Patents by Inventor Joseph Reichenbach

Joseph Reichenbach 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: 11914345
    Abstract: The technology relates to a memory insertion machine for inserting memory modules into memory sockets on a circuit board. The memory insertion machine may include one or more insertion rods moveably mounted to one or more vertical guides and an insertion controller. The insertion controller may be configured to apply an insertion force to a memory module in a memory socket by controlling the movement of the one or more insertion rods on the one or more vertical guides. The movement of the one or more insertion rods may have a gradually decreasing deceleration as the insertion rods move towards the memory socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Reichenbach, Jeffrey Kendall
  • Patent number: 11800695
    Abstract: The technology relates to a memory insertion machine for inserting memory modules into memory sockets on a circuit board. The memory insertion machine may include one or more insertion rods moveably mounted to one or more vertical guides, one or more profilometers, and an insertion controller. The insertion controller may be configured to apply an insertion force to a memory module in a memory socket, by controlling the movement of the one or more insertion rods on the one or more vertical guides. The insertion controller may be further configured to determine, based on information received from the one or more profilometers, a measured distance between a top of the memory module and a top of the memory socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Reichenbach, Toby Xu, Edward Gallagher, John Zevenbergen
  • Patent number: 11651519
    Abstract: An automated rack imaging system is provided, including an automated guided vehicle having a housing and a propulsion system configured to move the housing. The automated rack imaging system may include an imaging system coupled to the housing. The imaging system may include a plurality of cameras. The cameras each may be configured to have a respective field of view. The fields of view may be at least partially non-overlapping with one another. The automated rack imaging system may also include an image processor configured to combine a plurality of images taken by the cameras into a single mosaic image. A method of imaging a datacenter rack with the automated guided vehicle is also provided. The method may include moving the automated guided vehicle to a first target location aligned with the datacenter rack, taking the plurality of images, and combining the plurality of images into the single mosaic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Christopher James Coomes, John Zevenbergen, Nivedita Ravi, Joseph Reichenbach
  • Publication number: 20220187844
    Abstract: An automated datacenter imaging system is provided, including an automated guided vehicle having a housing. The system may include an optical imaging system coupled to the housing and including a plurality of cameras each configured to have a respective field of view, the fields of view being at least partially non-overlapping with one another. The system may include a laser imaging system coupled to the housing and configured to scan the datacenter to obtain a plurality of distances between the housing and a plurality of locations within the datacenter. The system may include an image processor configured to combine a plurality of images taken by the cameras with the plurality of distances taken by the laser imaging system into a single mosaic map, the image processor being configured to locate the plurality of images and the plurality of distances relative to a known coordinate system of the datacenter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Reichenbach, Seth Jordan Bradley, Christopher James Coomes, Nivedita Ravi
  • Publication number: 20220051442
    Abstract: An automated rack imaging system is provided, including an automated guided vehicle having a housing and a propulsion system configured to move the housing. The automated rack imaging system may include an imaging system coupled to the housing. The imaging system may include a plurality of cameras. The cameras each may be configured to have a respective field of view. The fields of view may be at least partially non-overlapping with one another. The automated rack imaging system may also include an image processor configured to combine a plurality of images taken by the cameras into a single mosaic image. A method of imaging a datacenter rack with the automated guided vehicle is also provided. The method may include moving the automated guided vehicle to a first target location aligned with the datacenter rack, taking the plurality of images, and combining the plurality of images into the single mosaic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher James Coomes, John Zevenbergen, Nivedita Ravi, Joseph Reichenbach
  • Publication number: 20210356937
    Abstract: The technology relates to a memory insertion machine for inserting memory modules into memory sockets on a circuit board. The memory insertion machine may include one or more insertion rods moveably mounted to one or more vertical guides and an insertion controller. The insertion controller may be configured to apply an insertion force to a memory module in a memory socket by controlling the movement of the one or more insertion rods on the one or more vertical guides. The movement of the one or more insertion rods may have a gradually decreasing deceleration as the insertion rods move towards the memory socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Reichenbach, Jeffrey Kendall
  • Publication number: 20210153400
    Abstract: The technology relates to a memory insertion machine for inserting memory modules into memory sockets on a circuit board. The memory insertion machine may include one or more insertion rods moveably mounted to one or more vertical guides, one or more profilometers, and an insertion controller. The insertion controller may be configured to apply an insertion force to a memory module in a memory socket, by controlling the movement of the one or more insertion rods on the one or more vertical guides. The insertion controller may be further configured to determine, based on information received from the one or more profilometers, a measured distance between a top of the memory module and a top of the memory socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph Reichenbach, Toby Xu, Edward Gallagher, John Zevenbergen