Patents by Inventor Tim M. Lambert

Tim M. Lambert 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).

  • System and method of utilizing fans with information handling systems
    Patent number: 11599169
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may: store, by an integrated circuit (IC) of an information handling system (IHS), first multiple fan speed values and second multiple fan speed values; determine, by the IC, that a baseboard management controller is impaired to control fans of the IHS; if the IHS is in the information processing mode: provide, by the IC, the first multiple fan speed values to fan modules; and set, by the fan modules, fan speeds of fans of the IHS based at least on the first multiple fan speed values; and if the IHS is not in the information processing mode: provide, by the IC, the second multiple fan speed values to the fan modules; and set, by the fan modules, the speeds of the fans based at least on the second multiple fan speed values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Leighton Kennedy, Tim M. Lambert
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING FANS WITH INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210333849
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may: store, by an integrated circuit (IC) of an information handling system (IHS), first multiple fan speed values and second multiple fan speed values; determine, by the IC, that a baseboard management controller is impaired to control fans of the IHS; if the IHS is in the information processing mode: provide, by the IC, the first multiple fan speed values to fan modules; and set, by the fan modules, fan speeds of fans of the IHS based at least on the first multiple fan speed values; and if the IHS is not in the information processing mode: provide, by the IC, the second multiple fan speed values to the fan modules; and set, by the fan modules, the speeds of the fans based at least on the second multiple fan speed values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Leighton Kennedy, Tim M. Lambert