Patents by Inventor Pascal Kam

Pascal Kam 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: 9667094
    Abstract: Methods and systems supply uninterrupted power to a load using a backup battery module. A driver circuit connects the load and the backup battery module such that the operational range of the load voltage is narrower than the operational range of the battery voltage. Different charging and discharging paths of the driver circuit may be used to limit the DC bus voltage to values lower than the battery voltage. The proposed systems and methods can increase power efficiency and decrease the cost of power supply and conversion operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Pascal Kam
  • Patent number: 9373977
    Abstract: Methods and systems supply uninterrupted power to a load using a backup battery module. A driver circuit connects the load and the backup battery module such that the operational range of the load voltage is narrower than the operational range of the battery voltage. Different charging and discharging paths of the driver circuit may be used to limit the DC bus voltage to values lower than the battery voltage. The proposed systems and methods can increase power efficiency and decrease the cost of power supply and conversion operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Pascal Kam
  • Patent number: 9065277
    Abstract: Methods and systems supply uninterrupted power to a load using a backup battery module. A driver circuit connects the load and the backup battery module such that the operational range of the load voltage is narrower than the operational range of the battery voltage. Different charging and discharging paths of the driver circuit may be used to limit the DC bus voltage to values lower than the battery voltage. The proposed systems and methods can increase power efficiency and decrease the cost of power supply and conversion operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sangsun Kim, Pascal Kam
  • Publication number: 20140014292
    Abstract: A data center cooling system includes a plurality of cooling units positioned adjacent a warm air plenum that is in airflow communication with a plurality of electronic devices supported in a plurality of racks. Each of the cooling units includes a heat exchanger arranged to cool warmed air circulated into the warm air plenum from a human-occupiable workspace adjacent the plurality of racks opposite the plurality of cooling units, and a fan arranged to circulate the warmed air from the warm air plenum through the heat exchanger and to the human-occupiable workspace. The cooling system includes a control system electrically coupled to the fan and configured to modulate a fan speed of the fan of each cooling unit to induce a pressure gradient in the warm air plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Rice, Pascal Kam, Gregory P. Imwalle, Eehern J. Wong
  • Patent number: 8193450
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter comprises a wire bridge that can dissipate heat from power wires of an electrically powered system to facilitate improving the lifetime of wires, reducing interference between wires, and reduce negative impaction of the electrically powered system. The wire bridge can be formed of a thermally conductive material to facilitate dissipating heat from associated wires, and can include a base component and a bridge component that is raised up from the base component wherein a subset of wires can be placed across and in contact with the bridge component. Optionally another subset of wires can be placed in an open gap created between the base component and bridge component; channels can be formed in the wire bridge wherein wires can be inserted; multiple bridge levels can be formed; or fasteners can be employed to fasten wires to the wire bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Pascal Kam