Patents by Inventor Robert B. Curtis

Robert B. Curtis 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).

  • Publication number: 20200378858
    Abstract: An information handling system may include an information handling resource, a liquid cooling system for providing cooling of the information handling resource, and a leak detection system for detecting a leak of fluid from the liquid cooling system, the leak detection system comprising a leak detection circuit having at least one moisture-sensitive portion configured to detect the presence of moisture proximate to the leak detection circuit and circuitry configured to communicate one or more electrical signals indicative of the presence or absence of moisture proximate to the leak detection circuit and a moisture wicking material mechanically coupled to the leak detection circuit and configured to transport moisture within the moisture wicking material to the at least one moisture-sensitive portion of the leak detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert B. CURTIS, Lawrence A. KYLE
  • Publication number: 20200375056
    Abstract: An information handling system chassis may include a first chassis module for housing a first set of information handling resources of an information handling system, a second chassis module for housing a second set of information handling resources of the information handling system, the second chassis module having second mechanical features for mechanically coupling to first mechanical features of the first chassis module, and a mid-chassis extension module having third mechanical features for mechanically coupling to the first mechanical features of the first chassis module and having fourth mechanical features for mechanically coupling to the second mechanical features of the second chassis module in order to mechanically couple the mid-chassis extension module between the first chassis module and the second chassis module, the mid-chassis extension module further comprising a third set of information handling resources with functionality different from that of the first set of information handling resou
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert B. CURTIS, Stuart Allen BERKE
  • Patent number: 10809778
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system enclosure may include a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive an information handling system and a rack tile airflow controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots. The rack tile airflow controller may be configured to receive from each information handling system an indication of an individual airflow consumption of the information handling systems, aggregate the individual airflow consumptions of the information handling systems to determine a total enclosure-level airflow, and communicate one or more control signals to an active floor tile in fluid communication with the information handling system enclosure, the active floor tile including one or more air movers, and the one or more control signals for controlling a tile airflow generated by the one or more air movers in accordance with the total enclosure-level airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert B. Curtis, Randall Smith
  • Publication number: 20200229324
    Abstract: A method of thermally managing an information handling system includes executing a security scan to simulate a maximum workload consuming an electrical power, and receiving sensory signals representing temperatures associated with the information handling system. A system ambient capability above an ambient temperature when operating the information handling system at the maximum workload is then determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Robert B. Curtis, Mukund P. Khatri
  • Patent number: 10694645
    Abstract: A method of thermally managing an information handling system includes executing a security scan to simulate a maximum workload consuming an electrical power, and receiving sensory signals representing temperatures associated with the information handling system. A system ambient capability above an ambient temperature when operating the information handling system at the maximum workload is then determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert B. Curtis, Mukund P. Khatri
  • Publication number: 20190390864
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fan typing and anomaly detection may provide a pulse width modulation (PWM) control signal with a predetermined threshold duty cycle to a fan, receive a tachometer signal from the fan while the PWM control signal has the threshold duty cycle, and compare the frequency of the tachometer signal (expressed in revolutions per minute) to an expected tachometer frequency for fans of a first fan type with the PWM control signal having the threshold duty cycle, according to an RPM vs. PWM curve specified for fans of the first fan type. The systems and methods may determine, based on the comparison, that the fan is of the first fan type and provide an indication that the fan is of the first fan type to a fan controller. Deviations from expected tachometer responses may indicate an anomaly, such as an actual fan failure or a predicted fan failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy M. Lambert, Sandor T. Farkas, Robert B. Curtis
  • Patent number: 10475485
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a memory system communicatively coupled to the processor, a cooling system configured to provide thermal control for information handling resources of the information handling system, and a memory capacity control agent embodied as a program of instructions configured to, when executed determine a capability of the cooling system for cooling memory devices of the memory system based on a configuration of the information handling system and manipulate a memory capacity of the memory system based on the capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert B. Curtis, Mukund P. Khatri
  • Publication number: 20190313552
    Abstract: A method of thermally managing an information handling system includes executing a security scan to simulate a maximum workload consuming an electrical power, and receiving sensory signals representing temperatures associated with the information handling system. A system ambient capability above an ambient temperature when operating the information handling system at the maximum workload is then determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Robert B. Curtis, Mukund P. Khatri
  • Patent number: 10198047
    Abstract: An information handling system includes an electrical connector to mate with terminals of a data storage device. The system further includes a temperature sensor integrated at the electrical connector. The temperature sensor is arranged to thermally couple to an exterior surface of the data storage device when the data storage device is fully inserted into the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Robert B. Curtis, Chris E. Peterson, Bernard D. Strmiska
  • Publication number: 20190004575
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor having a plurality of cores integrated within an integrated circuit package and a thermal controller communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to, responsive to absence of a condition for operating the processor with a reduced core count, control the processor in accordance with a standard thermal profile defining a maximum operating temperature of the processor as a function of power consumed by the processor, and responsive to presence of the condition for operating the processor with the reduced core count, control the processor in accordance with a modified thermal profile defining a modified maximum operating temperature of the processor as a function of power consumed by the processor, wherein for a given power consumption of the processor, the modified thermal profile defines a modified maximum temperature that is greater than the maximum operating temperature defined by the standard thermal profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mukund P. KHATRI, William K. COXE, Robert B. CURTIS
  • Patent number: 10168750
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include an information handling resource and an expansion cold plate thermally coupled to the information handling resource and configured to be fluidically coupled to a refrigeration system and configured to expand a refrigerant within the expansion cold plate in order to cool the information handling resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Robert B. Curtis
  • Patent number: 10153225
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a plurality of information handling resources and a thermal control system comprising a plurality of air movers, wherein the thermal control system is configured to operate in a first cooling mode in which the thermal control system operates at least one first air mover of the plurality of air movers to maintain a first information handling resource of the plurality of information handling resources above a minimum temperature threshold and operates at least one second air mover of the plurality of air movers to maintain a second information handling resource of the plurality of information handling resources below a maximum temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dominick A. Lovicott, Mukund P. Khatri, Robert B. Curtis
  • Publication number: 20180350410
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a memory system communicatively coupled to the processor, a cooling system configured to provide thermal control for information handling resources of the information handling system, and a memory capacity control agent embodied as a program of instructions configured to, when executed determine a capability of the cooling system for cooling memory devices of the memory system based on a configuration of the information handling system and manipulate a memory capacity of the memory system based on the capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert B. CURTIS, Mukund P. KHATRI
  • Publication number: 20180350719
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a plurality of information handling resources and a thermal control system comprising a plurality of air movers, wherein the thermal control system is configured to operate in a first cooling mode in which the thermal control system operates at least one first air mover of the plurality of air movers to maintain a first information handling resource of the plurality of information handling resources above a minimum temperature threshold and operates at least one second air mover of the plurality of air movers to maintain a second information handling resource of the plurality of information handling resources below a maximum temperature threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dominick A. LOVICOTT, Mukund P. KHATRI, Robert B. CURTIS
  • Publication number: 20180348829
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system enclosure may include a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive an information handling system and a rack tile airflow controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots. The rack tile airflow controller may be configured to receive from each information handling system an indication of an individual airflow consumption of the information handling systems, aggregate the individual airflow consumptions of the information handling systems to determine a total enclosure-level airflow, and communicate one or more control signals to an active floor tile in fluid communication with the information handling system enclosure, the active floor tile including one or more air movers, and the one or more control signals for controlling a tile airflow generated by the one or more air movers in accordance with the total enclosure-level airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Robert B. CURTIS, Randall SMITH
  • Publication number: 20180107256
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include an information handling resource and an expansion cold plate thermally coupled to the information handling resource and configured to be fluidically coupled to a refrigeration system and configured to expand a refrigerant within the expansion cold plate in order to cool the information handling resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin W. MUNDT, Robert B. CURTIS
  • Patent number: D808772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: CJD LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Philip Rothbaum, Allison S. Conner, Robert B. Curtis, Jonas K. Damon, Daniel A. Sanchez
  • Patent number: D809903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: CJD LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Philip Rothbaum, Allison S. Conner, Robert B. Curtis, Jonas K. Damon, Daniel A. Sanchez
  • Patent number: D823671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: CJD LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Philip Rothbaum, Allison S. Conner, Robert B. Curtis, Jonas K. Damon, Daniel A. Sanchez
  • Patent number: D824244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CJD LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Philip Rothbaum, Allison S. Conner, Robert B. Curtis, Jonas K. Damon, Daniel A. Sanchez