Patents by Inventor Eric W. Farnholtz

Eric W. Farnholtz 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).

  • Blade and air deflector in a plenum
    Patent number: 8780551
    Abstract: A chassis-based processing system includes a first set of processing blades mounted in parallel within a card cage and attached to a backplane within a chassis. An air intake plenum allows air to flow into the chassis, and over the first set of processing blades in an optimized manner. A separate processing blade is located in the air intake plenum, and is attached to the backplane. This processing blade may have less restrictive proximity requirements than the first set of processing blades. The processing blade in the plenum is positioned perpendicular to the first set of processing blades. As a result, airflow over the processing blade in the plenum has a different orientation than airflow over the first set of processing blades. An air deflector structure in the plenum deflects some of the air flowing into the plenum onto the processing blade located in the plenum, thereby providing improved cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric W. Farnholtz
  • Blade And Air Deflector In A Plenum
    Publication number: 20130163190
    Abstract: A chassis-based processing system includes a first set of processing blades mounted in parallel within a card cage and attached to a backplane within a chassis. An air intake plenum allows air to flow into the chassis, and over the first set of processing blades in an optimized manner. A separate processing blade is located in the air intake plenum, and is attached to the backplane. This processing blade may have less restrictive proximity requirements than the first set of processing blades. The processing blade in the plenum is positioned perpendicular to the first set of processing blades. As a result, airflow over the processing blade in the plenum has a different orientation than airflow over the first set of processing blades. An air deflector structure in the plenum deflects some of the air flowing into the plenum onto the processing blade located in the plenum, thereby providing improved cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Eric W. Farnholtz