Patents by Inventor John W. Eichelberg
John W. Eichelberg 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).
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Patent number: 11521139Abstract: A system for providing resources to customers includes racks, sub-rack level secure containment units in the racks, and a provisioning control system. The sub-rack level secure containment units each enclose system resources. The racks hold two or more of the sub-rack level secure containment units. For each customer, the provisioning control system may provision a set of sub-rack level secure containment units to the customer. The provisioning control system may monitor, and create a record of, events of physical access to the system resources in each customer's set of sub-rack level secure containment units.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew S. Garman, James R. Hamilton, William T. Shelton, Michael P. Czamara, Terrance Douglas Hanold, Abhinav Agrawal, John W. Eichelberg, Rajesh Viswanathan
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Patent number: 10531597Abstract: A data center includes two or more rack computing systems and an air handling system. The rack computing systems may each include racks and computing devices mounted in the rack. The air handling system includes one or more air moving devices external to the one or more racks. The air moving devices create a negative pressure relative to ambient air at air inlets to the racks to draw air from the inlets and through computing devices in the racks.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John W. Eichelberg, Andrew Robert Schulz, Michael P. Czamara, Matthew T. Phillips, Alan D. Gillooly
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Patent number: 10082857Abstract: A system includes one or more electrical systems, an electrical power distribution system, one or more power sensors, an air handling system, and one or more controllers. The electrical power distribution system includes power distribution lines. The power distribution lines supply electrical power to the electrical systems. The power sensors are coupled to the power distribution lines. The power sensors sense characteristics of electrical power supplied to at least one of the electrical systems (for example, current draw). The one or more controllers control the air handling system based on characteristics measured by the power sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Czamara, John W. Eichelberg
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Patent number: 9591790Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rack slide system comprising an elongated supporting structure and a plurality of mobile racks mounted on the elongated supporting structure in side-by-side relation for movement along a controlled path, where the length of the path exceeds by a predetermined amount the sum of the depths of the mobile racks to provide at least one gap between selected ones of the mobile racks.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: John W. Eichelberg
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Patent number: 9485887Abstract: A data center includes two or more rack computing systems, a free cooling system, and an electrical power system. The free air cooling system includes air moving devices external to the rack computing systems. The electrical power system includes switchgear and one or more power panels. The switchgear receives power from a utility power feed. The power panels receive power from the switchgear. The power panels supply electrical power to the computing devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John W. Eichelberg, Andrew Robert Schulz, Michael P. Czamara, Matthew T. Phillips, Alan D. Gillooly
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Patent number: 9395974Abstract: A method of operating a data center includes providing a first operating environment in a first portion of the data center and providing a second operating environment in a second portion of the data center. The first operating environment meets a first set of infrastructure specifications. The second operating environment meets a second set of infrastructure specifications. At least some of the infrastructure specifications of the second set of infrastructure specifications are less stringent than corresponding infrastructure specifications of the first set of one or more infrastructure specification.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John W. Eichelberg, Andrew Robert Schulz, Michael P. Czamara, Matthew T. Phillips, Alan D. Gillooly
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Publication number: 20150351287Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rack slide system comprising an elongated supporting structure and a plurality of mobile racks mounted on the elongated supporting structure in side-by-side relation for movement along a controlled path, where the length of the path exceeds by a predetermined amount the sum of the depths of the mobile racks to provide at least one gap between selected ones of the mobile racks.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventor: John W. Eichelberg
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Patent number: 9182795Abstract: A power distribution system includes two or more power components that distribute power to one or more electrical components. At least some of the power components send and receive signals over power transmission lines to upstream or downstream power components in the power distribution system. The signals include information about power components in the power distribution system.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Hill, Matthew D. Rehder, Joseph J. Lindsay, John W. Eichelberg, Daniel J. Rohrabaugh, Andrew B. Dickinson, Thomas Bradley Scholl, Travis S. Pepper, Michael P. Czamara, Richard M. Lotz, Paul A. Stancik, Eduardo M. Parra, Samuel Joseph Mortimer
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Patent number: 9125326Abstract: One embodiment of a method of providing ventilation to electronic equipment comprises receiving exhaust air flow from first electronic equipment positioned next to a ventilation structure; directing the exhaust air flow out of exhaust fan assembly of the ventilation structure; receiving cold air from an intake fan assembly of the ventilation structure; and directing the cold air to an intake vent of second electronic equipment positioned next to the ventilation structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: John W. Eichelberg
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Patent number: 9104387Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a rack slide system comprising an elongated supporting structure and a plurality of mobile racks mounted on the elongated supporting structure in side-by-side relation for movement along a controlled path, where the length of the path exceeds by a predetermined amount the sum of the depths of the mobile racks to provide at least one gap between selected ones of the mobile racks.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: John W. Eichelberg
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Patent number: 8836175Abstract: A system includes a rack, one or more computing devices, and one or more rack power distribution units. The computing devices include one or more power supply units. The rack power distribution units include a set of power output receptacles. A set of power inputs on the power supply units matches the set of output receptacles on the rack power distribution units.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: John W. Eichelberg
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Publication number: 20140088979Abstract: A system for providing resources to customers includes racks, sub-rack level secure containment units in the racks, and a provisioning control system. The sub-rack level secure containment units each enclose system resources. The racks hold two or more of the sub-rack level secure containment units. For each customer, the provisioning control system may provision a set of sub-rack level secure containment units to the customer. The provisioning control system may monitor, and create a record of, events of physical access to the system resources in each customer's set of sub-rack level secure containment units.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Matthew S. Garman, James R. Hamilton, William T. Shelton, Michael P. Czamara, Terrance Douglas Hanold, Abhinav Agrawal, John W. Eichelberg, Rajesh Viswanathan
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Patent number: 8582292Abstract: One embodiment of a method of providing ventilation to electronic equipment comprises receiving exhaust air flow from first electronic equipment positioned next to a ventilation structure; directing the exhaust air flow out of exhaust fan assembly of the ventilation structure; receiving cold air from an intake fan assembly of the ventilation structure; and directing the cold air to an intake vent of second electronic equipment positioned next to the ventilation structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: John W. Eichelberg