Patents by Inventor Ralph A. Carbone

Ralph A. Carbone 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).

  • Methods for sampling and testing data centers for metallic particulates
    Patent number: 6923075
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to methods for sampling and/or testing for the presence of whisker-like metallic particulates in data centers or computer rooms. For example, a method for discovering the presence of an undesired whisker-like metallic particulate in a data center is disclosed comprising providing a tool having a conductive adhesive portion wherein the conductive adhesive portion is capable of capturing and retaining the whisker-like metallic particulates in their fragile condition, locating a surface of the data center where metallic particulates may be present, extracting from the surface any whisker-like metallic particulates present in substantially their fragile condition using the tool, and confirming with an electron microscope whether or not any whisker-like metallic particulates are present on the conductive adhesive portion of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ralph A. Carbone, David J. Roche
  • Methods for sampling and testing data centers for metallic particulates
    Publication number: 20040045377
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to methods for sampling and/or testing for the presence of whisker-like metallic particulates in data centers or computer rooms. For example, a method for discovering the presence of an undesired whisker-like metallic particulate in a data center is disclosed comprising providing a tool having a conductive adhesive portion wherein the conductive adhesive portion is capable of capturing and retaining the whisker-like metallic particulates in their fragile condition, locating a surface of the data center where metallic particulates may be present, extracting from the surface any whisker-like metallic particulates present in substantially their fragile condition using the tool, and confirming with an electron microscope whether or not any whisker-like metallic particulates are present on the conductive adhesive portion of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Ralph A. Carbone, David J. Roche
  • Method for sampling and testing data centers for metallic particulates
    Patent number: 6651521
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to methods for sampling and/or testing for the presence of whisker-like metallic particulates in data centers or computer rooms. For example, a method for discovering the presence of an undesired whisker-like metallic particulate in a data center is disclosed comprising providing a tool having a conductive adhesive portion wherein the conductive adhesive portion is capable of capturing and retaining the whisker-like metallic particulates in their fragile condition, locating a surface of the data center where metallic particulates may be present, extracting from the surface any whisker-like metallic particulates present in substantially their fragile condition using the tool, and confirming with an electron microscope whether or not any whisker-like metallic particulates are present on the conductive adhesive portion of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ralph A. Carbone, David J. Roche
  • Method for sampling and testing data centers for metallic particulates
    Publication number: 20020162405
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to methods for sampling and/or testing for the presence of whisker-like metallic particulates in data centers or computer rooms. For example, a method for discovering the presence of an undesired whisker-like metallic particulate in a data center is disclosed comprising providing a tool having a conductive adhesive portion wherein the conductive adhesive portion is capable of capturing and retaining the whisker-like metallic particulates in their fragile condition, locating a surface of the data center where metallic particulates may be present, extracting from the surface any whisker-like metallic particulates present in substantially their fragile condition using the tool, and confirming with an electron microscope whether or not any whisker-like metallic particulates are present on the conductive adhesive portion of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Ralph A. Carbone, David J. Roche