Patents by Inventor Kevin Warren Mundt
Kevin Warren Mundt 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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Publication number: 20230394001Abstract: An LCS networking device multi-host primary circuit board system includes a primary circuit board having a host processing system that provides an operating system for an LCS. A networking device connector on the circuit board is configured to connect to a networking device that performs networking operation(s) for the LCS, with the networking device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the host processing system to provide a first host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the host processing system. A first orchestrator device connector on the circuit board is configured to cable to an orchestrator device including an orchestrator processing system that performs orchestration operations for the LCS, with the first orchestrator device connector also coupled via the circuit board to the networking device connector to provide a second host coupling that is used by the networking device to access the orchestrator processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Andrew Butcher
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Publication number: 20230394204Abstract: An LCS orchestrator device/expansion device secondary circuit board system includes a secondary circuit board having an orchestrator connector subsystem connected to an orchestrator processing system that performs orchestration for an LCS. A primary connector on the secondary circuit board connects to a host processing system that provides an operating system for LCS, and is coupled via the secondary circuit board to a first orchestrator connector in the orchestrator connector subsystem to provide an orchestrator/host coupling used by the orchestrator processing system to provide a host endpoint to the host processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventor: Kevin Warren Mundt
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Patent number: 11662268Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a device may include a printed circuit board that includes at least two exposed conductor traces on a first side of the printed circuit board that are not in contact with each other; a material, that includes a substance that forms an electrically conductive solution when dissolved by a polar solvent, in contact with the at least two exposed conductor traces and fastened to at least one of the printed circuit board and the at least two exposed conductor traces; and a fastener on a second side of the printed circuit board, opposite the first side of the printed circuit board, among others.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Sandor Farkas
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Patent number: 11592795Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a liquid management system may include multiple impellers; multiple liquid transfer lines; a first impeller system that includes a first impeller of the multiple impellers; a second impeller system that includes a second impeller of the multiple impellers; and a shaft, coupled to the first impeller system and coupled to the second impeller system and configured to transfer the at least the portion of the energy to the second impeller system. The liquid management system may be configured to be coupled to an information handling system. The first impeller system may be configured to harvest, via rotation of the first impeller, energy from a flow of a liquid. The second impeller system may be configured to create pressure difference between two of the multiple liquid transfer lines coupled to the second impeller system.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Sandor Farkas, Kevin Warren Mundt, Michael J. Stumpf
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Publication number: 20230028514Abstract: A cable such as a server cable may have a tapered termination portion that when connected to other information handling system components reduces the loss of signal between the cable and the information handling system component. A method of making a cable with a tapered termination portion comprising heating a wire having an end and a body portion, the body portion having a first diameter; pulling the end relative to the body portion, for example with a clamp coupled to the end under tension, to obtain a location between the end and the body portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; and cutting the wire at the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Bhyrav Murthy Mutnury, Sandor Farkas
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Publication number: 20220350298Abstract: A build on-demand chassis with a universal bay system that can be assembled into different configurations to support different system requirements from end users includes positionable partitions and a bay support assembly for each set of devices. A controller communicates with a microcontroller unit (MCU) in each bay support assembly to determine a slot identifier and a type of device supported by the bay support assembly to provide greater flexibility in what configurations are possible. When a processor in the information handling system sends an instruction for a type of device, the controller knows the location and capabilities of the device and manages the communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Stephen Strickland, Jeffrey Michael Lewis, Kevin Warren Mundt, Shawn Joel Dube
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Publication number: 20220350935Abstract: A universal bay system is configurable to accommodate multiple sets of devices having different form factors and maximizes space utilization. A partition may be assembled with two walls and may engage receivers in a first support plane, wherein two adjacent partitions form a bay. Each wall may be configured with device retainers to accommodate a set of processing, memory, I/O or storage devices of different form factors, power supply units (PSUs) or provide an airflow channel relative to a specific set of devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Stephen Strickland, Jeffrey Michael Lewis, Kevin Warren Mundt
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Patent number: 11438244Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring, by a baseboard management controller, a network interface of an information handling system, identifying one or more management information exchanges between the information handling system and a plurality of information handling systems, identifying one or more telemetry metrics associated with the one or more management information exchanges on a hardware level, storing the one or more telemetry metrics into a telemetry metrics database of the information handling system, transmitting a telemetry metrics report including the one or more telemetry metrics to a service provider for analysis, analyzing, by the service provider, the telemetry metrics report to indicate a percent usage of an overall usage capacity associated with each device of a plurality of devices of the information handling system, and transmitting a usage report to each of the plurality of information handling systems based on the analysis of the telemetry metrics report.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Juan R. Vega, Jon Robert Hass
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Publication number: 20210321528Abstract: A cooling system interface for system cooling of a plurality of memory modules comprises a plurality of thermal interface material (TIM) blankets and a heatsink comprising a plurality of conductive fins. A TIM blanket may be positioned on each memory module and the heatsink may be positioned relative to the array of memory modules such that a conductive fin is positioned between two adjacent memory modules and a conduction fin is positioned relative to the memory modules on each end of the array. Each TIM blanket comprises a thickness based on components on the memory module and each conduction fin has a rigidity and thickness to ensure conformal contact between the TIM blanket and a conduction fin. Slidable contact between the conduction fins and TIM blankets allows the cooling system interface to be removed for servicing the memory module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Robert Boyd Curtis, Kevin Warren Mundt
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Publication number: 20210164862Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a device may include a printed circuit board that includes at least two exposed conductor traces on a first side of the printed circuit board that are not in contact with each other; a material, that includes a substance that forms an electrically conductive solution when dissolved by a polar solvent, in contact with the at least two exposed conductor traces and fastened to at least one of the printed circuit board and the at least two exposed conductor traces; and a fastener on a second side of the printed circuit board, opposite the first side of the printed circuit board, among others.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Sandor Farkas
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Publication number: 20210119891Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring, by a baseboard management controller, a network interface of an information handling system, identifying one or more management information exchanges between the information handling system and a plurality of information handling systems, identifying one or more telemetry metrics associated with the one or more management information exchanges on a hardware level, storing the one or more telemetry metrics into a telemetry metrics database of the information handling system, transmitting a telemetry metrics report including the one or more telemetry metrics to a service provider for analysis, analyzing, by the service provider, the telemetry metrics report to indicate a percent usage of an overall usage capacity associated with each device of a plurality of devices of the information handling system, and transmitting a usage report to each of the plurality of information handling systems based on the analysis of the telemetry metrics report.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Juan R. Vega, Jon Robert Hass
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Patent number: 10976215Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive a digital voltage value from an analog to digital converter; may determine a resistance value of a device that includes a plurality of conductors separated from each other by a distance and a material that includes a substance that forms an electrically conductive solution when dissolved by a polar solvent and that is configured to receive a liquid that removes heat from one or more components of the information handling system; may determine that the resistance value of the device is at or below a threshold resistance value; and in response to determining that the resistance value of the device is at or below the threshold resistance value, may provide information that indicates a leak of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Sandor Farkas
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Patent number: 10805112Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive, via a network, multiple subscription requests from respective multiple baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of respective multiple information handling systems (IHSs); may receive, via the network, authentication information from a first information handling system (IHS), different from each of the multiple IHSs; may determine that the first IHS is authenticated to access the multiple BMCs; may receive, via the network, multiple publication requests from the first IHS to access, via the network, the multiple BMCs respectively; may receive, via the network, multiple queries from the multiple BMCs respectively associated with the multiple subscription requests; may determine that the multiple publication requests are associated with the multiple subscription requests and are associated with the multiple queries associated with the multiple subscription requests; and may establish network communications with the first IHSType: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Jon Robert Hass, Juan R. Vega
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Publication number: 20200295968Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive, via a network, multiple subscription requests from respective multiple baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of respective multiple information handling systems (IHSs); may receive, via the network, authentication information from a first information handling system (IHS), different from each of the multiple IHSs; may determine that the first IHS is authenticated to access the multiple BMCs; may receive, via the network, multiple publication requests from the first IHS to access, via the network, the multiple BMCs respectively; may receive, via the network, multiple queries from the multiple BMCs respectively associated with the multiple subscription requests; may determine that the multiple publication requests are associated with the multiple subscription requests and are associated with the multiple queries associated with the multiple subscription requests; and may establish network communications with the first IHSType: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Jon Robert Hass, Juan R. Vega
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Publication number: 20200256341Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a liquid management system may include multiple impellers; multiple liquid transfer lines; a first impeller system that includes a first impeller of the multiple impellers; a second impeller system that includes a second impeller of the multiple impellers; and a shaft, coupled to the first impeller system and coupled to the second impeller system and configured to transfer the at least the portion of the energy to the second impeller system. The liquid management system may be configured to be coupled to an information handling system. The first impeller system may be configured to harvest, via rotation of the first impeller, energy from a flow of a liquid. The second impeller system may be configured to create pressure difference between two of the multiple liquid transfer lines coupled to the second impeller system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Sandor Farkas, Kevin Warren Mundt, Michael J. Stumpf
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Publication number: 20200256758Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may receive a digital voltage value from an analog to digital converter; may determine a resistance value of a device that includes a plurality of conductors separated from each other by a distance and a material that includes a substance that forms an electrically conductive solution when dissolved by a polar solvent and that is configured to receive a liquid that removes heat from one or more components of the information handling system; may determine that the resistance value of the device is at or below a threshold resistance value; and in response to determining that the resistance value of the device is at or below the threshold resistance value, may provide information that indicates a leak of the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Sandor Farkas
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Patent number: 10296481Abstract: A board adapter system includes a first adapter board. A secondary first processor coupling is located on the first adapter board, and the first adapter board passes signals between a primary first processor coupling on a first board and a first processor coupled to the secondary first processor coupling when the first adapter board engages the primary first processor coupling. A first/third processor communication bus extends between the secondary first processor coupling and the second board connector on the first adapter board, and passes signals between the first processor and a third processor that is coupled to the second board connector. A first/fourth processor communication bus extends between the secondary first processor coupling and the second board connector, and passes signals between the first processor and a fourth processor that is coupled to the second board connector on the first adapter board.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Sandor Farkas, Bhyrav Mutnury
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Patent number: 10255201Abstract: A method and system provide local key management for storage enclosures. The method includes retrieving first security content from a security vault of a service processor, then dynamically detecting a hardware interface communicatively coupled to the service processor. A data storage device, communicatively coupled to the hardware interface is dynamically detected. A dynamic determination is made as to whether the data storage device is a self-encrypting capable data storage device. In response to the data storage device being a self-encrypting capable data storage device, a second security content is retrieved from the data storage device, and a validation regarding an association between the first security content and the second security content is made. Finally, in response to a positive validation of the association between the first security content and the second security content, security keys are transmitted to the data storage device, and access to the data storage device is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Dinesh Kunnathur Ragupathi, Rama Rao Bisa, Pavan Kumar, Syama Sundar Poluri, Sanjeev S. Dambal, Satyajit Dipakbhai Desai, Kevin Warren Mundt
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Patent number: 10140238Abstract: An Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine riser with repurposed connectivity to allow for increased PCIe card count on a motherboard server. The OCP mezzanine riser includes at least one OCP connector, where the OCP connectors are mounted on the bottom of the mezzanine riser card and mate with at least one of three OCP connection points that are mounted on a server motherboard. Further, the OCP mezzanine riser includes one or more PCIe lanes mounted on the top of the mezzanine riser card, where a PCIe card may be connected to the one or more PCIe lanes of the mezzanine riser.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Kevin Warren Mundt, Scott Michael Ramsey
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Patent number: 9959240Abstract: A configurable rack server backplane that provides either two-lane or four-lane PCIe bus connections at each the individual drive bays supported by the backplane. The backplane may be configured to provide each drive bay with a two-lane PCIe connection or a four-lane PCIe connection based on the selection of cable connectors that are provided by the backplane. The backplane may be re-configured to distribute the bandwidth of a sixteen-lane PCIe bus connection among four drive bays, each using four-lane PCIe links or among eight drive bays, each using two-lane PCIe links. The backplane may additionally support tiered distribution of the PCIe bus connection bandwidth, such as two-lane PCIe links for certain drive bays and four-lane PCIe links for other drive bays. Each two-lane and four-lane PCIe link provided by the backplane is comprised of consecutively numbered PCIe lanes of the PCIe bus connection.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventor: Kevin Warren Mundt