Patents by Inventor Corey D. Hartman
Corey D. Hartman 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: 11829212Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for distributing power using a power distribution system includes: receiving, by a first power distribution end of a power conductor of the power distribution system, power from a power supply unit via a first cable coupled to the power supply unit, the first power distribution end coupled to a first connector, the first connector including a first power interface coupling the first power distribution end to the first cable, the power conductor contoured to removably couple to a heatsink of the information handling system; and providing, by a second power distribution end of the power conductor, the power to a component of the information handling system via a second cable coupled to the component, the second power distribution end coupled to a second connector, the second connector including a second power interface coupling the second power distribution end to the second cable.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Timothy M. Lambert, Isaac Q. Wang
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Patent number: 11757223Abstract: An information handling system may include a printed circuit board and a plurality of connectors each electrically and mechanically coupled to the printed circuit board, each connector of the plurality of connectors configured to receive a respective modular information handling resource in order to electrically couple, via electrically-conductive pins of such connector, the respective modular information handling resource to the printed circuit board. Each connector may include a body comprising electrically non-conductive material and including a receptacle formed therein for receiving a mating edge connector of the respective modular information handling resource, a bus bar comprising electrically conductive material, other than the electrically-conductive pins of such connector, disposed within or upon the body and extending through at least a portion of the body, and an electrical termination electrically coupled to the bus bar.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Isaac Q. Wang, Timothy M. Lambert, Corey D. Hartman
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Patent number: 11665862Abstract: An information handling system, including a plurality of computing modules; a rack-mountable tray including: a plurality of bays, each bay including a thermal pad, wherein i) each computing module is engaged with one or more of the bays of the plurality of bays and ii) one or more of the thermal pads are in thermal communication with a respective computing module of the plurality of computing modules; and a fluid circulation system positioned within the tray and coupled to each of the thermal pads, the fluid circulation system circulating fluid proximate to the thermal pads to transfer heat from the computing modules through the thermal pads.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Richard A. Crisp, Matthew B. Gilbert, Corey D. Hartman
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Patent number: 11665863Abstract: A computing module apparatus for use in a rack-mountable tray, the computing module apparatus including: one or more walls defined between a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the walls, the top surface, and the bottom surface define an interior volume of the computing module; one or more computing components positioned within the interior volume of the computing module; an immersion fluid contained within the interior volume of the computing module and surrounding the computing components; and one or more mechanical interconnects for mechanical coupling the computing module with the rack-mountable tray.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Richard A. Crisp, Matthew B. Gilbert, Corey D. Hartman
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Publication number: 20230102559Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for distributing power using a power distribution system includes: receiving, by a first power distribution end of a power conductor of the power distribution system, power from a power supply unit via a first cable coupled to the power supply unit, the first power distribution end coupled to a first connector, the first connector including a first power interface coupling the first power distribution end to the first cable, the power conductor contoured to removably couple to a heatsink of the information handling system; and providing, by a second power distribution end of the power conductor, the power to a component of the information handling system via a second cable coupled to the component, the second power distribution end coupled to a second connector, the second connector including a second power interface coupling the second power distribution end to the second cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Timothy M. Lambert, Isaac Q. Wang
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Patent number: 11602086Abstract: An information handling system, including a plurality of computing modules; a rack-mountable tray including: a plurality of bays, each bay including a cold fluid intake and a warm fluid return, wherein each computing module of the plurality of computing modules is engaged with the cold fluid intake and the warm fluid return of one or more of the bays of the plurality of bays; and a fluid circulation system positioned within the tray and coupled to the cold fluid intake and the warm fluid return of each of the bays, the fluid circulation system introducing, for each bay that a respective computing module is engaged with, fluid within the computing module via the cold fluid intake of each bay and returning warm fluid via the warm fluid return of each bay to transfer heat from the computing modules.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Richard A. Crisp, Matthew B. Gilbert, Corey D. Hartman
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Patent number: 11558974Abstract: A drive carrier for a cold plug device of an information handling system includes a handle, a first latch, and a second latch. The handle rotates between a locked position and an unlocked position. The first latch includes first and second ends, and slides between first and second positions. The handle is held in the locked position when the first latch is in the first position. The second latch includes first and second ends. The first end of the second latch is pivotally attached to the second end of the first latch and the second end of the second latch snap fits over a first end of the handle. The second latch prevents the first latch from sliding from the first position to the second position when the second end of the second latch is snap fitted over the first end of the handle.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Eduardo Escamilla, Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Corey D. Hartman
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Publication number: 20220394871Abstract: A drive carrier for a cold plug device of an information handling system includes a handle, a first latch, and a second latch. The handle rotates between a locked position and an unlocked position. The first latch includes first and second ends, and slides between first and second positions. The handle is held in the locked position when the first latch is in the first position. The second latch includes first and second ends. The first end of the second latch is pivotally attached to the second end of the first latch and the second end of the second latch snap fits over a first end of the handle. The second latch prevents the first latch from sliding from the first position to the second position when the second end of the second latch is snap fitted over the first end of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Eduardo Escamilla, Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Corey D. Hartman
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Publication number: 20220338385Abstract: A computing module apparatus for use in a rack-mountable tray, the computing module apparatus including: one or more walls defined between a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the walls, the top surface, and the bottom surface define an interior volume of the computing module; one or more computing components positioned within the interior volume of the computing module; an immersion fluid contained within the interior volume of the computing module and surrounding the computing components; and one or more mechanical interconnects for mechanical coupling the computing module with the rack-mountable tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Richard A. Crisp, Matthew B. Gilbert, Corey D. Hartman
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Publication number: 20220338383Abstract: An information handling system, including a plurality of computing modules; a rack-mountable tray including: a plurality of bays, each bay including a thermal pad, wherein i) each computing module is engaged with one or more of the bays of the plurality of bays and ii) one or more of the thermal pads are in thermal communication with a respective computing module of the plurality of computing modules; and a fluid circulation system positioned within the tray and coupled to each of the thermal pads, the fluid circulation system circulating fluid proximate to the thermal pads to transfer heat from the computing modules through the thermal pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Richard A. Crisp, Matthew B. Gilbert, Corey D. Hartman
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Publication number: 20220338386Abstract: An information handling system, including a plurality of computing modules; a rack-mountable tray including: a plurality of bays, each bay including a cold fluid intake and a warm fluid return, wherein each computing module of the plurality of computing modules is engaged with the cold fluid intake and the warm fluid return of one or more of the bays of the plurality of bays; and a fluid circulation system positioned within the tray and coupled to the cold fluid intake and the warm fluid return of each of the bays, the fluid circulation system introducing, for each bay that a respective computing module is engaged with, fluid within the computing module via the cold fluid intake of each bay and returning warm fluid via the warm fluid return of each bay to transfer heat from the computing modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Richard A. Crisp, Matthew B. Gilbert, Corey D. Hartman
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Publication number: 20220336981Abstract: An information handling system may include a printed circuit board and a plurality of connectors each electrically and mechanically coupled to the printed circuit board, each connector of the plurality of connectors configured to receive a respective modular information handling resource in order to electrically couple, via electrically-conductive pins of such connector, the respective modular information handling resource to the printed circuit board. Each connector may include a body comprising electrically non-conductive material and including a receptacle formed therein for receiving a mating edge connector of the respective modular information handling resource, a bus bar comprising electrically conductive material, other than the electrically-conductive pins of such connector, disposed within or upon the body and extending through at least a portion of the body, and an electrical termination electrically coupled to the bus bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Isaac Q. WANG, Timothy M. LAMBERT, Corey D. HARTMAN
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Patent number: 11089713Abstract: A vane assembly may be configured to mechanically couple to a first air mover and a second air mover, and the vane assembly may include a first set of one or more vanes configured to be proximate to the first air mover when the vane assembly is mechanically coupled to the first air mover and the second air mover and a second set of one or more vanes configured to be proximate to the second air mover when the vane assembly is mechanically coupled to the first air mover and the second air mover.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Eduardo Escamilla, Corey D. Hartman, Zhen Huang
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Publication number: 20210144883Abstract: A vane assembly may be configured to mechanically couple to a first air mover and a second air mover, and the vane assembly may include a first set of one or more vanes configured to be proximate to the first air mover when the vane assembly is mechanically coupled to the first air mover and the second air mover and a second set of one or more vanes configured to be proximate to the second air mover when the vane assembly is mechanically coupled to the first air mover and the second air mover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Eduardo ESCAMILLA, Corey D. HARTMAN, Zhen HUANG
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Publication number: 20210068308Abstract: An information handling system includes a server rack, a processing system, and a liquid cooling heat exchanger module. The processing system is configured to be installed into at least one rack unit of the server rack, and includes a component configured to be cooled by a liquid cooling cold plate. The heat exchanger module is affixed to the server rack within a same rack unit as the processing system, and is configured to provide chilled cooling liquid to cool the cold plate, and to no other equipment in the server rack.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: William K. Coxe, III, Corey D. Hartman
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Patent number: 10925187Abstract: An information handling system includes a server rack, a processing system, and a liquid cooling heat exchanger module. The processing system is configured to be installed into at least one rack unit of the server rack, and includes a component configured to be cooled by a liquid cooling cold plate. The heat exchanger module is affixed to the server rack within a same rack unit as the processing system, and is configured to provide chilled cooling liquid to cool the cold plate, and to no other equipment in the server rack.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: William K. Coxe, III, Corey D. Hartman
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Patent number: 10281962Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a heatsink retention apparatus. A processor mounted on a board receives a heatsink base having peripheral, spaced apertures. At least two latching mechanisms include a mounting portion received respectively in peripheral, spaced apertures on opposites sides of the heatsink base. A latching surface is mounted to one of (i) the heatsink base and (ii) a terminal portion of the mounting portion to engage respectively with either the mounting portion or an upper edge of the corresponding peripheral, spaced aperture of the heatsink base. At least two peripheral, spaced loading screws are sized to be engageable by loading nuts when the heatsink base is positioned not higher than the engagement height. The engaged, at least two, latching mechanisms prevent tipping of the heatsink base during loading of the at least two peripheral, spaced loading screws with the at least two spaced apart loading nuts.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Lawrence A. Kyle
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Patent number: 10251303Abstract: A server includes slots for adding peripheral devices, and a server chassis having a openings corresponding to the slots. A display mounted on the server chassis proximate the opening displays slot characteristics, slot status information, or user defined information corresponding to the slots.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Corey D. Hartman, Stuart Allen Berke
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Publication number: 20180324973Abstract: A server includes slots for adding peripheral devices, and a server chassis having a openings corresponding to the slots. A display mounted on the server chassis proximate the opening displays slot characteristics, slot status information, or user defined information corresponding to the slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Stuart Allen Berke
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Patent number: 10108236Abstract: An information handling system includes a memory and a controller. The memory stores settings for components within the information handling system. The controller can communicate with the memory. The controller detects a presence of a module, receives parameters of the module from the module, determines information for the module based on the parameters of the module, and updates the settings for the components based on the information for the module.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Chris E. Peterson, Dominick A. Lovicott, Corey D. Hartman