Patents by Inventor Eric C. Peterson

Eric C. Peterson 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: 12685159
    Abstract: A processor includes a first die, a second die connected to the first die with a microfluidic volume positioned between the first die and the second die, at least one pin fin positioned in the microfluidic volume, and a boiling enhancement surface feature positioned on a pin surface of the pin fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bharath Ramakrishnan, Husam Atallah Alissa, Eric C. Peterson, Christian L Belady, Dennis Trieu
  • Publication number: 20260181828
    Abstract: A vapor recovery system comprises an inlet located at a first end of a fluid path configured to receive a fluid vapor to the vapor recovery system. The vapor recovery system comprises a condenser located on the fluid path and a scrubber located on the fluid path. The vapor recovery system comprises a composition sensor located on the fluid path between the scrubber and a second end of the fluid path. The composition sensor is configured to measure a composition of the fluid vapor. The vapor recovery system comprises an exhaust located at the second end of the fluid path configured to exhaust at least a portion of the fluid vapor from the fluid path at a composition having an amount of a working fluid below a working fluid threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Kathryn M. OSEEN-SENDA, Martha Geoghegan PETERSON, Dennis TRIEU, Alexis Grace SCHUBERT, Eric C. PETERSON
  • Patent number: 12657419
    Abstract: A method for encoding data in a datacenter is provided that includes obtaining data to be encoded, encoding the data to a set of encoded spatiotemporal patterns, and outputting the set of encoded spatiotemporal patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Winston Allen Saunders, Maria Leena Kyllikki Viitaniemi, Teresa A. Nick, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Christian L. Belady, Eric C. Peterson
  • Patent number: 12636930
    Abstract: A transport refrigeration system including a refrigeration unit for conditioning an area and a power system operably coupled to the refrigeration unit. The power system includes at least one fuel cell and a fuel source. At least a portion of one of the refrigeration unit and the power system is packaged into a replaceable module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Michael Lines, Mark Makwinski, Stella Maris Oggianu
  • Patent number: 12627381
    Abstract: A computing device may include a substrate. A computing device may include a processing unit supported by the substrate. A computing device may include an optical transmitter supported by the substrate and in electrical communication with the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maria Leena Kyllikki Viitaniemi, Christian L Belady, Teresa A. Nick, Winston Allen Saunders, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Eric C. Peterson, Vaidehi Oruganti, Bharath Ramakrishnan, Husam Atallah Alissa
  • Patent number: 12610508
    Abstract: A system may include a datacenter supervisory control system (SCS). A system may include at least one datacenter sensor in data communication with the SCS to communicate a datacenter state variable to the SCS. A system may include at least one environmental sensor in data communication with the SCS to communicate an environmental state variable to the SCS. A system may include a water aware controller in data communication with the SCS, wherein the water aware controller includes a predictor that receives a datacenter state input based on the datacenter state variable, the environmental state input based on the environmental state variable, and at least one user objective function, and the water aware controller transmits a selected action to the SCS to meet a setpoint based on the datacenter state input and the environmental state input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Nasr Azadani, Eric C. Peterson, Winston Allen Saunders, Sean Patrick Abbott, Mark Alan Monroe, Sean Michael James, Kristofer Andrew Johnson, Christian L. Belady, Anthony Joseph Bianchi
  • Publication number: 20260089895
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes a high-pressure (HP) container, a low-pressure (LP) container in fluid communication with the HP container and having a fluid pressure less than the HP container, and a two-phase working fluid partially in the HP container and partially in the LP container. The two-phase working fluid has a vapor phase and a liquid phase. A pump is configured to move the working fluid through the system, and a condenser is configured to condense the vapor phase of the working fluid into the liquid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Ehsan NASR AZADANI, Bharath RAMAKRISHNAN, Nicholas Andrew KEEHN, Husam Atallah ALISSA, Ruslan NAGIMOV, Eric C. PETERSON
  • Patent number: 12575062
    Abstract: A vapor recovery system comprises an inlet located at a first end of a fluid path configured to receive a fluid vapor to the vapor recovery system. The vapor recovery system comprises a condenser located on the fluid path and a scrubber located on the fluid path. The vapor recovery system comprises a composition sensor located on the fluid path between the scrubber and a second end of the fluid path. The composition sensor is configured to measure a composition of the fluid vapor. The vapor recovery system comprises an exhaust located at the second end of the fluid path configured to exhaust at least a portion of the fluid vapor from the fluid path at a composition having an amount of a working fluid below a working fluid threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kathryn M. Oseen-Senda, Martha Geoghegan Peterson, Dennis Trieu, Alexis Grace Schubert, Eric C. Peterson
  • Patent number: 12532437
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes a server computer and a shell defining an immersion chamber. The shell contacts the server computer along a bottom side and lateral walls of the chamber, and the immersion chamber has an opening on a top side. The shell is connected to the server computer and a portion of the server computer defines at least a portion of the immersion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Martha Geoghegan Peterson, Vaidehi Oruganti
  • Patent number: 12501590
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes a high-pressure (HP) container, a low-pressure (LP) container in fluid communication with the HP container and having a fluid pressure less than the HP container, and a two-phase working fluid partially in the HP container and partially in the LP container. The two-phase working fluid has a vapor phase and a liquid phase. A pump is configured to move the working fluid through the system, and a condenser is configured to condense the vapor phase of the working fluid into the liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Nasr Azadani, Bharath Ramakrishnan, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Husam Atallah Alissa, Ruslan Nagimov, Eric C. Peterson
  • Patent number: 12464686
    Abstract: A thermal management system for cooling electronic devices includes an immersion cooling system, a vapor buffer tank, and a liquid buffer tank. The immersion cooling system includes an immersion tank defining an immersion chamber, a working fluid in the immersion chamber, and a condenser. A liquid portion of the working fluid defines an immersion bath in the immersion chamber and a vapor portion defines a headspace above the immersion bath in the immersion chamber. The condenser condenses the vapor portion of the working fluid to the liquid portion of the working fluid. The vapor buffer tank is in fluid communication with the headspace, and a vapor valve selectively allows fluid communication between the vapor buffer tank and the headspace. The liquid buffer tank is in fluid communication with the immersion chamber, and a liquid valve selectively allows fluid communication between the liquid buffer tank and the immersion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Husam Atallah Alissa, Stephan Wayne Gilges, Eric C. Peterson, Sean Michael James, Christian L. Belady, Marcus Felipe Fontoura, Ioannis Manousakis, Bharath Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 12432889
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes an air handling unit (AHU) configured to receive outside air (OA) from an OA intake, and water from a water source, where the AHU is configured to direct conditioned air toward a cold aisle and the AHU includes a modular adiabatic layer containing an evaporative media, and the modular adiabatic layer includes a plurality of subregions configured to be wetted by the evaporative media independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Nasr Azadani, Eric C. Peterson, Winston Allen Saunders, Sean Patrick Abbott, Mark Alan Monroe, Kristofer Andrew Johnson, Christian L. Belady, Anthony Joseph Bianchi
  • Publication number: 20250240920
    Abstract: A device may include a body including: an internal volume configured to receive a working fluid, and an inner contact surface configured to transfer heat from a heat-generating component to the internal volume. A device may include a first zone of the internal volume including a first thermal management feature. A device may include a second zone of the internal volume including a second thermal management feature different from the first thermal management feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Felipe Enrique ORTEGA GUTIERREZ, Bharath RAMAKRISHNAN, Eric C. PETERSON, Husam Atallah ALISSA
  • Publication number: 20250176138
    Abstract: A liquid-submersible thermal management system includes a cylindrical outer shell and an inner shell positioned in an interior volume of the outer shell. The cylindrical outer shell has a longitudinal axis oriented vertically relative to a direction of gravity, and the inner shell defines an immersion chamber. The liquid-submersible thermal management system a spine positioned inside the immersion chamber and oriented at least partially in a direction of the longitudinal axis with a heat-generating component located in the immersion chamber. A working fluid is positioned in the immersion chamber and at least partially surrounding the heat-generating component. The working fluid receives heat from the heat-generating component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Husam Atallah ALISSA, Ioannis MANOUSAKIS, Nicholas Andrew KEEHN, Eric C. PETERSON, Bharath RAMAKRISHNAN, Christian L. BELADY, Ricardo Gouvea BIANCHINI
  • Patent number: 12316377
    Abstract: A method for encoding data in a datacenter is provided that includes obtaining data to be encoded, encoding the data to a set of encoded spatiotemporal patterns, and outputting the set of encoded spatiotemporal patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Winston Allen Saunders, Maria Leena Kyllikki Viitaniemi, Teresa A. Nick, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Christian L. Belady, Eric C. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20250141566
    Abstract: A computing device may include a substrate. A computing device may include a processing unit supported by the substrate. A computing device may include an optical transmitter supported by the substrate and in electrical communication with the processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Maria Leena Kyllikki VIITANIEMI, Christian L. BELADY, Teresa A. NICK, Winston Allen SAUNDERS, Nicholas Andrew KEEHN, Eric C. PETERSON, Vaidehi ORUGANTI, Bharath RAMAKRISHNAN, Husam Atallah ALISSA
  • Publication number: 20250123661
    Abstract: A processor includes a first die, a second die connected to the first die with a microfluidic volume positioned between the first die and the second die, a wicking heat spreader positioned in the microfluidic volume; and a boiling enhancement surface feature positioned on at least one surface of the wicking heat spreader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bharath RAMAKRISHNAN, Husam Atallah ALISSA, Eric C. PETERSON, Christian L. BELADY, Dennis TRIEU, Ioannis MANOUSAKIS, Nicholas Andrew KEEHN, Kathryn M. OSEEN-SENDA, Douglas Patrick KELLEY
  • Publication number: 20250062189
    Abstract: A cold plate assembly for cooling a computing device includes a first cooling structure and a second cooling structure. The first cooling structure is configured to provide cooling from a flow of first coolant to a first temperature section of the computing device. The second cooling structure is connected to the first cooling structure and is configured to provide cooling from a flow of second coolant to a second temperature section of the computing device. The second temperature section has a lower temperature threshold than the first temperature section. The cold plate assembly includes a thermal barrier between the first cooling structure and the second cooling structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Eric C. PETERSON, Husam Atallah ALISSA, Sean Patrick ABBOTT
  • Publication number: 20250063700
    Abstract: A cold plate assembly for cooling a computing device includes a first cooling structure and a second cooling structure. The first cooling structure is configured to provide cooling from a flow of first coolant to a first temperature section of the computing device. The second cooling structure is connected to the first cooling structure and is configured to provide cooling from a flow of second coolant to a second temperature section of the computing device. The second temperature section has a lower temperature threshold than the first temperature section. The cold plate assembly includes a thermal barrier between the first cooling structure and the second cooling structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Eric C. PETERSON, Husam Atallah ALISSA, Sean Patrick ABBOTT
  • Publication number: 20250063688
    Abstract: A cold plate assembly for cooling a computing device includes a first cooling structure and a second cooling structure. The first cooling structure is configured to provide cooling from a flow of first coolant to a first temperature section of the computing device. The second cooling structure is connected to the first cooling structure and is configured to provide cooling from a flow of second coolant to a second temperature section of the computing device. The second temperature section has a lower temperature threshold than the first temperature section. The cold plate assembly includes a thermal barrier between the first cooling structure and the second cooling structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Eric C. PETERSON, Husam Atallah ALISSA, Sean Patrick ABBOTT