Patents by Inventor Nicholas Keehn
Nicholas Keehn 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: 20240266565Abstract: Techniques of deploying fuel cells in a facility are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a location of the receptacle at the facility that the fuel cell is connected upon detecting the fuel connector of the second side of the carrier being coupled to a fuel port at a receptacle at the facility. The method can then include generating and storing, in a database, a fuel cell record indicating that the fuel cell is physically connected to the receptacle at the identified location in the facility and instructing a control device in the facility corresponding to the identified location to provide fuel to the fuel cell via the fuel port, the fuel connector, the connection between the first side and the second side of the carrier, and the fuel inlet of the fuel cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas KEEHN, Eric Clarence PETERSON, Sean Michael JAMES
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Patent number: 11990653Abstract: Techniques of deploying fuel cells in a facility are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a location of the receptacle at the facility that the fuel cell is connected upon detecting the fuel connector of the second side of the carrier being coupled to a fuel port at a receptacle at the facility. The method can then include generating and storing, in a database, a fuel cell record indicating that the fuel cell is physically connected to the receptacle at the identified location in the facility and instructing a control device in the facility corresponding to the identified location to provide fuel to the fuel cell via the fuel port, the fuel connector, the connection between the first side and the second side of the carrier, and the fuel inlet of the fuel cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas Keehn, Eric Clarence Peterson, Sean Michael James
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Patent number: 11799105Abstract: Techniques of deploying fuel cells in a facility are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a location of the receptacle at the facility that the fuel cell is connected upon detecting the fuel connector of the second side of the carrier being coupled to a fuel port at a receptacle at the facility. The method can then include generating and storing, in a database, a fuel cell record indicating that the fuel cell is physically connected to the receptacle at the identified location in the facility and instructing a control device in the facility corresponding to the identified location to provide fuel to the fuel cell via the fuel port, the fuel connector, the connection between the first side and the second side of the carrier, and the fuel inlet of the fuel cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas Keehn, Eric Clarence Peterson, Sean Michael James
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Publication number: 20230261219Abstract: Techniques of deploying fuel cells in a facility are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a location of the receptacle at the facility that the fuel cell is connected upon detecting the fuel connector of the second side of the carrier being coupled to a fuel port at a receptacle at the facility. The method can then include generating and storing, in a database, a fuel cell record indicating that the fuel cell is physically connected to the receptacle at the identified location in the facility and instructing a control device in the facility corresponding to the identified location to provide fuel to the fuel cell via the fuel port, the fuel connector, the connection between the first side and the second side of the carrier, and the fuel inlet of the fuel cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Nicholas KEEHN, Eric Clarence PETERSON, Sean Michael JAMES
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Publication number: 20230015461Abstract: Self-contained server assemblies for housing servers or server blades and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a server assembly includes an enclosure having an interior space housing a server blade, a dielectric coolant submerging heat producing components of the server blade, and a condenser assembly having a condenser coil in fluid communication with a vapor gap in the interior space. The condenser coil is configured to receive a coolant that removes heat from a vapor of the dielectric coolant in the vapor gap, thereby condensing the vapor into a liquid form to be returned to the server blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Nicholas Keehn, Robert Jason Lankston, Husam Alissa
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Publication number: 20220416274Abstract: Techniques of deploying fuel cells in a facility are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a location of the receptacle at the facility that the fuel cell is connected upon detecting the fuel connector of the second side of the carrier being coupled to a fuel port at a receptacle at the facility. The method can then include generating and storing, in a database, a fuel cell record indicating that the fuel cell is physically connected to the receptacle at the identified location in the facility and instructing a control device in the facility corresponding to the identified location to provide fuel to the fuel cell via the fuel port, the fuel connector, the connection between the first side and the second side of the carrier, and the fuel inlet of the fuel cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Nicholas KEEHN, Eric Clarence PETERSON, Sean Michael JAMES
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Patent number: 11483949Abstract: Self-contained server assemblies for housing servers or server blades and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a server assembly includes an enclosure having an interior space housing a server blade, a dielectric coolant submerging heat producing components of the server blade, and a condenser assembly having a condenser coil in fluid communication with a vapor gap in the interior space. The condenser coil is configured to receive a coolant that removes heat from a vapor of the dielectric coolant in the vapor gap, thereby condensing the vapor into a liquid form to be returned to the server blade.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas Keehn, Robert Jason Lankston, Husam Alissa
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Patent number: 11431008Abstract: Techniques of deploying fuel cells in a facility are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a location of the receptacle at the facility that the fuel cell is connected upon detecting the fuel connector of the second side of the carrier being coupled to a fuel port at a receptacle at the facility. The method can then include generating and storing, in a database, a fuel cell record indicating that the fuel cell is physically connected to the receptacle at the identified location in the facility and instructing a control device in the facility corresponding to the identified location to provide fuel to the fuel cell via the fuel port, the fuel connector, the connection between the first side and the second side of the carrier, and the fuel inlet of the fuel cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas Keehn, Eric Clarence Peterson, Sean Michael James
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Publication number: 20210204451Abstract: Self-contained server assemblies for housing servers or server blades and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a server assembly includes an enclosure having an interior space housing a server blade, a dielectric coolant submerging heat producing components of the server blade, and a condenser assembly having a condenser coil in fluid communication with a vapor gap in the interior space. The condenser coil is configured to receive a coolant that removes heat from a vapor of the dielectric coolant in the vapor gap, thereby condensing the vapor into a liquid form to be returned to the server blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Nicholas Keehn, Robert Jason Lankston, Husam Alissa
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Patent number: 11051426Abstract: Immersion cooling enclosures with insulating liners and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an immersion cooling enclosure includes a well formed in a substrate material, a lid in contact with and fastened to the well to enclose an internal space configured to contain a dielectric coolant submerging one or more computing devices in the internal space, and an insulating liner on the internal surfaces of the well. The insulating liner has a first side in contact with the dielectric coolant and a second side in contact with the substrate material of the well. The insulating liner is non-permeable to the dielectric coolant, thereby preventing the dielectric coolant from passing through the insulating liner to the substrate material.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas Keehn, Eric Clarence Peterson, Winston Saunders, Husam Alissa
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Patent number: 10925188Abstract: Self-contained server assemblies for housing servers or server blades and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a server assembly includes an enclosure having an interior space housing a server blade, a dielectric coolant submerging heat producing components of the server blade, and a condenser assembly having a condenser coil in fluid communication with a vapor gap in the interior space. The condenser coil is configured to receive a coolant that removes heat from a vapor of the dielectric coolant in the vapor gap, thereby condensing the vapor into a liquid form to be returned to the server blade.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas Keehn, Robert Jason Lankston, Husam Alissa
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Publication number: 20200375059Abstract: Immersion cooling enclosures with insulating liners and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an immersion cooling enclosure includes a well formed in a substrate material, a lid in contact with and fastened to the well to enclose an internal space configured to contain a dielectric coolant submerging one or more computing devices in the internal space, and an insulating liner on the internal surfaces of the well. The insulating liner has a first side in contact with the dielectric coolant and a second side in contact with the substrate material of the well. The insulating liner is non-permeable to the dielectric coolant, thereby preventing the dielectric coolant from passing through the insulating liner to the substrate material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Nicholas Keehn, Eric Clarence Peterson, Winston Saunders, Husam Alissa
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Publication number: 20200365920Abstract: Techniques of deploying fuel cells in a facility are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a location of the receptacle at the facility that the fuel cell is connected upon detecting the fuel connector of the second side of the carrier being coupled to a fuel port at a receptacle at the facility. The method can then include generating and storing, in a database, a fuel cell record indicating that the fuel cell is physically connected to the receptacle at the identified location in the facility and instructing a control device in the facility corresponding to the identified location to provide fuel to the fuel cell via the fuel port, the fuel connector, the connection between the first side and the second side of the carrier, and the fuel inlet of the fuel cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Nicholas Keehn, Eric Clarence Peterson, Sean Michael James
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Publication number: 20200305310Abstract: Rack mountable immersion cooling enclosures and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Husam Alissa, Nicholas Keehn
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Patent number: 10765033Abstract: Immersion cooling enclosures with insulating liners and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an immersion cooling enclosure includes a well formed in a substrate material, a lid in contact with and fastened to the well to enclose an internal space configured to contain a dielectric coolant submerging one or more computing devices in the internal space, and an insulating liner on the internal surfaces of the well. The insulating liner has a first side in contact with the dielectric coolant and a second side in contact with the substrate material of the well. The insulating liner is non-permeable to the dielectric coolant, thereby preventing the dielectric coolant from passing through the insulating liner to the substrate material.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas Keehn, Eric Clarence Peterson, Winston Saunders, Husam Alissa
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Patent number: 10592657Abstract: Techniques of implementing automated secure disposal of hardware components in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data representing a command instructing removal of a hardware component from a server in a datacenter upon verification. In response to receiving the maintenance command, the method includes autonomously navigating from a current location to the destination location corresponding to the server, verifying an identity of the hardware component at the destination location, and removing the hardware component from the server. The method further includes upon successful removal of the hardware component, generating and transmitting telemetry data indicating verification of the hardware component at the destination location and successful removal of the verified hardware component from the server.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Helsel, Ned Lecky, Nicholas Keehn
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Publication number: 20190266321Abstract: Techniques of implementing automated secure disposal of hardware components in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data representing a command instructing removal of a hardware component from a server in a datacenter upon verification. In response to receiving the maintenance command, the method includes autonomously navigating from a current location to the destination location corresponding to the server, verifying an identity of the hardware component at the destination location, and removing the hardware component from the server. The method further includes upon successful removal of the hardware component, generating and transmitting telemetry data indicating verification of the hardware component at the destination location and successful removal of the verified hardware component from the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Michael Helsel, Ned Lecky, Nicholas Keehn
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Patent number: 10331876Abstract: Techniques of implementing automated secure disposal of hardware components in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data representing a command instructing removal of a hardware component from a server in a datacenter upon verification. In response to receiving the maintenance command, the method includes autonomously navigating from a current location to the destination location corresponding to the server, verifying an identity of the hardware component at the destination location, and removing the hardware component from the server. The method further includes upon successful removal of the hardware component, generating and transmitting telemetry data indicating verification of the hardware component at the destination location and successful removal of the verified hardware component from the server.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Helsel, Ned Lecky, Nicholas Keehn
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Publication number: 20180247081Abstract: Techniques of implementing automated secure disposal of hardware components in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data representing a command instructing removal of a hardware component from a server in a datacenter upon verification. In response to receiving the maintenance command, the method includes autonomously navigating from a current location to the destination location corresponding to the server, verifying an identity of the hardware component at the destination location, and removing the hardware component from the server. The method further includes upon successful removal of the hardware component, generating and transmitting telemetry data indicating verification of the hardware component at the destination location and successful removal of the verified hardware component from the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Michael Helsel, Ned Lecky, Nicholas Keehn
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Patent number: 9100057Abstract: A particular device includes a first interface, a second interface, and a wireless interface. The device also includes a processor coupled to the first interface, the second interface, and the wireless interface. The device further includes a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including causing a command received from a computing system via the second interface to be sent to a radio transceiver system via the first interface. The operations also include causing an acknowledgement received from the radio transceiver system via the first interface to be sent to the computing system via the second interface. The acknowledgement is responsive to the command. The operations further include causing a message indicating the acknowledgement to be sent to a wireless computing device via the wireless interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Nicholas A. Keehn