Patents by Inventor Kenneth Edward Lubahn

Kenneth Edward Lubahn 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: 7347666
    Abstract: Air moving device (AMD) packaging apparatus includes an AMD carriage structure and an associated frame receiving the AMD carriage structure. The AMD carriage structure includes an AMD holder section pivotally connected to a driver section. The associated frame is mounted in a housing of a system to be cooled and includes elongated slots defining cooperating tracks for receiving the AMD carriage structure. The AMD holder section and the driver section include outwardly extending protrusions or posts slideably received within the cooperating tracks in the associated frame to position an AMD contained within the AMD holder section in an operating position within the associated frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cary Michael Huettner, Paul Jeffrey La Rocca, Kenneth Edward Lubahn, Matthew Carl Zehrer
  • Patent number: 5923531
    Abstract: A computer arrangement includes an electronics enclosure located within a computer housing, which is divided into a plurality of physically separated cooling zones. The enclosure has a plurality of inlet and outlet openings. Each cooling zone is in registration with respective inlet and outlet openings. A backplane is disposed within the electronics enclosure, and has front and rear surfaces. A first electrical component is attached to one of the surfaces and is arranged in one of the cooling zones. At least one circuit board is disposed within the electronics enclosure and is attached to the front surface of the backplane. The circuit board has a second electrical component attached to a surface thereof, which is arranged in another one of the cooling zones. A system operation card is disposed within the electronics enclosure, and is attached to the rear surface of the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wesley H. Bachman, Douglas A. Baska, Matthew Allen Butterbaugh, Sukhvinder Singh Kang, Kenneth Edward Lubahn, Brian Scott Mullenbach, Kevin Robert Qualters