Patents by Inventor Frank W. Yu

Frank W. Yu 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).

  • Disk drive carriers and mountable hard drive systems with improved air flow
    Patent number: 10852785
    Abstract: The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly. Corresponding and complementary open areas may be also be defined in mating drive carrier assembly side components to allow passage of lateral side-to-side cooling air through the base portion flow channel of a hard drive assembled to the drive carrier assembly to form a mountable hard drive system that is installed into a storage enclosure. The at least partially aligned open flow areas of the assembled hard dive assembly and drive carrier assembly may cooperate to reduce air flow impedance across multiple rows of hard drive systems through a storage enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung B. Kwon, Frank W. Yu
  • Hard drive assemblies
    Patent number: 10042399
    Abstract: The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side across the hard drive assembly through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products LP
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung Kwon, Frank W. Yu
  • Disk Drive Carriers And Mountable Hard Drive Systems With Improved Air Flow
    Publication number: 20160202739
    Abstract: The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly. Corresponding and complementary open areas may be also be defined in mating drive carrier assembly side components to allow passage of lateral side-to-side cooling air through the base portion flow channel of a hard drive assembled to the drive carrier assembly to form a mountable hard drive system that is installed into a storage enclosure. The at least partially aligned open flow areas of the assembled hard dive assembly and drive carrier assembly may cooperate to reduce air flow impedance across multiple rows of hard drive systems through a storage enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung B. Kwon, Frank W. Yu
  • Disk drive carriers and mountable hard drive systems with improved air flow
    Patent number: 9317081
    Abstract: The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly. Corresponding and complementary open areas may be also be defined in mating drive carrier assembly side components to allow passage of lateral side-to-side cooling air through the base portion flow channel of a hard drive assembled to the drive carrier assembly to form a mountable hard drive system that is installed into a storage enclosure. The at least partially aligned open flow areas of the assembled hard dive assembly and drive carrier assembly may cooperate to reduce air flow impedance across multiple rows of hard drive systems through a storage enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products LP
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung Kwon, Frank W. Yu
  • Hard Drive Assemblies
    Publication number: 20150348593
    Abstract: The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side across the hard drive assembly through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung Kwon, Frank W. Yu
  • Hard disk drive assemblies with open side wall areas
    Patent number: 9141153
    Abstract: The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side across the hard drive assembly through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products LP
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung Kwon, Frank W. Yu
  • Hard Disk Drive Assemblies With Open Side Wall Areas
    Publication number: 20150070828
    Abstract: The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side across the hard drive assembly through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung Kwon, Frank W. Yu
  • Disk Drive Carriers And Mountable Hard Drive Systems With Improved Air Flow
    Publication number: 20150072606
    Abstract: The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly. Corresponding and complementary open areas may be also be defined in mating drive carrier assembly side components to allow passage of lateral side-to-side cooling air through the base portion flow channel of a hard drive assembled to the drive carrier assembly to form a mountable hard drive system that is installed into a storage enclosure. The at least partially aligned open flow areas of the assembled hard dive assembly and drive carrier assembly may cooperate to reduce air flow impedance across multiple rows of hard drive systems through a storage enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung Kwon, Frank W. Yu