Patents by Inventor Corey Dean Hartman
Corey Dean 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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Publication number: 20180093465Abstract: In accordance with these and embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a circuit board, an information handling resource electrically coupled to the circuit board, and a mechanical mechanism configured to receive a user interaction at a mechanical mechanism, and, in response to the user interaction, separate a mechanical bond between the information handling resource and a component by applying a controlled force of the mechanical mechanism to the information handling resource at a controlled location of the information handling resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Lawrence A. KYLE, Corey Dean HARTMAN, Hsu-Chu WANG
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Patent number: 9915972Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a bezel configured to mechanically couple to a housing for housing components of an information handling system may include one or more mechanical features for mechanically coupling the bezel to the housing, an information handling resource mechanically coupled to a mechanical structure of the bezel, and a bezel connector having a plurality of pins communicatively coupled to the information handling resource. The bezel connector may be configured to communicatively couple the information handling resource to a second information handling resource of the information handling system housed within the housing when the bezel is mechanically coupled to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Syed S. Ahmed
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Patent number: 9893465Abstract: A sliding latch release mechanism for a latched cable connector. The sliding latch release mechanism includes a fixed portion which is configured to fit securely around a latched cable connector, the latched cable connector having a latch release mechanism. The sliding latch release further includes a slideable portion which is housed within the fixed portion and is configured to move within a slot on the fixed portion. When slid back and forth, the slideable portion of the latch release mechanism engages the latch of the latched cable connector and releases the latch so the latched cable may be unplugged.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Corey Dean Hartman, Bernard D. Strmiska
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Patent number: 9870334Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) server volume includes at least two pairs of flexible peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) media for connecting data signals and power supply signals via riser cards mounted against respective PCIe devices in large adjacent physical slot locations. A first PCIe device corresponding to a first riser card and a second PCIe device corresponding to a second riser card are relatively positioned to enable the second riser card to be fitted within a specified space between the first PCIe device and the first riser card while a footprint of a first PCIe connector corresponding to the first PCIe device overlaps a footprint of a second PCIe connector corresponding to the second PCIe device. First and second PCIe cards provided by the first and second PCIe devices respectively are inserted into respective PCIe connectors via the first pair of riser cards having a dense nested arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Shawn Dube
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Patent number: 9811128Abstract: A structural subassembly for use in an information handling system chassis may include a first portion, a second portion, a common wall, and one or more mechanical features. The first portion may be configured to receive one or more of a first type of information handling resource. The second portion may be configured to receive one or more of a second type of information handling resource. The common wall may divide the first portion from the second portion. The one or more mechanical features may be configured to engage with one or more respective mechanical features of the information handling system chassis in order to perform at least one of guiding of the subassembly relative to the information handling system chassis during insertion or removal of the subassembly into or from the information handling system chassis and retention of the subassembly relative to the information handling system chassis.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Michael Dennis Marcade, Corey Dean Hartman, Darren B. Pav, Juan M. Gonzalez
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Systems and methods for providing a combination connector assembly in an information handling system
Patent number: 9748717Abstract: A combination connector may include a first connector housed within a housing and configured to be communicatively coupled to an information handling resource, the first connector configured to receive connectors of a first form factor and to communicatively couple a corresponding connector of the first form factor received by the first connector to the information handling resource, and a second connector housed within the housing and configured to be communicatively coupled to the information handling resource, the second connector configured to receive connectors of a second form factor and to communicatively couple a corresponding connector of the second form factor received by the second connector to the information handling resource. A first footprint of the corresponding connector of the first form factor as engaged with the first connector may be overlapping with a second footprint of the corresponding connector of the second form factor as engaged with the second connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Jonathan Foster Lewis, Corey Dean Hartman, Andrew Lafayette McAnally -
Publication number: 20170229814Abstract: A sliding latch release mechanism for a latched cable connector. The sliding latch release mechanism includes a fixed portion which is configured to fit securely around a latched cable connector, the latched cable connector having a latch release mechanism. The sliding latch release further includes a slideable portion which is housed within the fixed portion and is configured to move within a slot on the fixed portion. When slid back and forth, the slideable portion of the latch release mechanism engages the latch of the latched cable connecter and releases the latch so the latched cable may be unplugged.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2016Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Corey Dean Hartman, Bernard D. Strmiska
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Patent number: 9730354Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a chassis and a circuit board. The chassis may have one or more structural posts. The circuit board may mechanically couple to the chassis, and the circuit board may comprise a substrate having formed therein one or more through-holes and one or more hooks each configured to mechanically couple the circuit board to the chassis via a corresponding structural post of the one or more structural posts, each of the one or more hooks comprising one or more mounting features, wherein each of the one or more mounting features is sized and shaped to engage with a corresponding one of the one or more through-holes in order to mechanically couple such hook to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Michael Dennis Marcade
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Patent number: 9706688Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a structural element and a heat pipe. The structural element may be for mechanically supporting an information handling resource. The heat pipe may be thermally and mechanically coupled to the structural element, such that the heat pipe conducts heat generated by an information handling resource supported by the structural element to the structural element.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Russell C. Smith, William K. Coxe, Corey Dean Hartman, Andrew L. McAnally
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Patent number: 9706675Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a structural base, a handle mechanically coupled to the structural base, and a cam element mechanically coupled to the handle. The handle may be configured to translate between an open position and a closed position and vice versa relative to the structural base. The cam element may be configured to mechanically couple to a retention structure for retaining the system when the handle is in the closed position and during at least a portion of the translation of the handle, move at least partially in a direction opposite to that of the handle in response to translation of the handle.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Russell C. Smith, Bernard D. Strmiska, Andrew Lafayette McAnally
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A COMBINATION CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM
Publication number: 20170133805Abstract: A combination connector may include a first connector housed within a housing and configured to be communicatively coupled to an information handling resource, the first connector configured to receive connectors of a first form factor and to communicatively couple a corresponding connector of the first form factor received by the first connector to the information handling resource, and a second connector housed within the housing and configured to be communicatively coupled to the information handling resource, the second connector configured to receive connectors of a second form factor and to communicatively couple a corresponding connector of the second form factor received by the second connector to the information handling resource. A first footprint of the corresponding connector of the first form factor as engaged with the first connector may be overlapping with a second footprint of the corresponding connector of the second form factor as engaged with the second connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Jonathan Foster Lewis, Corey Dean Hartman, Andrew Lafayette McAnally -
Patent number: 9591775Abstract: In accordance with these and other embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a top plate, a bottom plate mechanically coupled to the top plate; a plurality of first connectors and a second connector. The plurality of first connectors may be located on an exterior surface of the top plate such that each of the plurality of first connectors is configured to electrically couple to a corresponding connector of an information handling resource as the information handling resource is mechanically supported by the top plate. The second connector may be electrically coupled to each of the plurality of first connectors and may be located on an exterior surface of the bottom plate such that the second connector is configured to electrically couple to a circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Michael Dennis Marcade, Corey Dean Hartman, Darren B. Pav
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Publication number: 20170017262Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a bezel configured to mechanically couple to a housing for housing components of an information handling system may include one or more mechanical features for mechanically coupling the bezel to the housing, an information handling resource mechanically coupled to a mechanical structure of the bezel, and a bezel connector having a plurality of pins communicatively coupled to the information handling resource. The bezel connector may be configured to communicatively couple the information handling resource to a second information handling resource of the information handling system housed within the housing when the bezel is mechanically coupled to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Syed S. Ahmed
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Patent number: 9515399Abstract: A stacked connector alignment system includes a board with processor and a board connector coupled to the processor. An alignment element is mounted to the board adjacent the board connector. The alignment element includes first alignment members and second alignment members that are spaced apart from the first alignment members. A first component includes a primary first component connector and a secondary first component connector that is located on an opposite surface of the first component from the primary first component connector, and the first alignment members are configured to engage the first component to align the primary first component connector with the board connector. A second component includes a second component connector, and the second alignment members are configured to engage the second component to align the second component connector with the secondary first component connector when the primary first component connector is connected to the board connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Corey Dean Hartman, Bernard Strmiska
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Patent number: 9477260Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a bezel configured to mechanically couple to a housing for housing components of an information handling system may include one or more mechanical features for mechanically coupling the bezel to the housing, an information handling resource mechanically coupled to a mechanical structure of the bezel, and a bezel connector having a plurality of pins communicatively coupled to the information handling resource. The bezel connector may be configured to communicatively couple the information handling resource to a second information handling resource of the information handling system housed within the housing when the bezel is mechanically coupled to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Syed S. Ahmed
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Publication number: 20160226164Abstract: A stacked connector alignment system includes a board with processor and a board connector coupled to the processor. An alignment element is mounted to the board adjacent the board connector. The alignment element includes first alignment members and second alignment members that are spaced apart from the first alignment members. A first component includes a primary first component connector and a secondary first component connector that is located on an opposite surface of the first component from the primary first component connector, and the first alignment members are configured to engage the first component to align the primary first component connector with the board connector. A second component includes a second component connector, and the second alignment members are configured to engage the second component to align the second component connector with the secondary first component connector when the primary first component connector is connected to the board connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Corey Dean Hartman, Bernard Strmiska
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Publication number: 20160224497Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) server volume includes at least two pairs of flexible peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) media for connecting data signals and power supply signals via riser cards mounted against respective PCIe devices in large adjacent physical slot locations. A first PCIe device corresponding to a first riser card and a second PCIe device corresponding to a second riser card are relatively positioned to enable the second riser card to be fitted within a specified space between the first PCIe device and the first riser card while a footprint of a first PCIe connector corresponding to the first PCIe device overlaps a footprint of a second PCIe connector corresponding to the second PCIe device. First and second PCIe cards provided by the first and second PCIe devices respectively are inserted into respective PCIe connectors via the first pair of riser cards having a dense nested arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.Inventors: COREY DEAN HARTMAN, SHAWN DUBE
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Publication number: 20160209868Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a bezel configured to mechanically couple to a housing for housing components of an information handling system may include one or more mechanical features for mechanically coupling the bezel to the housing, an information handling resource mechanically coupled to a mechanical structure of the bezel, and a bezel connector having a plurality of pins communicatively coupled to the information handling resource. The bezel connector may be configured to communicatively couple the information handling resource to a second information handling resource of the information handling system housed within the housing when the bezel is mechanically coupled to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Syed S. Ahmed
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Publication number: 20160179727Abstract: An information handling system (IHS), peripheral component interface (PCI) system and method for expanding PCI nodes in an IHS. The PCI system includes a primary PCI node. The primary PCI node has a PCI switch communicatively coupled to a processor via a system interconnect. The PCI switch is communicatively coupled to several PCI devices. A communication module is communicatively coupled to the PCI switch. A PCI expansion node is communicatively coupled to the primary PCI node via a PCI bus and a sideband bus. The IHS executes firmware that enables expansion of the IHS by configuring the primary PCI node to recognize the one or more interconnected PCI expansion nodes and integrate the functions of the interconnected PCI expansion nodes into an expanded PCI subsystem. The primary PCI node and PCI expansion node can be substantially identical IHSs, having the same motherboards and chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.Inventors: COREY DEAN HARTMAN, CURTIS RAY GENZ
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Publication number: 20160147699Abstract: A method and an information handling system provide flexible interconnections between two endpoints and in particular to allow for the allocation and reallocation of PCI lanes. A flexible interconnect media system is capable of connecting a CPU to an I/O device. The flexible interconnect media system includes I/O slots that are each capable of receiving an I/O device, connection interfaces each correlated with an I/O slot, link taps with correlated ports for each CPU, and flexible interconnect media capable of connecting an open connection interface with an open link tap, whereby a connection between the CPU and the I/O device is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.Inventor: COREY DEAN HARTMAN