Patents by Inventor Timothy Michael Rau

Timothy Michael Rau 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: 9326430
    Abstract: A device for cooling an electronic component in a data center is provided. The device includes a closed loop, a first area, a second area, and a barrier. The closed loop includes a first portion and a second portion. The liquid flows around the closed loop. The first area is configured for dissipating heat from the electronic component in the data center to liquid in the first portion of the closed loop. The second area is configured for removing heat from the liquid in the second portion of the closed loop by receiving ambient air, which moves across the second portion, from outside the data center and configured for outputting the ambient air with the dissipated heat from the second area and the data center. The barrier is configured for preventing the ambient air from entering the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Matt Neumann, Timothy Michael Rau
  • Patent number: 8854809
    Abstract: A data center includes a modular building structure forming an enclosure having a bottom side. An external support system extends from the modular building structure. A series of heat sinks are each configured to extend from an interior to an exterior of the enclosure and protrude below the bottom side of the modular building structure into a fluid. Electronic components and devices are housed within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Matthew Daniel Neumann, Timothy Michael Rau
  • Publication number: 20140268549
    Abstract: A device for cooling an electronic component in a data center is provided. The device includes a closed loop, a first area, a second area, and a barrier. The closed loop includes a first portion and a second portion. The liquid flows around the closed loop. The first area is configured for dissipating heat from the electronic component in the data center to liquid in the first portion of the closed loop. The second area is configured for removing heat from the liquid in the second portion of the closed loop by receiving ambient air, which moves across the second portion, from outside the data center and configured for outputting the ambient air with the dissipated heat from the second area and the data center. The barrier is configured for preventing the ambient air from entering the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Matt Neumann, Timothy Michael Rau
  • Publication number: 20130087313
    Abstract: A fluid cooling module includes tubing and a turbulence structure. The tubing is configured to contain a flowing fluid. The turbulence structure disposed inside the tubing and configured to increase fluid movement within the tubing as the flowing fluid flows over the turbulence structure to thereby generate turbulence in the flowing fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Rau, Glenn C. Simon
  • Publication number: 20130044426
    Abstract: A data center includes a modular building structure forming an enclosure having a bottom side. An external support system extends from the modular building structure. A series of heat sinks are each configured to extend from an interior to an exterior of the enclosure and protrude below the bottom side of the modular building structure into a fluid. Electronic components and devices are housed within the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew Daniel Neumann, Timothy Michael Rau