Patents by Inventor Steven Brian Kew

Steven Brian Kew 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).

  • Fault tolerant cooling in electrical apparatus
    Patent number: 5668532
    Abstract: A cooling system provides redundant fault-tolerant cooling to electrical devices in an electrical apparatus and comprises a plurality N+1 individual cooling fans, N cooling fans being required to provide cooling of the devices and further comprises monitor logic for monitoring the status of the plurality of cooling fans and for issuing a non-critical warning to the apparatus in the event of failure of one of the cooling fans, the logic being further operable, in the event of a failure in the logic, to issue a non-critical warning to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Reginald Beer, Stanley John Cutts, Steven Brian Kew, Neil Morris, David Newmarch