Patents by Inventor Jeffrey S. Spaulding

Jeffrey S. Spaulding 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: 10612861
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser, an evaporator, and a condensate line fluidically coupling the condenser to the evaporator. The condensate line can be a tube with parallel passages can be used to carry the liquid condensate from the condenser to the evaporator and to carry the vapor from the evaporator to the condenser. The evaporator can be integrated into the tube. The condenser can be constructed with an angled core. The entire assembly can be constructed using a single material, e.g., aluminum, and can be brazed together in a single brazing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Huan D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10225959
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidly coupled to the condenser by a condensate line. The evaporator includes a housing having an opening to the condensate line, a wick located in the housing, and a flow restrictor located in the housing configured to restrict flow of a working fluid from the condensate line onto a portion of the wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
  • Patent number: 10016860
    Abstract: A method of assembling a thermosiphon system includes placing a base of an evaporator and a tube of a condensate line in a brazing fixture such that the base covers an aperture in a bottom of the tube with a bottom surface of the base abutting a precision machined surface of the brazing fixture, and simultaneously brazing the base and the tube while held by the brazing fixture to form a unitary body in a single brazing process, the unitary body including the evaporator and the condensate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Huan D. Nguyen, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
  • Publication number: 20180135917
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser, an evaporator, and a condensate line fluidically coupling the condenser to the evaporator. The condensate line can be a tube with parallel passages can be used to carry the liquid condensate from the condenser to the evaporator and to carry the vapor from the evaporator to the condenser. The evaporator can be integrated into the tube. The condenser can be constructed with an angled core. The entire assembly can be constructed using a single material, e.g., aluminum, and can be brazed together in a single brazing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Huan D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9970713
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser, an evaporator, and a condensate line fluidically coupling the condenser to the evaporator. The condensate line can be a tube with parallel passages can be used to carry the liquid condensate from the condenser to the evaporator and to carry the vapor from the evaporator to the condenser. The evaporator can be integrated into the tube. The condenser can be constructed with an angled core. The entire assembly can be constructed using a single material, e.g., aluminum, and can be brazed together in a single brazing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Huan D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9869519
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser, an evaporator, and a condensate line fluidically coupling the condenser to the evaporator. The condensate line can be a tube with parallel passages can be used to carry the liquid condensate from the condenser to the evaporator and to carry the vapor from the evaporator to the condenser. The evaporator can be integrated into the tube. The condenser can be constructed with an angled core. The entire assembly can be constructed using a single material, e.g., aluminum, and can be brazed together in a single brazing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Huan D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9709618
    Abstract: A computer component mounting assembly includes a carrier to support a hard drive and a data connector. The carrier is configured to slidably receive the hard drive along a first axis. The data connector includes a first connector configured to mate to pins of the hard drive, a second connector configured to mate to a SATA data connector, and a flexible cable connecting the two. The first connector includes an alignment feature to engage a corresponding alignment feature on the hard drive. The first connector is coupled to the carrier and slidable in a plane perpendicular to the first axis, and the first connector is configured such that when carrier receives the hard drive and the alignment feature engages the corresponding alignment feature the first connector moves in the plane perpendicular to the first axis to provide alignment of the first connector to the pins of the hard drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Chi Kin Lau, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Jinal Dalal
  • Publication number: 20170055377
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidly coupled to the condenser by a condensate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
  • Publication number: 20170001272
    Abstract: A method of assembling a thermosiphon system includes placing a base of an evaporator and a tube of a condensate line in a brazing fixture such that the base covers an aperture in a bottom of the tube with a bottom surface of the base abutting a precision machined surface of the brazing fixture, and simultaneously brazing the base and the tube while held by the brazing fixture to form a unitary body in a single brazing process, the unitary body including the evaporator and the condensate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Huan D. Nguyen, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
  • Patent number: 9521786
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidically coupled to the condenser by a condensate line. The evaporator includes a housing having an opening to the condensate line, a wick located in the housing, and a flow restrictor located in the housing configured to restrict flow of a working fluid from the condensate line onto a portion of the wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
  • Patent number: 9463536
    Abstract: A method of assembling a thermosiphon system includes placing a base of an evaporator and a tube of a condensate line in a brazing fixture such that the base covers an aperture in a bottom of the tube with a bottom surface of the base abutting a precision machined surface of the brazing fixture, and simultaneously brazing the base and the tube while held by the brazing fixture to form a unitary body in a single brazing process, the unitary body including the evaporator and the condensate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Huan D. Nguyen, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
  • Patent number: 9335797
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) support system includes a guide attachable to a housing of a computing assembly that includes a motherboard and a daughterboard, the guide including a locking assembly that includes a notch and a surface angled toward the notch and is biased to snap over a portion of a side edge of the daughterboard received into the notch; and a PCB support attachable to a surface of the motherboard, the PCB support including a cleft sized to support a bottom edge of the daughterboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Winnie Leung
  • Publication number: 20160097602
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser, an evaporator, and a condensate line fluidically coupling the condenser to the evaporator. The condensate line can be a tube with parallel passages can be used to carry the liquid condensate from the condenser to the evaporator and to carry the vapor from the evaporator to the condenser. The evaporator can be integrated into the tube. The condenser can be constructed with an angled core. The entire assembly can be constructed using a single material, e.g., aluminum, and can be brazed together in a single brazing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Huan D. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20160077145
    Abstract: A computer component mounting assembly includes a carrier to support a hard drive and a data connector. The carrier is configured to slidably receive the hard drive along a first axis. The data connector includes a first connector configured to mate to pins of the hard drive, a second connector configured to mate to a SATA data connector, and a flexible cable connecting the two. The first connector includes an alignment feature to engage a corresponding alignment feature on the hard drive. The first connector is coupled to the carrier and slidable in a plane perpendicular to the first axis, and the first connector is configured such that when carrier receives the hard drive and the alignment feature engages the corresponding alignment feature the first connector moves in the plane perpendicular to the first axis to provide alignment of the first connector to the pins of the hard drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Chi Kin Lau, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Jinal Dalal
  • Patent number: 9225087
    Abstract: A computer component mounting assembly includes a carrier to support a hard drive and a data connector. The carrier is configured to slidably receive the hard drive along a first axis. The data connector includes a first connector configured to mate to pins of the hard drive, a second connector configured to mate to a SATA data connector, and a flexible cable connecting the two. The first connector includes an alignment feature to engage a corresponding alignment feature on the hard drive. The first connector is coupled to the carrier and slidable in a plane perpendicular to the first axis, and the first connector is configured such that when carrier receives the hard drive and the alignment feature engages the corresponding alignment feature the first connector moves in the plane perpendicular to the first axis to provide alignment of the first connector to the pins of the hard drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Chi Kin Lau, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Jinal Dalal
  • Publication number: 20150174709
    Abstract: A method of assembling a thermosiphon system includes placing a base of an evaporator and a tube of a condensate line in a brazing fixture such that the base covers an aperture in a bottom of the tube with a bottom surface of the base abutting a precision machined surface of the brazing fixture, and simultaneously brazing the base and the tube while held by the brazing fixture to form a unitary body in a single brazing process, the unitary body including the evaporator and the condensate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Huan D. Nguyen, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
  • Publication number: 20140268548
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser and an evaporator fluidically coupled to the condenser by a condensate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Bill Dailey, Jeffrey S. Spaulding
  • Publication number: 20140078664
    Abstract: A computer component mounting assembly includes a carrier to support a hard drive and a data connector. The carrier is configured to slidably receive the hard drive along a first axis. The data connector includes a first connector configured to mate to pins of the hard drive, a second connector configured to mate to a SATA data connector, and a flexible cable connecting the two. The first connector includes an alignment feature to engage a corresponding alignment feature on the hard drive. The first connector is coupled to the carrier and slidable in a plane perpendicular to the first axis, and the first connector is configured such that when carrier receives the hard drive and the alignment feature engages the corresponding alignment feature the first connector moves in the plane perpendicular to the first axis to provide alignment of the first connector to the pins of the hard drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Chi Kin Lau, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Jinal Dalal
  • Publication number: 20140014303
    Abstract: A thermosiphon system includes a condenser, an evaporator, and a condensate line fluidically coupling the condenser to the evaporator. The condensate line can be a tube with parallel passages can be used to carry the liquid condensate from the condenser to the evaporator and to carry the vapor from the evaporator to the condenser. The evaporator can be integrated into the tube. The condenser can be constructed with an angled core. The entire assembly can be constructed using a single material, e.g., aluminum, and can be brazed together in a single brazing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Jeffrey S. Spaulding, Huan D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7294029
    Abstract: A mount apparatus for a trolling motor provides latching positions for the stowed and deployed conditions of the trolling motor. Locking the mechanism in either the stowed or deployed positions is accomplished solely by moving the shaft of the trolling motor assembly in a lever-like movement about a pivot axis which extends through the base and transmission structure of the mount apparatus. This locking procedure is accomplished without the necessity of moving the shaft in a direction which is generally parallel to its central axis. As a result, the locking movement required by an operator to latch the trolling motor in its deployed and stowed positions is ergonomically preferable to known types of systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Spaulding