Patents by Inventor Sandor T. Farkas

Sandor T. Farkas 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: 11853024
    Abstract: A computing device of an information handling system includes an environmental control component and an environmental manager. The environmental control components identifies an aggregate amount of corrosion of a component of the information handling system; obtains a rate of corrosion associated with the component; makes a determination that the rate of corrosion indicates that the component will suffer a premature failure; in response to the determination: identifies an environmental control modification that will remediate the premature failure of the component; and updates an operation of the environmental control component based on the environmental control modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Patent number: 11809246
    Abstract: A computing device of an information handling system includes a hardware component. The hardware component is also connected to a trace. The computing device also includes a corrosion management component that is physically connected to the trace. The corrosion management component reduces a rate of corrosion of the trace due to an ambient environment in which the trace resides. The corrosion management component reduces the rate of corrosion by applying an electrical potential to the trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Patent number: 11796849
    Abstract: A liquid cooling subsystem and method of manufacturing a liquid cooling subsystem in an information handling system that includes a base plate, a heat exchanger mounted on the base plate, and an inlet coolant tube and outlet coolant tube operatively connected to the heat exchanger. The liquid cooling subsystem includes a liquid leak sensor disposed on the base plate that includes a main body and secondary body that each contain a plurality of sensing areas. The liquid cooling subsystem also includes electronic components for connecting and electrically detecting fluid on the plurality of sensing areas disposed on the main body. The liquid cooling subsystem also includes an opening in the main body that accommodates the heat exchanger and a split feature in the main body. The secondary body is connected to the main body along a foldable edge on an opposite side of the split feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Stumpf, Sandor T. Farkas
  • Patent number: 11774474
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a method for modifying transmission line characteristics. The method may include: making a first determination of a null frequency of an input signal to a transmission line; performing an analysis to make a second determination of a wavelength of the input signal using, at least in part, the null frequency; making a third determination, based on the analysis, of a half wavelength of the input signal; calculating, based on the half wavelength, a total stub length; and adding a trace to a stub associated with a via, wherein the stub and the trace are a length that is at least a portion of the half wavelength of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Sandor T. Farkas, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
  • Patent number: 11665853
    Abstract: A computing device of an information handling system includes a computing component and a chassis for housing the computing component. The computing components may be, for example, a portion of a circuit card, hardware device, or other physical structure. The chassis includes an air exchange for receiving gases for thermal management of the computing component and a corrosion management component, physically connected directly to the air exchange, that reduces a rate of corrosion of the air exchange due to the gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Joseph Danny King, Sandor T. Farkas
  • Patent number: 11586262
    Abstract: A method for environmentally managing a computing device of an information handling system includes monitoring an environmental corrosion risk associated with a component of the computing device, a corrosion management component that reduces a rate of corrosion of the component due to an ambient environment in which the component resides by removing condensation from the component is associated with the component; making a determination that the component is associated with the corrosion management component; in response to the determination: estimating a corrosion risk of the component based on: the environmental corrosion risk, and a risk reduction factor associated with the corrosion management component; making a second determination that the corrosion risk of the component indicates a premature failure of the component; and remediating, in response to the second determination, the corrosion risk of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Patent number: 11503736
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a computing component that is sensitive to corrosion; and a chassis in which the computing component is disposed. The chassis receives an airflow used to thermally manage the computing component, and expels the airflow after thermally managing the computing component. The information handling system also includes an environmental control component that reduces a condensation formation propensity of a portion of the airflow that traverses the chassis proximate to the computing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Publication number: 20220326747
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for reducing corrosion in an information handling system includes receiving a system setting indicating one or more operation modes; identifying an ambient temperature of the information handling system, the ambient temperature captured by one or more sensors of the information handling system; identifying a humidity level of the information handling system, the humidity level captured by the one or more sensors; identifying a corrosion risk value based on the ambient temperature and the humidity level; determining that the corrosion risk value is greater than a threshold corrosion risk value; and in response to determining that the corrosion risk value is greater than the threshold corrosion risk value: modifying one or more device threshold settings based on the system setting and the corrosion risk value, wherein modifying the one or more device threshold settings causes the ambient temperature to increase and the humidity level to decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jon T. Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph D. King, Steven T. Embleton
  • Patent number: 11470746
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a computing device, the information handling system includes a computing component of the computing device that is housed in a chassis; and a heating component that increases a temperature of a portion of an airflow when the heating component is in an active state, the portion of the airflow thermally manages the computing component by reducing a temperature of the computing component. The airflow is received by the chassis via an air receiving exchange, and exhausted by the chassis via an air expelling exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Publication number: 20220229097
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a method for modifying transmission line characteristics. The method may include: making a first determination of a null frequency of an input signal to a transmission line; performing an analysis to make a second determination of a wavelength of the input signal using, at least in part, the null frequency; making a third determination, based on the analysis, of a half wavelength of the input signal; calculating, based on the half wavelength, a total stub length; and adding a trace to a stub associated with a via, wherein the stub and the trace are a length that is at least a portion of the half wavelength of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Sandor T. Farkas, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
  • Patent number: 11320470
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a method for modifying transmission line characteristics. The method may include: making a first determination of a null frequency of an input signal to a transmission line; performing an analysis to make a second determination of a wavelength of the input signal using, at least in part, the null frequency; making a third determination, based on the analysis, of a half wavelength of the input signal; calculating, based on the half wavelength, a total stub length; and adding a trace to a stub associated with a via, wherein the stub and the trace are a length that is at least a portion of the half wavelength of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sandor T. Farkas, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
  • Publication number: 20220113219
    Abstract: A liquid cooling subsystem and method of manufacturing a liquid cooling subsystem in an information handling system that includes a base plate, a heat exchanger mounted on the base plate, and an inlet coolant tube and outlet coolant tube operatively connected to the heat exchanger. The liquid cooling subsystem includes a liquid leak sensor disposed on the base plate that includes a main body and secondary body that each contain a plurality of sensing areas. The liquid cooling subsystem also includes electronic components for connecting and electrically detecting fluid on the plurality of sensing areas disposed on the main body. The liquid cooling subsystem also includes an opening in the main body that accommodates the heat exchanger and a split feature in the main body. The secondary body is connected to the main body along a foldable edge on an opposite side of the split feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Stumpf, Sandor T. Farkas
  • Publication number: 20220030750
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a computing device, the information handling system includes a computing component of the computing device that is housed in a chassis; and a heating component that increases a temperature of a portion of an airflow when the heating component is in an active state, the portion of the airflow thermally manages the computing component by reducing a temperature of the computing component. The airflow is received by the chassis via an air receiving exchange, and exhausted by the chassis via an air expelling exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Publication number: 20220030744
    Abstract: A computing device of an information handling system includes a computing component and a chassis for housing the computing component. The computing components may be, for example, a portion of a circuit card, hardware device, or other physical structure. The chassis includes an air exchange for receiving gases for thermal management of the computing component and a corrosion management component, physically connected directly to the air exchange, that reduces a rate of corrosion of the air exchange due to the gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Joseph Danny King, Sandor T. Farkas
  • Publication number: 20220027228
    Abstract: A computing device of an information handling system includes an environmental control component and a chassis environmental manager. The chassis environmental manager obtains a temperature of an environment proximate to a component of the information handling system; obtains a humidity level of the proximate environment; obtains, based on the temperature and the humidity level, a corrosion rate of the component; makes a determination that the corrosion rate indicates a premature failure of the component based on a service life of the component; and in response to the determination: obtains an environmental control modification that mitigates the premature failure; and updates an operation of the environmental control component based on the environmental control modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Joseph Danny King, Sandor T. Farkas
  • Publication number: 20220030741
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a computing component that is sensitive to corrosion; and a chassis in which the computing component is disposed. The chassis receives an airflow used to thermally manage the computing component, and expels the airflow after thermally managing the computing component. The information handling system also includes an environmental control component that reduces a condensation formation propensity of a portion of the airflow that traverses the chassis proximate to the computing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Publication number: 20220026870
    Abstract: A computing device of an information handling system includes an environmental control component and an environmental manager. The environmental control components identifies an aggregate amount of corrosion of a component of the information handling system; obtains a rate of corrosion associated with the component; makes a determination that the rate of corrosion indicates that the component will suffer a premature failure; in response to the determination: identifies an environmental control modification that will remediate the premature failure of the component; and updates an operation of the environmental control component based on the environmental control modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Publication number: 20220026968
    Abstract: A method for environmentally managing a computing device of an information handling system includes monitoring an environmental corrosion risk associated with a component of the computing device, a corrosion management component that reduces a rate of corrosion of the component due to an ambient environment in which the component resides by removing condensation from the component is associated with the component; making a determination that the component is associated with the corrosion management component; in response to the determination: estimating a corrosion risk of the component based on: the environmental corrosion risk, and a risk reduction factor associated with the corrosion management component; making a second determination that the corrosion risk of the component indicates a premature failure of the component; and remediating, in response to the second determination, the corrosion risk of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Publication number: 20220026969
    Abstract: A computing device of an information handling system includes a hardware component. The hardware component is also connected to a trace. The computing device also includes a corrosion management component that is physically connected to the trace. The corrosion management component reduces a rate of corrosion of the trace due to an ambient environment in which the trace resides. The corrosion management component reduces the rate of corrosion by applying an electrical potential to the trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King
  • Publication number: 20220026880
    Abstract: A computing device of an information handling system includes a computing component associated with a risk of corrosion and a corrosion management component. The corrosion management components releases humidity into an environment associated with the computing component while the risk of corrosion due to the environment is a low risk of corrosion, and absorbs humidity from the environment associated with the computing component while the risk of corrosion due to the environment is a high risk of corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Jon Taylor Fitch, Sandor T. Farkas, Joseph Danny King