Patents by Inventor Dean H. Nelson

Dean H. Nelson 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: 9301432
    Abstract: A method for cooling electronic equipment. The method including propagating air through a first electronic component of the electronic equipment into a first enclosed area, where propagating the air through the first electronic component cools the first electronic component, circulating a refrigerant in a cooling loop, where the cooling loop comprises a heat exchanger, and propagating the air out of the first enclosed area by passing through the heat exchanger into a second enclosed area, where the air is cooled by passing through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean H. Nelson, Andreas V. Bechtolsheim, Michael C. Ryan
  • Publication number: 20080291626
    Abstract: A method for cooling electronic equipment. The method including propagating air through a first electronic component of the electronic equipment into a first enclosed area, where propagating the air through the first electronic component cools the first electronic component, circulating a refrigerant in a cooling loop, where the cooling loop comprises a heat exchanger, and propagating the air out of the first enclosed area by passing through the heat exchanger into a second enclosed area, where the air is cooled by passing through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean H. Nelson, Andreas V. Bechtolsheim, Michael C. Ryan
  • Patent number: 5126657
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing computer chips and their assopciated system in their normal operating environment is disclosed. The elements of the apparatus including the receiving elements, the mounting elements and the test equipment coupling elements are disposed on a circuit board in a manner allowing the apparatus mounted with the removed computer chips, to be mounted to a host board in a manner, thereby enabling the comptuer chips to be tested without having to tilt or otherwise move the host board. As a result, testing of the computer chips is accomplished in a more efficient and cost effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean H. Nelson