Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Stewart

Thomas E. Stewart 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: 10310568
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Patent number: 9936603
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Yefim Gelfond, Tina Vazirizad, Ramanan Sampath, Gilberto Figueroa, Russell Brovald, Richard Rogers
  • Patent number: 9769950
    Abstract: Power switch manipulation apparatuses that allow users to manipulate power switches of FRUs mounted within storage racks in a manner free of a user having to physically reach into the storage rack to manipulate the power switches. One embodiment of the disclosed manipulation apparatus broadly includes a base member that may be rigidly secured to a portion of the frame of a storage rack (e.g., on a side or vertical member adjacent a rear door or opening of the rack at the same or similar height as at least one of the power switches) along with a tool that is movably mounted or mountable to the base member for manipulating a power switch of a FRU mounted in the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Tina Vazirizad, Ramanan Sampath, Gilberto Figueroa
  • Patent number: 9678544
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Publication number: 20160351358
    Abstract: Power switch manipulation apparatuses that allow users to manipulate power switches of FRUs mounted within storage racks in a manner free of a user having to physically reach into the storage rack to manipulate the power switches. One embodiment of the disclosed manipulation apparatus broadly includes a base member that may be rigidly secured to a portion of the frame of a storage rack (e.g., on a side or vertical member adjacent a rear door or opening of the rack at the same or similar height as at least one of the power switches) along with a tool that is movably mounted or mountable to the base member for manipulating a power switch of a FRU mounted in the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Tina Vazirizad, Ramanan Sampath, Gilberto Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20160209887
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Publication number: 20160211632
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Patent number: 9335786
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Patent number: 9268730
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Publication number: 20150289405
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Yefim Gelfond, Tina Vazirizad, Ramanan Sampath, Gilberto Figueroa, Russell Brovald, Richard Rogers
  • Patent number: 9038831
    Abstract: A system for use with a computing rack that prolongs operation of computing devices mounted within the rack in the event of a contaminant (e.g., liquid, debris) related event (e.g., natural disaster, activation of an overhead sprinkler system, etc.) by channeling or diverting contaminants attempting to enter a top portion of the rack towards an outer periphery of the rack before such contaminants have a chance to contact the computing devices. The disclosed system may include a plurality of channeling devices (e.g., sheets, panels, plates) secured to the rack framework at an angle thereto and generally adjacent the top of the rack (e.g., or at least above the highest location at which a computing device is to be mounted) for routing contaminants (e.g., via gravity) away from the computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas E. Stewart
  • Patent number: 8982554
    Abstract: A system for use with a computing rack that prolongs operation of computing devices mounted within the rack by preventing or at least limiting the circulation of airflow (e.g., hot airflow) through empty receiving bays of the rack upon removal of computing devices from the receiving bays. In one arrangement, the system includes a plurality of airflow restriction devices (e.g., baffle plates) movably secured adjacent respective receiving bays of the cabinet. Each airflow restriction device is automatically movable between a deployed position to restrict airflow through respective receiving bay in the absence of a computing device in the receiving bay and a refracted position to allow for mounting of a computing device in the receiving bay (e.g., so that the computing device can exhaust hot air out of the rear portion of the receiving bay).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas E. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20140240909
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Publication number: 20140244881
    Abstract: A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Richard Rogers, Yefim Gelfond, Russell Brovald
  • Publication number: 20140177164
    Abstract: A system for use with a computing rack that prolongs operation of computing devices mounted within the rack by preventing or at least limiting the circulation of airflow (e.g., hot airflow) through empty receiving bays of the rack upon removal of computing devices from the receiving bays. In one arrangement, the system includes a plurality of airflow restriction devices (e.g., baffle plates) movably secured adjacent respective receiving bays of the cabinet. Each airflow restriction device is automatically movable between a deployed position to restrict airflow through respective receiving bay in the absence of a computing device in the receiving bay and a refracted position to allow for mounting of a computing device in the receiving bay (e.g., so that the computing device can exhaust hot air out of the rear portion of the receiving bay).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas E. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20140144852
    Abstract: A system for use with a computing rack that prolongs operation of computing devices mounted within the rack in the event of a contaminant (e.g., liquid, debris) related event (e.g., natural disaster, activation of an overhead sprinkler system, etc.) by channeling or diverting contaminants attempting to enter a top portion of the rack towards an outer periphery of the rack before such contaminants have a chance to contact the computing devices. The disclosed system may include a plurality of channeling devices (e.g., sheets, panels, plates) secured to the rack framework at an angle thereto and generally adjacent the top of the rack (e.g., or at least above the highest location at which a computing device is to be mounted) for routing contaminants (e.g., via gravity) away from the computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Thomas E. Stewart
  • Patent number: 8442784
    Abstract: A method and system of adaptive power control based on pre package characterization of integrated circuits. Characteristics of a specific integrated circuit are used to adaptively control power of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew Read, Malcolm Wing, Louis C. Kordus, Thomas E. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20110231678
    Abstract: A method and system of adaptive power control based on post package characterization of integrated circuits. Characteristics of a specific integrated circuit are used to adaptively control power of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Louis C. Kordus
  • Patent number: 7953990
    Abstract: A method and system of adaptive power control based on post package characterization of integrated circuits. Characteristics of a specific integrated circuit are used to adaptively control power of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas E. Stewart, Louis C. Kordus
  • Patent number: 7755389
    Abstract: Reconfigurable electronic structures and circuits using programmable, non-volatile memory elements. The programmable, non-volatile memory elements may perform the functions of storage and/or a switch to produce components such as crossbars, multiplexers, look-up tables (LUTs) and other logic circuits used in programmable logic structures (e.g., (FPGAs)). The programmable, non-volatile memory elements comprise one or more structures based on Phase Change Memory, Programmable Metallization, Carbon Nano-Electromechanical (CNT-NEM), or Metal Nano-Electromechanical device technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Agate Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Neal Murphy, Narbeh Derhacobian, Louis Charles Kordus, II, Antonietta Oliva, Vei-Han Chan, Thomas E. Stewart, Jr.