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).

  • Patent number: 9350098
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board comprising may include a substrate, a primary compression connector, and a second compression connector. The substrate may have a first side and a second side and may have formed therein a substrate retention channel. The primary compression connector may be coupled to the first side and have formed thereon a primary connector retention channel aligned with the substrate retention channel. The second compression connector may be coupled to the second side opposite from the first compression connector and may have formed thereon a secondary connector retention channel aligned with the substrate retention channel and the primary connector retention channel to define a circuit board retention channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sandor Farkas, Corey Dean Hartman, Brandon Joel Brocklesby, Joseph Tarantolo
  • Patent number: 9313913
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Corey Dean Hartman, Bernard Strmiska
  • Publication number: 20160073554
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Marcade, Corey Dean Hartman, Darren B. Pav, Juan M. Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20160073521
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Marcade, Corey Dean Hartman, Darren B. Pav
  • Publication number: 20160066468
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Russell C. Smith, William K. Coxe, Corey Dean Hartman, Andrew L. McAnally
  • Publication number: 20160064040
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Russell C. Smith, Bernard D. Strmiska, Andrew Lafayette McAnally
  • Publication number: 20160056560
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board comprising may include a substrate, a primary compression connector, and a second compression connector. The substrate may have a first side and a second side and may have formed therein a substrate retention channel. The primary compression connector may be coupled to the first side and have formed thereon a primary connector retention channel aligned with the substrate retention channel. The second compression connector may be coupled to the second side opposite from the first compression connector and may have formed thereon a secondary connector retention channel aligned with the substrate retention channel and the primary connector retention channel to define a circuit board retention channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Sandor Farkas, Corey Dean Hartman, Brandon Joel Brocklesby, Joseph Tarantolo
  • Publication number: 20160050786
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Michael Dennis Marcade
  • Publication number: 20160021777
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Corey Dean Hartman, Bernard Strmiska