Patents by Inventor Roy Grantham

Roy Grantham 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: 20250098102
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a computer server rack assembly for supporting an electronic unit, per an embodiment. The computer server rack assembly includes a housing, an electric busbar, a first cooling manifold, a second cooling manifold, and at least one rail panel. The housing includes a front space region, a rear space region, a front side, and a back side. The electric busbar is vertically secured to the backside of the server rack and has a power basis of 48 VDC. The first cooling manifold and the second cooling manifolds are vertically secured to the backside of the server rack and are configured to distribute liquid coolant to at least one electronic unit within the housing. The rail panels are configured to be placed within the housing and support an electronic unit within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Vertiv Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Grantham
  • Patent number: 8405982
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data center comprising a first row of equipment racks, a second row of equipment racks, a hot aisle defined by a space between the first row of equipment racks and the second row of equipment racks, and a track system above the hot aisle of the data center upon which cooling units may be mounted. Cooling units may be moved along the track system. The track system may include portions of track secured to the top sides of one or more cooling units. Also disclosed is a method for installing a cooling unit above a hot aisle of a data center including a plurality of equipment racks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Schneider Electric IT Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Grantham, Kevin Lemke
  • Patent number: 8360833
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air containment cooling system for containing air between two rows of equipment racks. The air containment cooling system comprises a canopy assembly configured to enclose a hot aisle defined by two rows of equipment racks and a cooling system embedded within the canopy assembly, the cooling system being configured to cool air disposed within the hot aisle, the cooling system including a heat exchanger, a mounting plate coupled to the canopy assembly, and a fan assembly configured to move air to the heat exchanger, the fan assembly being releasably mounted on the mounting plate. The fan assembly may include a fan unit having a fan and a motor and a mounting ring configured to mount the fan unit thereon. The mounting ring may have at least one mounting post configured to pass through a key slot formed in the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Grantham
  • Publication number: 20110299242
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data center comprising a first row of equipment racks, a second row of equipment racks, a hot aisle defined by a space between the first row of equipment racks and the second row of equipment racks, and a track system above the hot aisle of the data center upon which cooling units may be mounted. Cooling units may be moved along the track system. The track system may include portions of track secured to the top sides of one or more cooling units. Also disclosed is a method for installing a cooling unit above a hot aisle of a data center including a plurality of equipment racks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Roy Grantham, Kevin Lemke
  • Patent number: 7944692
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data center comprising a first row of equipment racks, a second row of equipment racks, a hot aisle defined by a space between the first row of equipment racks and the second row of equipment racks, and a track system above the hot aisle of the data center upon which cooling units may be mounted. Cooling units may be moved along the track system. The track system may include portions of track secured to the top sides of one or more cooling units. Also disclosed is a method for installing a cooling unit above a hot aisle of a data center including a plurality of equipment racks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Grantham, Kevin Lemke
  • Publication number: 20100315775
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data center comprising a first row of equipment racks, a second row of equipment racks, a hot aisle defined by a space between the first row of equipment racks and the second row of equipment racks, and a track system above the hot aisle of the data center upon which cooling units may be mounted. Cooling units may be moved along the track system. The track system may include portions of track secured to the top sides of one or more cooling units. Also disclosed is a method for installing a cooling unit above a hot aisle of a data center including a plurality of equipment racks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Roy Grantham, Kevin Lemke
  • Publication number: 20100300648
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air containment cooling system for containing air between two rows of equipment racks. The air containment cooling system comprises a canopy assembly configured to enclose a hot aisle defined by two rows of equipment racks and a cooling system embedded within the canopy assembly, the cooling system being configured to cool air disposed within the hot aisle, the cooling system including a heat exchanger, a mounting plate coupled to the canopy assembly, and a fan assembly configured to move air to the heat exchanger, the fan assembly being releasably mounted on the mounting plate. The fan assembly may include a fan unit having a fan and a motor and a mounting ring configured to mount the fan unit thereon. The mounting ring may have at least one mounting post configured to pass through a key slot formed in the mounting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Grantham
  • Patent number: 5938438
    Abstract: A dental applicator of the present invention is provided for applying a dental compound to a tooth surface. The applicator includes an applicator body having a handle and a neck extending forwardly from the handle. The neck has a forwardly facing socket or socket is formed at the end of the neck to receive an absorbent sponge. The sponge is slidingly received in the socket so that its position in the socket can be selectively changed. The sponge, when prepared for insertion into the socket, has an overall cross-sectional dimension greater than the diameter of the socket. The sponge thus has to be compressed when it is inserted in the socket. Thus, when the sponge is inserted in the socket, the sponge forms an enlarged, ball-shaped or bulbous tip. By selectively altering the amount the sponge extends from the end of the neck, the enlarged sponge tip can be made larger or smaller, to hold larger or smaller amounts of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Young Dental Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: D. Keith Chipman, Roy Grantham