Patents by Inventor Steven T. Embleton

Steven T. Embleton 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: 11989041
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for decreasing a humidity level in an information handling system includes: receiving, by a sound field chamber, an incoming airflow, the incoming airflow having a humidity level corresponding to an amount of water vapor in the incoming airflow; identifying, by a humidity controller, the humidity level of the incoming airflow; determining, by the humidity controller, that the humidity level is greater than a threshold humidity level; and in response to determining that the humidity level is greater than the threshold humidity level: causing, by the humidity controller, a sound source of the information handling system to generate a sound field within the sound field chamber, the sound field comprised of sound waves, the sound waves causing an acoustic agglomeration of the water vapor, the acoustic agglomeration causing the humidity level to decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chris E. Peterson, Sandor Farkas, Steven T. Embleton, Jon T. Fitch
  • Publication number: 20230221738
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for decreasing a humidity level in an information handling system includes: receiving, by a sound field chamber, an incoming airflow, the incoming airflow having a humidity level corresponding to an amount of water vapor in the incoming airflow; identifying, by a humidity controller, the humidity level of the incoming airflow; determining, by the humidity controller, that the humidity level is greater than a threshold humidity level; and in response to determining that the humidity level is greater than the threshold humidity level: causing, by the humidity controller, a sound source of the information handling system to generate a sound field within the sound field chamber, the sound field comprised of sound waves, the sound waves causing an acoustic agglomeration of the water vapor, the acoustic agglomeration causing the humidity level to decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Chris E. Peterson, Sandor Farkas, Steven T. Embleton, Jon T. Fitch
  • 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