Patents by Inventor Dennis A. Baker

Dennis A. Baker 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).

  • Power conservation technique for blade computer systems
    Publication number: 20060168457
    Abstract: A blade computer system includes a plurality of client devices, a blade enclosure having a plurality of blades therein, and an allocation server configured to allocate and deallocate the blades to and from the client devices. The blade enclosure is configured to place individual ones of the blades into or out of a sleeping state responsive to network messages received from the allocation server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Phillip Leech, Dennis Baker
  • Bus technique for controlling power states of blades in a blade enclosure
    Publication number: 20060168462
    Abstract: A blade enclosure includes a plurality of blades, an enclosure manager processing device and a bus coupling the enclosure manager processing device to each of the blades. Each blade has at least one power mode bit configured to be controlled by the enclosure manager processing device via the bus, and each blade is configured to cause itself to enter a working state or a sleeping state responsive to its at least one power mode bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Phillip Leech, Dennis Baker, William Jacobs
  • Method of construction for a pallet
    Patent number: 5720227
    Abstract: A pallet which includes a series of stackable feet orientated in relation to a platform. The platform is formed from at least two sheets of a fluted plastics material. The sheets of plastics material flutes are orientated so that the longitudinal axes of the flutes are at right angles to each other. The sheets of plastics material are joined together by any suitable means such as an adhesive or by the side edges of the sheets being welded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Inventors: Patrick Dennis Baker, Roderick Shearer
  • Sanitary drinking cup lid
    Patent number: 5692616
    Abstract: A new Sanitary Drinking Cup Lid for offering a drinking cup lid which is sanitarily singly packaged. The inventive device includes a drinking cup lid and a protective covering enclosing the drinking cup lid, wherein the protective covering is peeled from the drinking cup lid by the user prior to use. The drinking cup lid comprises a cover portion and a lip portion displaced peripherally around the cover portion. A drink opening is provided in the cover portion adjacent the lip portion. The protective covering enclosing the drinking cup lid comprises a top protective sheet and a bottom protective sheet. The top protective sheet and the bottom protective sheet are joined together beyond the periphery of the drinking cup lid as well as through the drink opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Inventor: Dennis Baker
  • Razor
    Patent number: D302344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Inventor: Dennis A. Baker