Patents by Inventor G. Henry

G. Henry 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: 12026494
    Abstract: Systems and methods analyze for installing dependencies required for the installation of prerequisite components of cloud infrastructure to be installed in a disconnected environment are presented herein. An automation playbook generated after an assessment of a disconnected environment may be analyzed to determine a set of dependencies required by the automation playbook (e.g., packages and files required by each installation playbook called by the automation playbook). Each of the dependencies may be brought into the disconnected environment and installed as operating system packaging units, or deployed as containerized services. After all of the dependencies have been installed, a processing device may generate an installation report indicating whether the installation of each prerequisite component was successful or not. Upon determining that each of the prerequisite components was successfully installed, the processing device may install the cloud infrastructure on the disconnected environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Henry, Lester Rene Claudio
  • Patent number: 11873628
    Abstract: A redundant meter measurement system includes a first water sensor configured to measure a first set of water use data and a second water sensor configured to measure a second set of water use data. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the first water sensor and the second water sensor. The controller is configured to receive the first set of water use data from the first water sensor and receive the second set of water use data from the second water sensor. The controller is also configured to store the first set of water use data and the second set of water use data as a collection of water use data. The controller is also configured to enable transmission of the collection of water use data to a remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventor: Christopher G. Henry
  • Publication number: 20230086377
    Abstract: Systems and methods analyze for installing dependencies required for the installation of prerequisite components of cloud infrastructure to be installed in a disconnected environment are presented herein. An automation playbook generated after an assessment of a disconnected environment may be analyzed to determine a set of dependencies required by the automation playbook (e.g., packages and files required by each installation playbook called by the automation playbook). Each of the dependencies may be brought into the disconnected environment and installed as operating system packaging units, or deployed as containerized services. After all of the dependencies have been installed, a processing device may generate an installation report indicating whether the installation of each prerequisite component was successful or not. Upon determining that each of the prerequisite components was successfully installed, the processing device may install the cloud infrastructure on the disconnected environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: William G. Henry, Lester Rene Claudio
  • Patent number: 11500436
    Abstract: A management controller is configured to determine a thermal resistance of a heat sink, and determine a thermal resistance curve that includes the thermal resistance. The management controller may also determine a fan speed setting corresponding with the thermal resistance, and set a speed of the fan based on the fan speed setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Cho Shih Huai, Hung-Chun Lin, Carlos G. Henry, Hasnain Shabbir
  • Publication number: 20220147125
    Abstract: A management controller is configured to determine a thermal resistance of a heat sink, and determine a thermal resistance curve that includes the thermal resistance. The management controller may also determine a fan speed setting corresponding with the thermal resistance, and set a speed of the fan based on the fan speed setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Cho Shih Huai, Hung-Chun Lin, Carlos G. Henry, Hasnain Shabbir
  • Publication number: 20220106775
    Abstract: A redundant meter measurement system includes a first water sensor configured to measure a first set of water use data and a second water sensor configured to measure a second set of water use data. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the first water sensor and the second water sensor. The controller is configured to receive the first set of water use data from the first water sensor and receive the second set of water use data from the second water sensor. The controller is also configured to store the first set of water use data and the second set of water use data as a collection of water use data. The controller is also configured to enable transmission of the collection of water use data to a remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher G. Henry
  • Patent number: 11178828
    Abstract: A gravity irrigation system includes a distribution piping having apertures to distribute water to a field, and a valve located upstream of the distribution piping. The valve limits a pressure of the water being delivered to the distribution piping. The system also includes a sump to receive the water at a lowest elevation of the field, a depth sensor disposed within the sump, and a return pump disposed at least partially within the sump to move the water to an elevated portion of the field. The system also includes a motor to drive the return pump, and a power source coupled to a variable frequency drive that powers the motor and controls a motor speed proportionately to an indication of the depth sensor. The system also includes a transfer piping to bring the water from the return pump to a check valve and to the distribution piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Christopher G. Henry, Brian Koehler, Jim Nichols
  • Patent number: 10889228
    Abstract: A system for installing and labeling lay flat irrigation pipe in flooded rice and furrow irrigated fields, and a trailer for laying a roll of pipe in an irrigated field. The trailer includes a flexible hitch assembly positioned at a first end of the trailer, wherein the hitch assembly couples the trailer to a vehicle. The trailer also includes a distribution assembly positioned at a second end of the trailer, wherein the distribution assembly includes a spindle and wherein the distribution assembly couples the roll of pipe to the trailer; and a gooseneck frame including a first end coupled to the hitch assembly and a second end coupled to the distribution assembly, with an upper member between the first end and the second end of the gooseneck, wherein the upper member of the gooseneck is elevated relative to the hitch assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Christopher G. Henry, Henry Earl Kline
  • Publication number: 20190390793
    Abstract: A system for installing and labeling lay flat irrigation pipe in flooded rice and furrow irrigated fields, and a trailer for laying a roll of pipe in an irrigated field. The trailer includes a flexible hitch assembly positioned at a first end of the trailer, wherein the hitch assembly couples the trailer to a vehicle. The trailer also includes a distribution assembly positioned at a second end of the trailer, wherein the distribution assembly includes a spindle and wherein the distribution assembly couples the roll of pipe to the trailer; and a gooseneck frame including a first end coupled to the hitch assembly and a second end coupled to the distribution assembly, with an upper member between the first end and the second end of the gooseneck, wherein the upper member of the gooseneck is elevated relative to the hitch assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher G. Henry, Henry Earl Kline
  • Patent number: 10481655
    Abstract: Systems and methods of controlling the fan speed of one or more secondary variable speed cooling fans of an information handling system in real time by dynamically and adaptively shadowing the fan speed of another primary variable speed cooling fan or by so shadowing the fan speed of the variable cooling fan/s of a primary cooling fan zone including other variable speed primary cooling fans of the same information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dinesh Kunnathur Ragupathi, Carlos G. Henry, Eric M. Tunks
  • Patent number: 10443760
    Abstract: A system for installing and labeling lay flat irrigation pipe in flooded rice and furrow irrigated fields, and a trailer for laying a roll of pipe in an irrigated field. The trailer includes a flexible hitch assembly positioned at a first end of the trailer, wherein the hitch assembly couples the trailer to a vehicle. The trailer also includes a distribution assembly positioned at a second end of the trailer, wherein the distribution assembly includes a spindle and wherein the distribution assembly couples the roll of pipe to the trailer; and a gooseneck frame including a first end coupled to the hitch assembly and a second end coupled to the distribution assembly, with an upper member between the first end and the second end of the gooseneck, wherein the upper member of the gooseneck is elevated relative to the hitch assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Christopher G. Henry, Henry Earl Kline
  • Publication number: 20190307083
    Abstract: A gravity irrigation system includes a distribution piping having apertures to distribute water to a field, and a valve located upstream of the distribution piping. The valve is configured to limit a pressure of the water being delivered to the distribution piping. The system also includes a sump configured to receive the water at a lowest elevation of the field, a depth sensor disposed within the sump, and a return pump disposed at least partially within the sump and configured to move the water to an elevated portion of the field. The system also includes a motor configured to drive the return pump, and a power source coupled to a variable frequency drive. The variable frequency drive is configured to power the motor and control a motor speed proportionately to an indication of the depth sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher G. Henry, Brian Kohler, Jim Nichols
  • Patent number: 10212844
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a first fan in a first location for cooling a first component of the information handling system, a second fan in a second location for cooling a second component of the information handling system, and a management controller. The management controller determines that the first fan has experienced greater stress than the second fan, and recommends that the first fan be placed in the second location and that the second fan be placed in the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Dinesh K. Ragupathi, Alaric Silveira, Carlos G. Henry, Thanh Hung Dang, Hasnain Shabbir
  • Patent number: 10168748
    Abstract: A system may include a plurality of temperature sensors configured to sense temperatures at a plurality of locations associated with an information handling system, a cooling subsystem comprising at least one cooling fan configured to generate a cooling airflow in the information handling system, and a thermal manager communicatively coupled to the plurality of temperature sensors and the cooling subsystem. The thermal manager may be configured to, based on at least a power provided to a subsystem of the information handling system, estimate a thermal condition proximate to the subsystem and set a speed of the at least one cooling fan based on the estimated thermal condition and a required cubic airflow rate associated with the subsystem, wherein the required cubic airflow rate is determined based on a required linear airflow velocity associated with the subsystem and a net cross-sectional area through which the cooling airflow travels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Hasnain Shabbir, Dominick A. Lovicott, Carlos G. Henry
  • Patent number: 10146190
    Abstract: A method may include: (i) based on an error between a setpoint value and a measured process value, determining an integrated error indicative of a time-based integral of the error; (ii) based on the error, determining a differential error indicative of a time-based derivative of the error; (iii) based on the integrated error and the error, generating a proportional-integral output driving signal; (iv) based on the differential error and the error, generating a proportional-differential output driving signal; (v) determining whether the differential error is stable; (vi) responsive to determining that the differential error is stable, generating a driving signal for controlling a plant based on the proportional-differential output driving signal and independent of the proportional-integral output driving signal; (vii) responsive to determining that the differential error is unstable, generating the driving signal for controlling the plant based on the proportional-differential output driving signal and the pro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dominick A. Lovicott, Carlos G. Henry
  • Publication number: 20170363227
    Abstract: A system for installing and labeling lay flat irrigation pipe in flooded rice and furrow irrigated fields, and a trailer for laying a roll of pipe in an irrigated field. The trailer includes a flexible hitch assembly positioned at a first end of the trailer, wherein the hitch assembly couples the trailer to a vehicle. The trailer also includes a distribution assembly positioned at a second end of the trailer, wherein the distribution assembly includes a spindle and wherein the distribution assembly couples the roll of pipe to the trailer; and a gooseneck frame including a first end coupled to the hitch assembly and a second end coupled to the distribution assembly, with an upper member between the first end and the second end of the gooseneck, wherein the upper member of the gooseneck is elevated relative to the hitch assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher G. Henry, Earl Kline
  • Publication number: 20170273215
    Abstract: A system may include a plurality of temperature sensors configured to sense temperatures at a plurality of locations associated with an information handling system, a cooling subsystem comprising at least one cooling fan configured to generate a cooling airflow in the information handling system, and a thermal manager communicatively coupled to the plurality of temperature sensors and the cooling subsystem. The thermal manager may be configured to, based on at least a power provided to a subsystem of the information handling system, estimate a thermal condition proximate to the subsystem and set a speed of the at least one cooling fan based on the estimated thermal condition and a required cubic airflow rate associated with the subsystem, wherein the required cubic airflow rate is determined based on a required linear airflow velocity associated with the subsystem and a net cross-sectional area through which the cooling airflow travels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Hasnain Shabbir, Dominick A. Lovicott, Carlos G. Henry
  • Patent number: 9711616
    Abstract: A dual-channel field effect transistor (FET) device having increased amplifier linearity and a method of manufacturing same are disclosed. In an embodiment, the device includes a channel layer having a top surface and provided within a channel between a source electrode and a drain electrode. A barrier layer is formed on the channel layer in alternating first and second barrier thicknesses along the channel. The first barrier thicknesses form thinner regions and the second barrier thicknesses form thicker regions. A gate electrode is deposited on the barrier layer. The thinner regions have a first pinch-off voltage and the thicker regions have a larger second pinch-off voltage, such that the thinner and thicker regions are configured to turn on at different points on a drain current-gate voltage transfer curve. Transfer curve linearity is increased as a function of the gate voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric J. Stewart, Bettina A. Nechay, Karen M. Renaldo, Howell G. Henry, Ronald G. Freitag
  • Patent number: 9681577
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a first fan in a first location for cooling a first component of the information handling system, a second fan in a second location for cooling a second component of the information handling system, and a management controller. The management controller determines that the first fan has experienced greater stress than the second fan, and recommends that the first fan be placed in the second location and that the second fan be placed in the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Dinesh K. Ragupathi, Alaric Silveira, Carlos G. Henry, Thanh Hung Dang, Hasnain Shabbir
  • Publication number: 20170102747
    Abstract: Systems and methods of controlling the fan speed of one or more secondary variable speed cooling fans of an information handling system in real time by dynamically and adaptively shadowing the fan speed of another primary variable speed cooling fan or by so shadowing the fan speed of the variable cooling fan/s of a primary cooling fan zone including other variable speed primary cooling fans of the same information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Dinesh Kunnathur Ragupathi, Carlos G. Henry, Eric M. Tunks