Patents by Inventor Eric R. Eberhardt

Eric R. Eberhardt 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).

  • Compact computer having a redundant air moving system and method thereof
    Patent number: 5949646
    Abstract: A computer having a compact enclosure separated into two cooperative compartments, each having a pair of air fans for cooling electrical heat generating elements located in each compartment, the pair of fans being arranged on common sides of the compartments, one fan serving as a redundant fan on the failure of one of the other fans, the compartments are interconnected on opposite sides relative to the fans by an airflow plenum and separated by an airflow blockage wall in a manner that cooling air introduced into one compartment is circulated through both compartments before being exhausted from the other compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario J. Lee, Anthony N. Eberhardt, Eric R. Eberhardt