Patents by Inventor Jonathan E. James Ou

Jonathan E. James Ou 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).

  • Server infrastructure having independent backplanes to distribute power and to route signals
    Patent number: 8009438
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present technique are directed to a backplane infrastructure. The backplane infrastructure may include a passive power backplane configured to distribute power and comprising a first set of alignment holes, a signal backplane configured to route interface signals and comprising a second set of alignment holes and a set of common alignment pins, each alignment pin having an axis, wherein the set of common alignment pins are inserted into the first set of alignment holes and the second set of alignment holes to align the passive power backplane and the signal backplane about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin B. Leigh, Jonathan E. James Ou, David W. Sherrod, Kurt A. Manweiler, Miles B. Reyes, Gregory L. Gibson, Stephen A. Kay, Vincent W. Michna
  • Server infrastructure having independent backplanes to distribute power and to route signals
    Publication number: 20080239687
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present technique are directed to a backplane infrastructure. The backplane infrastructure may include a passive power backplane configured to distribute power and comprising a first set of alignment holes, a signal backplane configured to route interface signals and comprising a second set of alignment holes and a set of common alignment pins, each alignment pin having an axis, wherein the set of common alignment pins are inserted into the first set of alignment holes and the second set of alignment holes to align the passive power backplane and the signal backplane about the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin B. Leigh, Jonathan E. James Ou, David W. Sherrod, Kurt A. Manweiler, Miles B. Reyes, Gregory L. Gibson, Stephen A. Kay, Vincent W. Michna