Patents by Inventor Emilio Sanchez
Emilio Sanchez 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: 8990264Abstract: A method for managing storage functions in a data replication environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes continually monitoring for changes to a storage configuration at a secondary site. Upon detecting changes to the storage configuration at the secondary site, the method transmits remote metadata describing the changes to the primary site and stores the remote metadata at the primary site. The method then initiates a storage management function at the primary site which is mirrored to the secondary site. In order to perform the storage management function, the method reads the remote metadata at the primary site to determine the storage configuration at the secondary site. The method then performs the storage management function at the primary site in a way that takes into account the storage configuration at the secondary site.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nicolas Marc Clayton, Lisa Joan Gundy, John Richard Paveza, Beth Ann Peterson, Alfred Emilio Sanchez, David Michael Shackelford, Warren Keith Stanley, John Glenn Thompson
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Publication number: 20150079724Abstract: Systems and methods for forming solar cells with CuInSe2 and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 films are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: during a first stage (220), performing a mass transport through vapor transport of an indium chloride (InClx) vapor (143, 223) and Se vapor (121, 225) to deposit a semiconductor film (212, 232, 252) upon a substrate (114, 210, 230, 250); heating the substrate (114, 210, 230, 250) and the semiconductor film to a desired temperature (112); during a second stage (240) following the first stage (220), performing a mass transport through vapor transport of a copper chloride (CuClx) vapor (143, 243) and Se vapor (121, 245) to the semiconductor film (212, 232, 252); and during a third stage (260) following the second stage (240), performing a mass transport through vapor transport of an indium chloride (InClx) vapor (143, 263) and Se vapor (121, 265) to the semiconductor film (212, 232, 252).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: David S. Albin, Nirav Vora, Sebastian Caparros Jimenez, Joaquin Murillo Gutierrez, Emilio Sanchez Cortezon
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Patent number: 8918607Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to archiving data in a storage system. An exemplary embodiment comprises making a flash copy of data in a source volume, compressing data in the flash copy wherein each track of data is compressed into a set of data pages, and storing the compressed data pages in a target volume. Data extents for the target volume may be allocated from a pool of compressed data extents. After each stride worth of data is compressed and stored in the target volume, data may be destaged to avoid destage penalties. Data from the target volume may be decompressed from a flash copy of the target volume in a reverse process to restore each data track, when the archived data is needed. Data may be compressed and uncompressed using a Lempel-Ziv-Welch process.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Thomas Benhase, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Yu-Cheng Hsu, Alfred Emilio Sanchez
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Publication number: 20120131293Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to archiving data in a storage system. An exemplary embodiment comprises making a flash copy of data in a source volume, compressing data in the flash copy wherein each track of data is compressed into a set of data pages, and storing the compressed data pages in a target volume. Data extents for the target volume may be allocated from a pool of compressed data extents. After each stride worth of data is compressed and stored in the target volume, data may be destaged to avoid destage penalties. Data from the target volume may be decompressed from a flash copy of the target volume in a reverse process to restore each data track, when the archived data is needed. Data may be compressed and uncompressed using a Lempel-Ziv-Welch process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Thomas Benhase, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Yu-Cheng Hsu, Alfred Emilio Sanchez
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Patent number: 7975169Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for preserving data in a storage subsystem having dual cache and dual nonvolatile storage (NVS) through a failover from a failed cluster to a surviving cluster is provided. A memory preserved indicator is initiated to mark tracks on a cache of the surviving cluster to be preserved, the tracks having an image in an NVS of the failed cluster. A destage operation is performed to destage the marked tracks. Subsequent to a determination that each of the marked tracks have been destaged, the memory preserved indicator is disabled to remove the mark from the tracks. If the surviving cluster reboots previous to each of the marked tracks having been destaged, the cache is verified as a memory preserved cache, the marked tracks are retained for processing while all unmarked tracks are removed, and the marked tracks are processed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kevin John Ash, Michael Thomas Benhase, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Kenneth Wayne Todd
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Patent number: 7895465Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for preserving data in a storage subsystem having dual cache and dual nonvolatile storage (NVS) through a failover from a failed cluster to a surviving cluster, the surviving cluster undergoing a rebooting process, is provided. A memory preserved indicator associated with a cache of the surviving cluster is detected. The memory preserved indicator designates marked tracks having an image in an NVS of the failed cluster to be preserved through the rebooting process. A counter in a data structure of the surviving cache is incremented. If a value of the counter exceeds a predetermined value, a cache memory is initialized, and the marked tracks are removed from the cache to prevent an instance of repetitive reboots caused by a corrupted structure in the cache memory.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kevin John Ash, Michael Thomas Benhase, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Kenneth Wayne Todd
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Patent number: 7761680Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for copying data from a first cluster to a second cluster to reassign storage areas from the first cluster to the second cluster. An operation is initiated to reassign storage areas from a first cluster to a second cluster, wherein the first cluster includes a first cache and a first storage unit and the second cluster includes a second cache and a second storage unit. Data in the first cache for the storage areas to reassign to the second cluster is copied to the second cache. Data in the first storage unit for storage areas remaining assigned to the first cluster is copied to the second storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2007Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kevin John Ash, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Steven Robert Lowe, Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Kenneth Wayne Todd
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Patent number: 7680982Abstract: In a data storage subsystem with disk storage and a pair of clusters, one set of DASD fast write data is in cache of one cluster and in non-volatile data storage of the other. In response to a failover of one of the pair of clusters to a local cluster, the local cluster converts the DASD fast write data in local cache to converted fast write data to prioritize the converted data for destaging to disk storage. In response to failure to destage, the local cluster allocates local non-volatile storage tracks and emulates a host adapter to store the converted fast write data by the local non-volatile storage, reconverting the converted fast write data of the non-volatile storage to local DASD fast write data stored in the local non-volatile storage and stored in the local cache storage.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kevin John Ash, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Steven Robert Lowe, Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Kenneth Wayne Todd
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Publication number: 20090300298Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for preserving data in a storage subsystem having dual cache and dual nonvolatile storage (NVS) through a failover from a failed cluster to a surviving cluster is provided. A memory preserved indicator is initiated to mark tracks on a cache of the surviving cluster to be preserved, the tracks having an image in an NVS of the failed cluster. A destage operation is performed to destage the marked tracks. Subsequent to a determination that each of the marked tracks have been destaged, the memory preserved indicator is disabled to remove the mark from the tracks. If the surviving cluster reboots previous to each of the marked tracks having been destaged, the cache is verified as a memory preserved cache, the marked tracks are retained for processing while all unmarked tracks are removed, and the marked tracks are processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin John Ash, Michael Thomas Benhase, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Kenneth Wayne Todd
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Publication number: 20090300408Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for preserving data in a storage subsystem having dual cache and dual nonvolatile storage (NVS) through a failover from a failed cluster to a surviving cluster, the surviving cluster undergoing a rebooting process, is provided. A memory preserved indicator associated with a cache of the surviving cluster is detected. The memory preserved indicator designates marked tracks having an image in an NVS of the failed cluster to be preserved through the rebooting process. A counter in a data structure of the surviving cache is incremented. If a value of the counter exceeds a predetermined value, a cache memory is initialized, and the marked tracks are removed from the cache to prevent an instance of repetitive reboots caused by a corrupted structure in the cache memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin John Ash, Michael Thomas Benhase, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Kenneth Wayne Todd
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Publication number: 20080250210Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for copying data from a first cluster to a second cluster to reassign storage areas from the first cluster to the second cluster. An operation is initiated to reassign storage areas from a first cluster to a second cluster, wherein the first cluster includes a first cache and a first storage unit and the second cluster includes a second cache and a second storage unit. Data in the first cache for the storage areas to reassign to the second cluster is copied to the second cache. Data in the first storage unit for storage areas remaining assigned to the first cluster is copied to the second storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kevin John Ash, Lokesh Mohan Gupta, Steven Robert Lowe, Alfred Emilio Sanchez, Kenneth Wayne Todd
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Publication number: 20080201523Abstract: In a data storage subsystem with disk storage and a pair of clusters, one set of DASD fast write data is in cache of one cluster and in non-volatile data storage of the other. In response to a failover of one of the pair of clusters to a local cluster, the local cluster converts the DASD fast write data in local cache to converted fast write data to prioritize the converted data for destaging to disk storage. In response to failure to destage, the local cluster allocates local non-volatile storage tracks and emulates a host adapter to store the converted fast write data by the local non-volatile storage, reconverting the converted fast write data of the non-volatile storage to local DASD fast write data stored in the local non-volatile storage and stored in the local cache storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: KEVIN JOHN ASH, LOKESH MOHAN GUPTA, STEVEN ROBERT LOWE, ALFRED EMILIO SANCHEZ, KENNETH WAYNE TODD
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Publication number: 20050158609Abstract: A fuel cell for use with a hydride-based fuel, which fuel cell is designed for being sealed in a liquid-tight manner when in operation. The fuel cell comprises means for eliminating hydrogen formed inside the fuel cell. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2004Publication date: July 21, 2005Inventors: Gennadi Finkelshtain, Alexander Silberman, Mark Estrin, Igor Derzy, Emilio Sanchez-Cortezon, James Miners, Pascal Gouerec
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Patent number: 6902828Abstract: A bright composite sheet product including a roll cast core and a clad material bonded to the core. The core is an aluminum alloy of the AA series 1XXX, 3XXX, 5XXX, or 8XXX, and the clad material contains at least 99.5 wt. % aluminum. The composite sheet products is particularly suited for use in lighting fixtures.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2001Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: Alcoa Inc.Inventors: Jose L. Gazapo, Catalina Fernandez Rivera, Emilio Sanchez Suarez
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Publication number: 20040201276Abstract: The invention relates to a communication circuit which is used to connect, via a data bus, window-opening and -closing switches to the control circuits for the respective motors thereof and to the central vehicle controller. Said system can be used to control the sun roof and the passenger window from the driver's seat. The aforementioned switches can be: rotated, in order manually to adjust the degree that the window is opened; and moved, in order to activate the automatic and full opening or closing of the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Applicant: LEAR CORPORATIONInventors: Eduard Torrents Gavalda, Emilio Sanchez
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Patent number: 6629978Abstract: IM revision tools include a cutting guide having a coupling (preferably a male dovetail coupling), and a plurality of valgus adapters each having a mating (for example, female dovetail) coupling. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, ten valgus adapters are provided: left and right with offsets of 0 mm, 2 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm, and 8 mm. All but the 0 mm valgus adapters are provided with dual rotational joints which allow a cutting guide to be positioned in both the anterior-posterior direction as well as in the medial-lateral direction. All but the 0 mm valgus adapters are provided with a reverse clock face below the female dovetail coupling. The methods include selecting the appropriate valgus adapter, attaching the valgus adapter to an IM stem and to the cutting guide, and inserting the IM stem into the femoral canal. If 0 mm offset adapter is not chosen, the cutting guide can be orbited 360° to position the cutting guide correctly.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: Michael J. Schulzki, Carlos E. Collazo, Kenneth Trimmer, Emilio Sanchez
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Publication number: 20030165709Abstract: A bright composite sheet product including a roll cast core and a clad material bonded to the core. The core is an aluminum alloy of the AA series 1XXX, 3XXX, 5XXX, or 8XXX, and the clad material contains at least 99.5 wt. % aluminum. The composite sheet products is particularly suited for use in lighting fixtures.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2003Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Jose L Gazapo, Catalina Fernandez Rivera, Emilio Sanchez Suarez
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Patent number: 6564908Abstract: A wall panel assembly for use as an interior wall of an elevator car includes a wall panel embossed to form a central portion, a decorative panel having an ornamental front surface, and an adhesive material adhering the decorative panel to the wall panel. When the wall panel is installed in an elevator car, the decorative panel ornamental front surface is visible to passengers. The decorative panel can be formed of a flexible laminate material to follow the contour of the central portion. The central portion is surrounded by a rib or curved portion to hide an edge of the decorative panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2000Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: Inventio AGInventors: Emilio A. Sanchez, James H. Chittum, William T. Leonard
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Publication number: 20020195297Abstract: A wall panel assembly for use as an interior wall of an elevator car includes a wall panel embossed to form a central portion, a decorative panel having an ornamental front surface, and an adhesive material adhering the decorative panel to the wall panel. When the wall panel is installed in an elevator car, the decorative panel ornamental front surface is visible to passengers. The decorative panel can be formed of a flexible laminate material to follow the contour of the central portion. The central portion is surrounded by a rib or curved portion to hide an edge of the decorative panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2000Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: Emilio A. Sanchez, James H. Chittum, William T. Leonard
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Publication number: 20020156479Abstract: IM revision tools include a cutting guide having a coupling (preferably a male dovetail coupling), and a plurality of valgus adapters each having a mating (for example, female dovetail) coupling. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, ten valgus adapters are provided: left and right with offsets of 0 mm, 2 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm, and 8 mm. All but the 0 mm valgus adapters are provided with dual rotational joints which allow a cutting guide to be positioned in both the anterior-posterior direction as well as in the medial-lateral direction. All but the 0 mm valgus adapters are provided with a reverse clock face below the female dovetail coupling. The methods include selecting the appropriate valgus adapter, attaching the valgus adapter to an IM stem and to the cutting guide, and inserting the IM stem into the femoral canal. If 0 mm offset adapter is not chosen, the cutting guide can be orbited 360° to position the cutting guide correctly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2001Publication date: October 24, 2002Inventors: Michael J. Schulzki, Carlos E. Collazo, Kenneth Trimmer, Emilio Sanchez