Patents by Inventor Raymond F. Babcock

Raymond F. Babcock 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: 10172250
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a device for managing cables within a rack. The device may include a first planar surface and a second planar surface connected by a bend line, wherein the first and second planar surfaces form a cable bracket body. The cable bracket body may include a plurality of cable tie-down points. Further, the cable management device may include an attachment clamp which corresponds to respective mount points located on vertically aligned horizontal rails of a rack. The attachment clamp may be configured to securely attach the cable management bracket onto the mount points of vertically aligned horizontal rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Eric A. Eckberg, Paul W. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10117348
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a device for managing cables within a rack. The device may include a first planar surface and a second planar surface connected by a bend line, wherein the first and second planar surfaces form a cable bracket body. The cable bracket body may include a plurality of cable tie-down points. Further, the cable management device may include an attachment clamp which corresponds to respective mount points located on vertically aligned horizontal rails of a rack. The attachment clamp may be configured to securely attach the cable management bracket onto the mount points of vertically aligned horizontal rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Eric A. Eckberg, Paul W. Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20180263135
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a device for managing cables within a rack. The device may include a first planar surface and a second planar surface connected by a bend line, wherein the first and second planar surfaces form a cable bracket body. The cable bracket body may include a plurality of cable tie-down points. Further, the cable management device may include an attachment clamp which corresponds to respective mount points located on vertically aligned horizontal rails of a rack. The attachment clamp may be configured to securely attach the cable management bracket onto the mount points of vertically aligned horizontal rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Eric A. Eckberg, Paul W. Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20180263134
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a device for managing cables within a rack. The device may include a first planar surface and a second planar surface connected by a bend line, wherein the first and second planar surfaces form a cable bracket body. The cable bracket body may include a plurality of cable tie-down points. Further, the cable management device may include an attachment clamp which corresponds to respective mount points located on vertically aligned horizontal rails of a rack. The attachment clamp may be configured to securely attach the cable management bracket onto the mount points of vertically aligned horizontal rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Eric A. Eckberg, Paul W. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9894793
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a device for managing cables within a rack. The device may include a first planar surface and a second planar surface connected by a bend line, wherein the first and second planar surfaces form a cable bracket body. The cable bracket body may include a plurality of cable tie-down points. Further, the cable management device may include an attachment clamp which corresponds to respective mount points located on vertically aligned horizontal rails of a rack. The attachment clamp may be configured to securely attach the cable management bracket onto the mount points of vertically aligned horizontal rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Eric A. Eckberg, Paul W. Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9655287
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a flat metal tube that has flat top and bottom surfaces and an inner passage. The surfaces remove heat from a liquid passing through the passage from an inlet and toward an outlet of the heat exchanger. A first plurality of solid metal posts are mounted perpendicularly upon the top surface. Each fin of a first plurality of fins has holes fitted about the first plurality of posts such that the fins are mounted on the posts in vertically-spaced, parallel alignment relative to each other and the top surface. A second plurality of solid metal posts are mounted perpendicularly upon the bottom surface. Each fin of a second plurality of fins has holes fitted about the second plurality of posts such that the fins are mounted on the posts in vertically-spaced, parallel alignment relative to each other and the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Eric A. Eckberg, Gerhard I. Meijer, David R. Motschman
  • Patent number: 9609785
    Abstract: A system includes an integrated circuit and a heatsink mounted thereon. The heatsink includes a flat base plate thermally coupled to a top surface of the integrated circuit, thermally-conductive solid metal posts mounted perpendicularly on the base plate, and flat metal fins. Each of the fins has holes fitted about the posts such that the fins are mounted on the posts in vertically-spaced, parallel alignment relative to each other and the top surface of the base plate. The system further includes a load plate mounted upon top surfaces of the posts, a printed circuit board, and a microprocessor socket mounted on the printed circuit board. The microprocessor socket includes a socket base upon which the integrated circuit is mounted such that the integrated circuit is electrically coupled through the socket base to the printed circuit board. Air may be forced through the heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Eric A. Eckberg, Gerhard I. Meijer, David R. Motschman
  • Patent number: 9007084
    Abstract: A support structure for installation of a component assembly housed in a rotating, translating carriage chassis, the support structure including: a stationary rail that includes a shaft extruding perpendicular to the stationary rail; a rotating rail adapted to receive a carriage chassis rail, the rotating rail parallel to the stationary rail when the rotating rail is in a non-rotated position, the rotating rail including a shaft receptacle that receives the shaft, the rotating rail configured to rotate about the shaft and relative to the stationary rail; and a translation mechanism attached to the rotating rail, the translation mechanism enabling the carriage chassis rail to translate parallel to and along the rotating rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Michael A. Boraas, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Jeffrey L. Justin
  • Patent number: 8792243
    Abstract: Carriage chassis for installation of a component assembly in a support structure. The support structure includes a power connector in a connector housing. The carriage chassis includes: rails adapted to receive a component assembly and a safety cover. One of the rails includes a tri-lobed torsion stop that includes a first lobe configured to contact the connector housing when no safety cover is installed, preventing a component assembly from coupling with power; a second lobe configured to receive contact from a displacement member of a safety cover, rotating the tri-lobed torsion stop; and a third lobe configured to provide contact to the displacement member when the safety cover is installed and a component assembly is coupled with power. The third lobe and the first lobe prevent removal of the safety cover when a component assembly is coupled with the power connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Michael A. Boraas
  • Patent number: 8717872
    Abstract: A fail-to-wire (FTW) module that preserves a primary data path connection from an upstream computer to a downstream computer if there is any kind of failure in a breakout data path to a breakout system. The FTW module provides switches between the incoming data network data and the breakout system such that when the breakout system encounters a failure, the switches are de-activated to bypass the breakout system. The switches in the FTW module are activated by a system health signal from the breakout system. The breakout system can be serviced without interrupting the data network connections since the FTW module can be extracted from the failed breakout system with data network connections intact. The FTW module is preferably a compact modular element that fits within the breakout chassis and is easily inserted and removed from the breakout system during servicing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Ronald L. Billau, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Philip E. Grady, George W. Van Leeuwen
  • Patent number: 8693309
    Abstract: A fail-to-wire (FTW) module that preserves a primary data path connection from an upstream computer to a downstream computer if there is any kind of failure in a breakout data path to a breakout system. The FTW module provides switches between the incoming data network data and the breakout system such that when the breakout system encounters a failure, the switches are de-activated to bypass the breakout system. The switches in the FTW module are activated by a system health signal from the breakout system. The breakout system can be serviced without interrupting the data network connections since the FTW module can be extracted from the failed breakout system with data network connections intact. The FTW module is preferably a compact modular element that fits within the breakout chassis and is easily inserted and removed from the breakout system during servicing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Ronald L. Billau, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Philip E. Grady, George W. Van Leeuwen
  • Publication number: 20130121139
    Abstract: A fail-to-wire (FTW) module that preserves a primary data path connection from an upstream computer to a downstream computer if there is any kind of failure in a breakout data path to a breakout system. The FTW module provides switches between the incoming data network data and the breakout system such that when the breakout system encounters a failure, the switches are de-activated to bypass the breakout system. The switches in the FTW module are activated by a system health signal from the breakout system. The breakout system can be serviced without interrupting the data network connections since the FTW module can be extracted from the failed breakout system with data network connections intact. The FTW module is preferably a compact modular element that fits within the breakout chassis and is easily inserted and removed from the breakout system during servicing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Ronald L. Billau, Matthew A. Butterbaugh, Philip E. Grady, George W. Van Leeuwen
  • Publication number: 20120257353
    Abstract: Carriage chassis for installation of a component assembly in a support structure. The support structure includes a power connector in a connector housing. The carriage chassis includes: rails adapted to receive a component assembly and a safety cover. One of the rails includes a tri-lobed torsion stop that includes a first lobe configured to contact the connector housing when no safety cover is installed, preventing a component assembly from coupling with power; a second lobe configured to receive contact from a displacement member of a safety cover, rotating the tri-lobed torsion stop; and a third lobe configured to provide contact to the displacement member when the safety cover is installed and a component assembly is coupled with power. The third lobe and the first lobe prevent removal of the safety cover when a component assembly is coupled with the power connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Michael A. Boraas
  • Patent number: 8254131
    Abstract: Carriage chassis for installation of a component assembly in a support structure. The support structure includes a power connector in a connector housing. The carriage chassis includes: rails adapted to receive a component assembly and a safety cover. One of the rails includes a tri-lobed torsion stop that includes a first lobe configured to contact the connector housing when no safety cover is installed, preventing a component assembly from coupling with power; a second lobe configured to receive contact from a displacement member of a safety cover, rotating the tri-lobed torsion stop; and a third lobe configured to provide contact to the displacement member when the safety cover is installed and a component assembly is coupled with power. The third lobe and the first lobe prevent removal of the safety cover when a component assembly is coupled with the power connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Michael A. Boraas
  • Publication number: 20110304344
    Abstract: A support structure for installation of a component assembly housed in a rotating, translating carriage chassis, the support structure including: a stationary rail that includes a shaft extruding perpendicular to the stationary rail; a rotating rail adapted to receive a carriage chassis rail, the rotating rail parallel to the stationary rail when the rotating rail is in a non-rotated position, the rotating rail including a shaft receptacle that receives the shaft, the rotating rail configured to rotate about the shaft and relative to the stationary rail; and a translation mechanism attached to the rotating rail, the translation mechanism enabling the carriage chassis rail to translate parallel to and along the rotating rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Michael A. Boraas, Matthew A Butterbaugh, Jefferey L. Justin
  • Publication number: 20110304988
    Abstract: Carriage chassis for installation of a component assembly in a support structure. The support structure includes a power connector in a connector housing. The carriage chassis includes: rails adapted to receive a component assembly and a safety cover. One of the rails includes a tri-lobed torsion stop that includes a first lobe configured to contact the connector housing when no safety cover is installed, preventing a component assembly from coupling with power; a second lobe configured to receive contact from a displacement member of a safety cover, rotating the tri-lobed torsion stop; and a third lobe configured to provide contact to the displacement member when the safety cover is installed and a component assembly is coupled with power. The third lobe and the first lobe prevent removal of the safety cover when a component assembly is coupled with the power connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raymond F. Babcock, Michael A. Boraas