Patents by Inventor Spencer B. Eggert

Spencer B. Eggert 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).

  • Adaptive cooling techniques in electronic devices
    Patent number: 10754398
    Abstract: Cooling of a computing device is described herein. The computing device includes a plurality of fans, a plurality of sensors, and a processor in communication with the plurality of fans and the plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is associated with at least one fan of the plurality of fans and is operable to determine a temperature. The processor is configured to determine, for each sensor of the plurality of sensors, a difference between the determined temperature and a predetermined temperature corresponding to the sensor. The processor is also configured to compared the determined differences. The processor is configured to increase a speed of at least a first fan of the plurality of fans based on the comparison, and determine which fan of the plurality of fans to decrease fan speed based on the increased speed of the first fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chau Van Ho, Bo Dan, Spencer B. Eggert
  • ADAPTIVE COOLING TECHNIQUES IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170336839
    Abstract: Cooling of a computing device is described herein. The computing device includes a plurality of fans, a plurality of sensors, and a processor in communication with the plurality of fans and the plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is associated with at least one fan of the plurality of fans and is operable to determine a temperature. The processor is configured to determine, for each sensor of the plurality of sensors, a difference between the determined temperature and a predetermined temperature corresponding to the sensor. The processor is also configured to compared the determined differences. The processor is configured to increase a speed of at least a first fan of the plurality of fans based on the comparison, and determine which fan of the plurality of fans to decrease fan speed based on the increased speed of the first fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Chau Van Ho, Bo Dan, Spencer B. Eggert
  • Computing device
    Patent number: D803827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Escolin, Jan Raken, James David Wahl, Angela Chen Krauskopf, Anthony Hewett, Spencer B. Eggert
  • Hinge for a computing device
    Patent number: D875737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Escolin, Jan Raken, James David Wahl, Angela Chen Krauskopf, Anthony Hewett, Spencer B. Eggert
  • Computing device
    Patent number: D897338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy Escolin, Jan Raken, James David Wahl, Angela Chen Krauskopf, Anthony Hewett, Spencer B. Eggert