Patents by Inventor Eric Thomas Graham

Eric Thomas Graham 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: 12498775
    Abstract: A data processing system is provided. The data processing system may include hardware components that are adapted to provide computer implemented services and positioned in a chassis. The data processing system may also include a chassis. The chassis may include a ventilation portion and a functional portion. The ventilation portion may include ventilation holes to facilitate circulation of gasses through an interior of the chassis. The ventilation portion may also include cover elements positioned with the plurality of ventilation holes to at least partially cover the plurality of ventilation holes. The functional portion may include attachment elements to reversibly secure the functional portion to the ventilation portion and align a portion of the functional portion with the ventilation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard William Guzman, Eric Thomas Graham
  • Publication number: 20250370517
    Abstract: A data processing system is provided. The data processing system may include hardware components that are adapted to provide computer implemented services and positioned in a chassis. The data processing system may also include a chassis. The chassis may include a ventilation portion and a functional portion. The ventilation portion may include ventilation holes to facilitate circulation of gasses through an interior of the chassis. The ventilation portion may also include cover elements positioned with the plurality of ventilation holes to at least partially cover the plurality of ventilation holes. The functional portion may include attachment elements to reversibly secure the functional portion to the ventilation portion and align a portion of the functional portion with the ventilation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: RICHARD WILLIAM GUZMAN, ERIC THOMAS GRAHAM
  • Patent number: 12193179
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an electronic equipment chassis comprising a housing and at least one lid, the housing comprising a control panel with a first set of one or more status indicators. The apparatus also comprises at least one latch configured for securing the at least one lid to the housing, the at least one latch comprising a second set of one or more status indicators. The apparatus further comprises a processing device configured to determine status information for electronic equipment housed in the electronic equipment chassis, the status information characterizing whether at least one of opening and removing the at least one lid is safe to perform at a given time, and controlling, based at least in part on the determined status information, at least one of the first set of indicators and at least one of the second set of indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Yuxin Chen, Zhao Chen, Lizzy Yi Sun, Eric Thomas Graham
  • Publication number: 20230236633
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an electronic equipment chassis comprising a housing and at least one lid, the housing comprising a control panel with a first set of one or more status indicators. The apparatus also comprises at least one latch configured for securing the at least one lid to the housing, the at least one latch comprising a second set of one or more status indicators. The apparatus further comprises a processing device configured to determine status information for electronic equipment housed in the electronic equipment chassis, the status information characterizing whether at least one of opening and removing the at least one lid is safe to perform at a given time, and controlling, based at least in part on the determined status information, at least one of the first set of indicators and at least one of the second set of indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Yuxin Chen, Zhao Chen, Lizzy Yi Sun, Eric Thomas Graham