Patents by Inventor John R. Palmer

John R. Palmer 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: 11962217
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft that is rotatable relative to the stator assembly about a rotation axis. The motor also includes an endshield, a bearing assembly rotatably supporting the rotor shaft on the endshield, a shaft ground assembly electrically coupled to the rotor shaft, and a bearing lockplate. The bearing lockplate is fixedly coupled to the endshield. The shaft ground assembly is supported by the bearing lockplate on the endshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Palmer, Chetan O. Modi, Chuck Roessler, John H. Hussey
  • Patent number: 11900321
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving process information that specifies one or more process requirements and one or more potential causes of failures associated with processes for manufacturing a design, ii) control information that specifies one or more parameters and one or more values associated with the one or more parameters that facilitate determining whether the one or more process requirements specified in the process information that are associated with the processes are being met, and iii) sensor data associated with the one or more parameters from one or more sensors of a product development environment. Responsive to determining that sensor data associated with a particular parameter of the control information is outside of an associated range of values, a process requirement and a process associated with the parameter is determined based on the process information and the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Brittany A. Friedland, John R. Palmer, Lucas Aviles, Anthony T. O'Hare, Leanne Jensen, Raluca M. Dumitrache
  • Patent number: 11675599
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, one or more accelerators communicatively coupled to the processor, and a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor and the one or more accelerators and configured for out-of-band management of the information handling system, the management controller further configured to receive information regarding the one or more accelerators, determine a criticality factor for each of the one or more accelerators based on the information, determine an accelerator health status for each of the one or more accelerators, and determine an overall system health of the information handling system based on the criticality factors and the accelerator health statuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chitrak Gupta, Rama Rao Bisa, John R. Palmer
  • Patent number: 11429085
    Abstract: A system may include an air mover configured to drive a flow of air, a heat-generating component in a path of the flow of air, an assembly comprising heat-rejecting media and a thermoelectric cooling apparatus thermally coupled to the heat-rejecting media and arranged such that the heat-rejecting media is in the path of the flow of air between the air mover and the heat-generating component, and a thermal control system communicatively coupled to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus and configured to control an electrical parameter applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus in order to create a temperature gradient across the thermoelectric cooling apparatus, such that when the electrical parameter is applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus, heat is transferred from the flow of air to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus via the heat-rejecting media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Aubreye Reddell, John R. Palmer, Troy A. Tiritilli, Jeremiah Bartlett
  • Publication number: 20220043658
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, one or more accelerators communicatively coupled to the processor, and a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor and the one or more accelerators and configured for out-of-band management of the information handling system, the management controller further configured to receive information regarding the one or more accelerators, determine a criticality factor for each of the one or more accelerators based on the information, determine an accelerator health status for each of the one or more accelerators, and determine an overall system health of the information handling system based on the criticality factors and the accelerator health statuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chitrak GUPTA, Rama Rao BISA, John R. PALMER
  • Patent number: 11228484
    Abstract: A data center including a data center management controller and a plurality of floor tiles. Each floor tile includes a tile management controller coupled to the data center management controller. The data center management controller aggregates floor tile information from each floor tile and provides floor tile configuration information to each floor tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John R. Palmer, Syed S. Ahmed, Jinsaku Masuyama
  • Publication number: 20210373531
    Abstract: A system may include an air mover configured to drive a flow of air, a heat-generating component in a path of the flow of air, an assembly comprising heat-rejecting media and a thermoelectric cooling apparatus thermally coupled to the heat-rejecting media and arranged such that the heat-rejecting media is in the path of the flow of air between the air mover and the heat-generating component, and a thermal control system communicatively coupled to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus and configured to control an electrical parameter applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus in order to create a temperature gradient across the thermoelectric cooling apparatus, such that when the electrical parameter is applied to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus, heat is transferred from the flow of air to the thermoelectric cooling apparatus via the heat-rejecting media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Aubreye REDDELL, John R. PALMER, Troy A. TIRITILLI, Jeremiah BARTLETT
  • Publication number: 20210312394
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving process information that specifies one or more process requirements and one or more potential causes of failures associated with processes for manufacturing a design, ii) control information that specifies one or more parameters and one or more values associated with the one or more parameters that facilitate determining whether the one or more process requirements specified in the process information that are associated with the processes are being met, and iii) sensor data associated with the one or more parameters from one or more sensors of a product development environment. Responsive to determining that sensor data associated with a particular parameter of the control information is outside of an associated range of values, a process requirement and a process associated with the parameter is determined based on the process information and the control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Brittany A. Friedland, John R. Palmer, Lucas Aviles, Anthony T. O'Hare, Leanne Jensen, Raluca M. Dumitrache
  • Publication number: 20210216480
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a first graphics processing unit (GPU) with a first high-speed interface, a second GPU with a second high-speed interface coupled to the first high-speed interface, and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The first GPU is configured to receive a command to provide management data to the BMC, and to provide first management data associated with the first GPU to the first GPU via the first high-speed interface in response to receiving the command. The second GPU is configured to receive the command, to receive the first management data via the second high-speed interface in response to receiving the command, and to provide the first management data and second management data associated with the second GPU to the BMC in further response to the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Chitrak Gupta, Rama Bisa, Rajeshkumar Patel, Chandrasekhar Puthilathe, John R. Palmer, Akkiah Maddukuri, Pavan Gavvala
  • Patent number: 11061838
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a first graphics processing unit (GPU) with a first high-speed interface, a second GPU with a second high-speed interface coupled to the first high-speed interface, and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The first GPU is configured to receive a command to provide management data to the BMC, and to provide first management data associated with the first GPU to the first GPU via the first high-speed interface in response to receiving the command. The second GPU is configured to receive the command, to receive the first management data via the second high-speed interface in response to receiving the command, and to provide the first management data and second management data associated with the second GPU to the BMC in further response to the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chitrak Gupta, Rama Bisa, Rajeshkumar Patel, Chandrasekhar Puthilathe, John R. Palmer, Akkiah Maddukuri, Pavan Gavvala
  • Patent number: 10990496
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a host processing system and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The host processing system includes a main processor that instantiates a management controller agent, and a general-purpose processing unit (GPU). The BMC is coupled to the host processing system and to the GPU. The BMC is configured to direct the management controller agent to retrieve first management information from the GPU, receive the first management information from the management controller agent, retrieve second management information from the GPU, and provide a health indication for the GPU based upon the first management information and the second management information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chitrak Gupta, Sreenivasula Reddy G, John R. Palmer, Richard Lynn Hall
  • Patent number: 10928866
    Abstract: A method comprising may include mechanically coupling a first main body to a second main body mechanically via a first mechanical feature such that distance between the first main body and the second main body is variable in a first direction, mechanically coupling a chassis engagement feature to the first main body via a second mechanical feature such that distance between the chassis engagement feature and the first main body is variable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the chassis engagement feature is configured to mechanically engage with a chassis when the information handling resource is engaged within the chassis, and mechanically coupling a card engagement feature to the first main body via a third mechanical feature such that distance between the card engagement feature and the first main body is variable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, wherein the card management feature is configured to mechanically engage with
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Troy A. Tiritilli, John R. Palmer, Phil R. Geiger
  • Publication number: 20200409813
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a host processing system and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The host processing system includes a main processor that instantiates a management controller agent, and a general-purpose processing unit (GPU). The BMC is coupled to the host processing system and to the GPU. The BMC is configured to direct the management controller agent to retrieve first management information from the GPU, receive the first management information from the management controller agent, retrieve second management information from the GPU, and provide a health indication for the GPU based upon the first management information and the second management information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Chitrak Gupta, Sreenivasula Reddy G, John R. Palmer, Richard Lynn Hall
  • Publication number: 20200393878
    Abstract: A method comprising may include mechanically coupling a first main body to a second main body mechanically via a first mechanical feature such that distance between the first main body and the second main body is variable in a first direction, mechanically coupling a chassis engagement feature to the first main body via a second mechanical feature such that distance between the chassis engagement feature and the first main body is variable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the chassis engagement feature is configured to mechanically engage with a chassis when the information handling resource is engaged within the chassis, and mechanically coupling a card engagement feature to the first main body via a third mechanical feature such that distance between the card engagement feature and the first main body is variable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, wherein the card management feature is configured to mechanically engage with
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Troy A. TIRITILLI, John R. PALMER, Phil R. GEIGER
  • Patent number: 10716400
    Abstract: A server rack includes supports connected to a bottom base, and at least one shelf connected between at least two of the supports. Adjustable feet engaging the bottom base are disposed proximate a corresponding generally corner region of the bottom base. Jack bodies protruding upwardly from the bottom base are disposed proximate the corresponding generally corner region of the bottom base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Jones, John R. Palmer, Alan J. Brumley
  • Patent number: 10712792
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a battery, a managed device, a host processing complex to instantiate a hosted processing environment, a wireless management module, and a management controller coupled to the wireless management module. The wireless management module includes a wireless transceiver. When the host processing complex is unpowered, the wireless management module receives power from the battery and receives configuration information for the managed device via the wireless transceiver. The management manages the managed device out of band from the hosted processing environment based upon the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Sajjad Ahmed, Travis E. Taylor, III, Arulnambi Raju, Sudhir Shetty, Jeffrey M. Lairsey, David M. Warden, Pritesh F. Prabhu, Jinsaku Masuyama, John R. Palmer
  • Publication number: 20200097623
    Abstract: A computing device is configured to form a data structure modeling a production system. The data structure includes a plurality of process node data elements corresponding to production tasks of a manufacturing process described by the production system. Responsive to input, the computing device stores linking data to link process node data elements to objects that describe characteristics associated with process specifications, manufacturing devices, and other process characteristics. The computing device is also configured to update a set of production system estimates associated with the manufacturing process based on objects, and to compare the set of production system estimates to an acceptance criterion for the production system. The computer device also generates a notification indicating whether the manufacturing process described by the production system is expected to satisfy requirements indicated by the acceptance criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: John R. Palmer, William M. Harper, Hung L. Nguyen, Navin B. Johnson, Joseph R. Twardoski, Thomas P. Harper, Joseph R. Cabotaje, Anna Fe J. Garcia
  • Patent number: 10499534
    Abstract: An information handling system, includes a server rack including a first communication device. The server rack has a mounting flange with a plurality of mounting holes. The information handling system also includes a server installed in the server rack and secured to the mounting flange via a first mounting hole of the plurality of mounting holes. The server includes a second communication device, that is coupled to the first communication device via a second mounting hole of the plurality of mounting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Jinsaku Masuyama, Sajjad S. Ahmed, John R. Palmer
  • Patent number: 10373283
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a host processing system and a management controller. The host processing system includes a main processor that instantiates a management controller agent, a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a GPU throttle module. The management controller accesses the management controller via a first interface to obtain a performance status from the GPU, determine that the performance status is outside of a status threshold, and direct, via a second interface of the information handling system, the GPU throttle module to throttle the GPU to bring the performance status to within the status threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Dinesh Kunnathur Ragupathi, John R. Palmer
  • Publication number: 20190110597
    Abstract: A server rack includes supports connected to a bottom base, and at least one shelf connected between at least two of the supports. Adjustable feet engaging the bottom base are disposed proximate a corresponding generally corner region of the bottom base. Jack bodies protruding upwardly from the bottom base are disposed proximate the corresponding generally corner region of the bottom base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy D. Jones, John R. Palmer, Alan J. Brumley