Patents by Inventor Phillip MANN

Phillip MANN 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: 11071235
    Abstract: Method and apparatus includes a chassis to house circuitry, the chassis having first and second surfaces and an air inlet. An airflow moving device may create an airflow in a first direction that is communicated to the chassis via the air inlet. A wall structure may have a height that extends up from a base of the wall structure in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction of the airflow, where the base of the wall structure directly contacts the first surface and forms an elongated opening along a top surface of the wall structure and in between the second surface of the chassis. The airflow may flow over the top surface of the wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Mann, Sandra J. Shirk/Heath, Mark Plucinski, Tyler Jandt
  • Patent number: 10856429
    Abstract: A slam latch for mounting and unmounting a server in a rack holding a computing system is disclosed. The slam latch includes a permanent magnet. The slam latch further includes at least one magnetically attractive plate separated by a first distance from the permanent magnet, wherein the permanent magnet has a first force of attraction to the at least one plate. The permanent magnet has a second force of attraction to the at least one plate lower than the first force of attraction when the at least one plate is forceably separated from the permanent magnet by a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Elias Rosedahl, Marvin M. Misgen, Jessica R. Eidem, Phillip Mann
  • Patent number: 10739832
    Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a base and a heat sink coupled to the base. The heat sink includes a fin with a surface for receiving a cooling medium to travel across, thereby defining an upstream end and a downstream end for the fin. An airflow projection is coupled to the surface of the fin, in which the airflow projection includes an upstream end and a downstream end with the downstream end of the airflow projection cantilevered above the surface of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin O'Connell, Joseph Kuczynski, Phillip Mann, Timothy Tofil, Mark Plucinski
  • Publication number: 20200196487
    Abstract: Method and apparatus includes a chassis to house circuitry, the chassis having first and second surfaces and an air inlet. An airflow moving device may create an airflow in a first direction that is communicated to the chassis via the air inlet. A wall structure may have a height that extends up from a base of the wall structure in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction of the airflow, where the base of the wall structure directly contacts the first surface and forms an elongated opening along a top surface of the wall structure and in between the second surface of the chassis. The airflow may flow over the top surface of the wall structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Phillip MANN, Sandra J. SHIRK/HEATH, Mark PLUCINSKI, Tyler JANDT
  • Publication number: 20200117251
    Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a base and a heat sink coupled to the base. The heat sink includes a fin with a surface for receiving a cooling medium to travel across, thereby defining an upstream end and a downstream end for the fin. An airflow projection is coupled to the surface of the fin, in which the airflow projection includes an upstream end and a downstream end with the downstream end of the airflow projection cantilevered above the surface of the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin O'CONNELL, Joseph KUCZYNSKI, Phillip MANN, Timothy TOFIL, Mark PLUCINSKI
  • Publication number: 20200107460
    Abstract: A slam latch for mounting and unmounting a server in a rack holding a computing system is disclosed. The slam latch includes a permanent magnet. The slam latch further includes at least one magnetically attractive plate separated by a first distance from the permanent magnet, wherein the permanent magnet has a first force of attraction to the at least one plate. The permanent magnet has a second force of attraction to the at least one plate lower than the first force of attraction when the at least one plate is forceably separated from the permanent magnet by a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Elias ROSEDAHL, Marvin M. MISGEN, Jessica R. EIDEM, Phillip MANN