Patents by Inventor John William Eichelberg

John William 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).

  • Patent number: 9414531
    Abstract: A modular computing system for a data center includes one or more data center modules including rack computer systems. An electrical module is coupled to the data center modules and provides electrical power to computer systems in the data center modules. The data center modules do not include any internal active cooling systems and cannot be coupled with any external active cooling systems. A data center module directs ambient air to flow into intake air plenums extending along intake sides of the rows of racks, through the rows of racks into exhaust plenums extending along exhaust sides of the rows of racks, and out into the ambient environment to cool computer systems in the racks. Directed airflow can be lateral, vertical, at least partially driven by air buoyancy gradients, at least partially induced by air moving devices internal to computer systems in the rows of racks, thereof, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chadwick Towner, Kraig Knight, John William Eichelberg, Peter George Ross
  • Patent number: 9332670
    Abstract: A system includes a floor, one or more modules, one or more pads between a base of the modules and the floor, and one or more pad compression mechanisms. The data center modules include more electrical systems coupled to the module base. The pads compress to conform to variations in the surface of the floor. The pad compression mechanisms are operable by a user to compress the pads between the modules and the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John William Eichelberg
  • Publication number: 20160081229
    Abstract: A system for managing air flow computing devices in a rack includes a stall and filler elements. The stall includes a stall top panel and two side panels spaced apart from one another. The stall accommodates a rack computing system. The filler elements fill gaps between the computing devices of the rack computing systems and the panels of the stalls. An air moving system moves air from the cold aisle through cold-aisle facing air inlets of the computing devices. The filler elements inhibit air moving toward the cold aisle-facing inlets from leaking through gaps between the computing devices of the rack computing systems and the stall panels such that the filler elements inhibit air moving toward inlets in the computing devices from leaking through the gaps between the computing devices in the rack and the stall panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: JOHN WILLIAM EICHELBERG, ANDREW ROBERT SCHULZ
  • Patent number: 9248941
    Abstract: A rack-handling system includes a rack-handling device having a rack-coupling portion and one or more handles. The rack-coupling portion can be coupled with a rack. The handles can be gripped by a user to move the rack from one location to another when the rack-coupling portion is coupled to the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Lynn Legel, John William Eichelberg, Michael Phillip Czamara, Christopher Wayne Turner
  • Patent number: 9198310
    Abstract: A system for managing air flow computing devices in a rack includes a stall and filler elements. The stall includes a stall top panel and two side panels spaced apart from one another. The stall accommodates a rack computing system. The filler elements fill gaps between the computing devices of the rack computing systems and the panels of the stalls. An air moving system moves air from the cold aisle through cold-aisle facing air inlets of the computing devices. The filler elements inhibit air moving toward the cold aisle-facing inlets from leaking through gaps between the computing devices of the rack computing systems and the stall panels such that the filler elements inhibit air moving toward inlets in the computing devices from leaking through the gaps between the computing devices in the rack and the stall panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Eichelberg, Andrew Robert Schulz
  • Publication number: 20150234440
    Abstract: A power routing rack can be used to provide various power support redundancies to one or more computing racks in a data center. Power feeds are supplied to bus bars in a power bus bar array extending through the rack, and power routing assemblies positioned in the rack route power from one or more of the bus bars to a computing rack. Each assembly includes circuit breakers that couple to separate bus bars and a routing module that routes power from one or more of the circuit breakers to one or more computing racks. The routing module can include a transfer switch that selectively routes power. The routing module can include an electrical bridge that concurrently routes power. Each assembly can be positioned within the rack to couple the circuit breakers to various power bus bars to adjust the power support redundancy provided to one or more computing racks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: BROCK ROBERT GARDNER, JOHN WILLIAM EICHELBERG, MICHAEL PHILLIP CZAMARA, NIGEL MCGEE, PETER GEORGE ROSS
  • Patent number: 9072193
    Abstract: An air containment system for a datacenter. The air containment system includes horizontally slidable vertical rails that engage the rear rails to two adjacent server racks. The vertical rails can include a front face that is compressible to provide an airtight connection with the server racks. Filler plates attach to adjacent vertical rails and fill the space between a top of the server rack and the top of the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John William Eichelberg
  • Publication number: 20140340842
    Abstract: A system for removing heat from electrical systems includes a dehumidification device including a desiccant, an evaporative cooling device, and air moving devices, and an air flow control devices. The air moving device moves air through the dehumidification device, the evaporative cooling device, and the electrical systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: RICHARD CHADWICK TOWNER, JOHN WILLIAM EICHELBERG, MICHAEL PHILLIP CZAMARA, OSVALDO P. MORALES
  • Patent number: D705420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John William Eichelberg