Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an electronic system. The electronic system includes a chassis. The electronic system includes a semiconductor chip cooling component that is rigidly fixed to the chassis. The electronic system includes a packaged semiconductor chip having a lid that is contact with the semiconductor chip cooling component. The electronic system includes an electronic circuit board. The packaged semiconductor chip is electro-mechanically attached to the electronic circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Barrett M. Faneuf, Phil Geng, Kenan Arik, David Shia, Casey Winkel, Sandeep Ahuja, Eric D. McAfee, Jeffory L. Smalley, Minh T. D. Le, Ralph V. Miele, Marc Milobinski, Aaron P. Anderson, Brendan T. Pavelek, Fernando Gonzalez Lenero, Carlos Alvizo Flores
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Publication number: 20230225084Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to cool hardware. An example apparatus to cool a hardware component includes a first substrate; a second substrate couplable to a chassis, the second substrate formed of a metal; and a plurality of malleable fins coupled between the first and second substrates, the malleable fins formed of a thermally conductive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Shreekanth Murthy Muthigi, Casey Winkel, Chetan Maheshwari
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Publication number: 20220117080Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a ball grid array (BGA) chip package cooling assembly includes a back plate and a bolster plate. The bolster plate has frame arms. The BGA chip package is to be placed in a window formed by the frame arms and soldered to a region of a printed circuit board. The frame arms surround the region. The printed circuit board is to be subjected to a compressive force between the back plate and the bolster plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Phil GENG, Sandeep AHUJA, Ralph V. MIELE, David SHIA, Jeffory L. SMALLEY, Casey WINKEL
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Patent number: 11228126Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards apparatuses, methods, and systems for a connector having a housing body to couple a dual in-line memory module (DIMM) to a printed circuit board (PCB). In embodiments, the housing body includes first and second opposing ends of the connector and a first and a second latch coupled at the respective first and second opposing ends of the connector to engage the DIMM. In embodiments, the first and the second opposing ends have respective first and second heights relative to a height of the housing body to allow the DIMM to be inserted or removed at an angle when disengaged from the first and second latch. In embodiments, one or more of the latches are removably coupled to the connector and/or can be rotated into a lay-flat position to allow the DIMM to be removed at an angle. Additional embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Guixiang Tan, Xiang Li, Casey Winkel
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Publication number: 20210321543Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a module to be inserted into an electronic system. The module includes a first heat exchanger at one end of the module and second heat exchanger at another end of the module. The module also includes a first vapor chamber that runs along respective integrated heat spreaders of semiconductor chips disposed on a first side of the module and a second vapor chamber that runs along respective integrated heat spreaders of semiconductor chips disposed on a second side of the module. The first heat exchanger is in thermal contact with at least one of the first and second vapor chambers, and, the second heat exchanger is in thermal contact with at least one of the first and second vapor chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Guixiang TAN, Xiang LI, Jimmy CHUANG, Devdatta P. KULKARNI, Casey WINKEL, Evan A. CHENELLY
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Publication number: 20210289659Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of improving the thermal performance of processor-based devices. Such thermal performance improvement may include limiting the degree of tilt experienced by a semiconductor device as a thermal solution coupled to the semiconductor device is tightened to the substrate. Such thermal performance improvements may include increasing the available heat transfer area associated with a particular heat producing semiconductor device. Such thermal performance improvements may include thermally coupling one or more cool blocks thermally coupled to one or more remote heat-producing devices to a central cool block that may be cooled using a cooling medium or coupled to a central heat-producing semiconductor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Prabhakar SUBRAHMANYAM, Casey WINKEL, Yingqiong BU, Ming ZHANG, Yuehong FAN, Yi XIA, Ying-Feng PANG
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Patent number: 11058028Abstract: Technologies for managing hot spots in a compute device with use of a vortex tube are disclosed. Cold air from one or more vortex tubes can be routed to hot spots of one or more compute devices, providing effective spot cooling. This approach may allow for cooling of components that might otherwise be difficult to cool, such as components where would be difficult or impossible to cool with a heat sink. This approach may also be effective in cooling components that are downstream of a heat sink and would otherwise only be cooled by air that was already heated by the heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Casey Winkel, Shaorong Zhou, Lianchang Du, Feng Qi
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Publication number: 20210120670Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB) dual in-line memory module (DIMM) connector having ejectors. The ejectors have a small enough vertical profile to permit unbent liquid cooling conduits to run across the DIMM's semiconductor chips.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Guixiang TAN, Xiang LI, Casey WINKEL, George VERGIS
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Publication number: 20210043537Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an electronic system. The electronic system includes a chassis. The electronic system includes a semiconductor chip cooling component that is rigidly fixed to the chassis. The electronic system includes a packaged semiconductor chip having a lid that is contact with the semiconductor chip cooling component. The electronic system includes an electronic circuit board. The packaged semiconductor chip is electro-mechanically attached to the electronic circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Barrett M. FANEUF, Phil GENG, Kenan ARIK, David SHIA, Casey WINKEL, Sandeep AHUJA, Eric D. MCAFEE, Jeffory L. SMALLEY, Minh T.D. LE, Ralph V. MIELE, Marc MILOBINSKI, Aaron P. ANDERSON, Brendan T. PAVELEK
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Publication number: 20200260613Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of improving the thermal performance of processor-based devices. Such thermal performance improvement may include limiting the degree of tilt experienced by a semiconductor device as a thermal solution coupled to the semiconductor device is tightened to the substrate. Such thermal performance improvements may include increasing the available heat transfer area associated with a particular heat producing semiconductor device. Such thermal performance improvements may include thermally coupling one or more cool blocks thermally coupled to one or more remote heat-producing devices to a central cool block that may be cooled using a cooling medium or coupled to a central heat-producing semiconductor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Casey Winkel, Yingqiong Bu, Ming Zhang, Yuehong Fan
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Publication number: 20200144748Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards apparatuses, methods, and systems for a connector having a housing body to couple a dual in-line memory module (DIMM) to a printed circuit board (PCB). In embodiments, the housing body includes first and second opposing ends of the connector and a first and a second latch coupled at the respective first and second opposing ends of the connector to engage the DIMM. In embodiments, the first and the second opposing ends have respective first and second heights relative to a height of the housing body to allow the DIMM to be inserted or removed at an angle when disengaged from the first and second latch. In embodiments, one or more of the latches are removably coupled to the connector and/or can be rotated into a lay-flat position to allow the DIMM to be removed at an angle. Additional embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Guixiang Tan, Xiang Li, Casey Winkel
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Patent number: 10455731Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to hydraulic bladders to provide a force against an integrated circuit package to be located between the hydraulic bladder and a system board. In various embodiments, a hydraulic force generator may include a block to be coupled with a system board and a hydraulic bladder to be located between the block and the system board, where the hydraulic bladder, in response to pressurization, is to provide a force against an integrated circuit package to be located between the hydraulic bladder and the system board. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Ralph W. Jensen, Jeffory L. Smalley, Kevin J. Ceurter, Devdatta P. Kulkarni, Casey Winkel
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Publication number: 20190261536Abstract: Technologies for managing hot spots in a compute device with use of a vortex tube are disclosed. Cold air from one or more vortex tubes can be routed to hot spots of one or more compute devices, providing effective spot cooling. This approach may allow for cooling of components that might otherwise be difficult to cool, such as components where would be difficult or impossible to cool with a heat sink. This approach may also be effective in cooling components that are downstream of a heat sink and would otherwise only be cooled by air that was already heated by the heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Casey Winkel, Shaorong Zhou, Lianchang Du, Feng Qi
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Publication number: 20180263137Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to hydraulic bladders to provide a force against an integrated circuit package to be located between the hydraulic bladder and a system board. In various embodiments, a hydraulic force generator may include a block to be coupled with a system board and a hydraulic bladder to be located between the block and the system board, where the hydraulic bladder, in response to pressurization, is to provide a force against an integrated circuit package to be located between the hydraulic bladder and the system board. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: RALPH W. JENSEN, JEFFORY L. SMALLEY, KEVIN J. CEURTER, DEVDATTA P. KULKARNI, CASEY WINKEL
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Patent number: 6817442Abstract: A portion of a chassis comprised of a material forming a portion of the exterior of the chassis and a high-density flexible material adjacent an inner surface of the portion of the chassis with air holes formed contiguously through both the portion of the chassis and the high-density flexible material.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Donovan Van Sleet, Robin A. Steinbrecher, Casey Winkel