Patents by Inventor Roger B. Dickinson

Roger B. Dickinson 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: 20190104639
    Abstract: A cooling fan module for motivating air flow through an electronics chassis includes an enclosure having an air inlet through which cooling air flow is motivated by at least two centrifugal blowers disposed within the enclosure. The centrifugal blowers operate in parallel to motivate the cooling air flow along a first direction vector, while the respective axes of rotation of the centrifugal blower impellers are in substantial axial alignment with one another, and parallel to the first direction vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: John F. O'Connor, Roger B. Dickinson
  • Publication number: 20160309616
    Abstract: A cooling fan module for motivating air flow through an electronics chassis includes an enclosure having an air inlet through which cooling air flow is motivated by at least two centrifugal blowers disposed within the enclosure. The centrifugal blowers operate in parallel to motivate the cooling air flow along a first direction vector, while the respective axes of rotation of the centrifugal blower impellers are in substantial axial alignment with one another, and parallel to the first direction vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: John F. O'Connor, Roger B. Dickinson
  • Publication number: 20150305205
    Abstract: A rack server has a base supporting a plurality of circuit elements, and a kinetic heat sink in direct contact with at least one first circuit element. The direct contact is configured to produce a heat-conduction relationship between the at least one first circuit element and the kinetic heat sink. The kinetic heat sink has a radial side spanning 360 degrees. The rack server also has a member for radially directing air from the kinetic heat sink. The member has an exhaust port spanning no more than about 180 degrees of the radial side, and the kinetic heat sink is configured to exhaust air from no more than about 180 degrees of the radial side. The exhaust port faces at least one second circuit element and is configured to direct air toward the at least one second circuit element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Lino A. Gonzalez, Pramod Chamarthy, Steven Stoddard, William R. Sanchez, Roger B. Dickinson
  • Patent number: 8142147
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower having at least one radial plane dividing its scroll into sub-sections which may vary as to cut-off points and axial and radial dimensions as well as axial displacement to meet requirements of individual application system flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Bergquist Torrington Company
    Inventors: John F. O'Connor, Roger B. Dickinson
  • Publication number: 20110280748
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower having at least one radial plane dividing its scroll into sub-sections which may vary as to cut-off points and axial and radial dimensions as well as axial displacement to meet requirements of individual application system flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: John F. O'Connor, JR., Roger B. Dickinson
  • Publication number: 20110088867
    Abstract: The disclosed system provides heat and/or moisture transfer between two counter-flowing air streams. The system comprises: a frame; a transfer wheel having a periphery spaced from the frame so as to form a gap therebetween, and including a transfer matrix mounted and rotationally secured relative to the frame so that the wheel can simultaneously rotate through the two separate, counter-flowing air streams; a sealing arrangement configured so as to seal the transfer wheel to the frame so that as the wheel rotates through the two separate counter-flowing air streams, the two air streams flow through the transfer matrix while remaining sealed from one another; and an electromagnetic actuator including rotational components secured relative to the wheel configured to generate flux across the gap and stationary components secured relative to the frame configured to impart a tractive force to the rotational components in response to polyphase power supplied to the stationary components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Airxchange, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald F. Steele, Edward C. Lovelace, Roger B. Dickinson
  • Publication number: 20020119044
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower having at least one radial plane dividing its scroll into sub-sections which may vary as to cut-off points and axial and radial dimensions as well as axial displacement to meet requirements of individual application system flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: John F. O'Connor,, Roger B. Dickinson, Russel H. Marvin