Patents by Inventor Travis C. North

Travis C. North 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: 12199701
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor; a memory; a PMU; an antenna controller to receive data descriptive of the operating parameters of an antenna module housed within a battery housing of a battery operatively coupled to the PMU; a controller to receive power data descriptive of a charging and discharging of the battery; the battery housing including: the battery-integrated antenna module coupled to the housing of the battery and coupled to the antenna controller; one or more power cells; a thermal mitigation structure placed in the battery housing to sink heat generated by battery-integrated antenna module and the one or more power cells; and a cable array operatively coupling the antenna module to the controller; the controller executing code instructions of a battery-integrated antenna management system to receive temperature data of the battery and the antenna module and throttles the charge/discharge rate of the battery or throttles the transmission (TX)/reception (RX) at the antenna m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Travis C. North, Qinghong He
  • Patent number: 12189370
    Abstract: A portable information handling system modular hybrid architecture separates components between rotationally coupled housing portions to minimize cabling, connectors and materials, and to provide improved durability that supports recycling and reuse of the components. A display coupled in one housing portion integrates a vapor chamber in the display backplate that aligns with a main board central processing unit to dissipate thermal energy to the backplate and through the backplate to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison, Travis C. North
  • Patent number: 12167573
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a hardware processor, a memory device, a video display device, and a power management unit (PMU). The information handling system further includes an uneven thickness heat spreader cooling system including an uneven thickness heat spreader having a first thickness along a first portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader and a second thickness along a second portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader wherein the second thickness along a second portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader is formed at an information handling system chassis location where a width of the uneven thickness heat spreader is narrower than at the first portion of the uneven thickness heat spreader to transfer heat from a warmer portion of the information handling system chassis to a cooling portion of the information handling system chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Qinghong He, Travis C. North
  • Patent number: 12167563
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, a memory device, a video display device, and a PMU. The information handling system further includes a venturi nozzle cooling system exhaust vent including a base chassis including a top cover to form a first portion upper part of a venturi nozzle and a bottom cover to form a second portion lower part of the venturi nozzle at an exhaust vent at a rear wall of the base chassis and an airflow producing device, operatively coupled to the PMU and processor, to pass air from within the base chassis and through the venturi nozzle at the exhaust vent formed by the c-cover and d-cover to accelerate airflow away from the video display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Qinghong He, Travis C. North
  • Patent number: 12105608
    Abstract: Systems and methods for telemetry management in a fleet of Information Handling Systems (IHSs) equipped with heterogenous computing platforms are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: transmit policies to a plurality of IHSs, wherein each of the plurality of IHSs includes a heterogeneous computing platform having a plurality of devices, where a selected one of the plurality of devices in each of the plurality of IHSs is configured to operate as an orchestrator, and where each orchestrator is configured to collect telemetry from at least a subset of the plurality of devices based upon a respective one of the policies; and receive the telemetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Hamlin, Suraj M Varma, Travis C. North
  • Patent number: 12079049
    Abstract: An information handling system with an antenna cooling system, comprising a processor; a memory; a power management unit (PMU) operatively coupled to the processor; a wireless interface adapter with a radio module within a chassis of the information handling system; and an active antenna system with an antenna mounted at an aperture in a wall of the chassis of the information handling system; a thermally conductive and radio frequency (RF) transparent window formed seamlessly within the aperture in the wall of the chassis of the information handling system and where the thermally conductive and RF transparent window is configured to permit antenna RF transmission while dissipating heat generated by the active antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Qinghong He, Travis C. North, Suresh K. Ramasamy
  • Patent number: 12061504
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a hardware processor, a memory device, and a PMU to provide power to the processor and memory device. The information handling system includes an ion emitter/collector cooling system including an ion emitter and an ion collector, the ion emitter to generate ions from the atmosphere and the ion collector to collect and deionize those ions, the creation of ions by the ion emitter creating an airflow through and out of the ion collector and at least one sensor to detect and measure at least one non-static ozone predictor measurement describing ozone production at the ion emitter/collector cooling system. Further, the processor executing code instructions of an intelligent ozone estimation and mitigation system including a trained ozone estimation machine learning model to use, as input, the non-static ozone predictor measurement and provide, as output, an ozone estimation value estimating the amount of ozone produced at the ion emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Nikhil M. Vichare, Travis C. North, Mitchell Anthony Markow
  • Publication number: 20240264919
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor and a program of instructions embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media, the program of instructions configured to, when read and executed by the processor: determine if an application-related event associated with an executable application has occurred; based on one or more performance profiles, wherein each of the one or more performance profiles are associated with a respective executable application, select an executing application having a highest rank as a selected application; and communicate a selected performance profile associated with the selected application to a management device of the information handling system to cause the management device to apply a temperature limit and an acoustic limit associated with the selected performance profile to the performance of the information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Balasingh Ponraj SAMUEL, Qinghong HE, Travis C. NORTH
  • Publication number: 20240260227
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a hardware processor, memory device, and a power management unit (PMU) to provide power to the processor and memory device. The IHS further includes a fan and fan motor operatively coupled to a motor driver hardware operated by the hardware processor and an ion emitter/collector blower cooling system including an ion emitter/collector blower, the ion emitter/collector blower including an ion emitter and an ion collector placed in fluidic series with the fan and an ionic driving circuit operatively coupled to the ion emitter via a high voltage to ionize gases at the ion emitter/collector blower to create charged ions that generate an airflow along a voltage field to and through the ion collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Nikhil M. Vichare, Travis C. North, Mitchell A. Markow
  • Publication number: 20240257077
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide (CO2) minimizing refurbishable fan assembly for an information handling system may comprise a refurbishable motor assembly including a re-used bushing mechanically affixed to a re-used exterior housing and disposed through central openings of a re-used printed circuit board assembly and a re-used motor. A replaceable bushing assembly, including a replaceable bearing housed within a replaceable bushing to form a bearing aperture for receiving an impeller drive shaft of an impeller assembly, the re-usable motor for generating an electro-magnetic field for interacting with magnets on the impeller assembly to drive rotation of the impeller assembly when the aligned impeller drive shaft is disposed in a bearing aperture of the replaceable bushing assembly to reduce noise and wear on the impeller drive shaft and the replaceable bushing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Travis C. North, Enoch Chen, Pomin Shih
  • Publication number: 20240258610
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a hardware processor, memory device, power system, and an ion emitter/collector blower cooling system with an ion emitter/collector blower, having an ion emitter and an ion collector, and a cooling fan, where an ionic driving circuit operatively couples high voltage to the ion emitter to create charged ions that generate an airflow along a voltage field to the ion collector. The information handling system further includes a hardware embedded controller to execute code instructions of a contextual cooling system switching system, the contextual cooling device switching system operating the ion emitter/collector blower and cooling fan based on plurality of contextual inputs including characterizing workload values under which the information handling system is being operated by the user that are input into a trained machine learning algorithm to generate instructions when to activate ion emitter/collector blower and cooling fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Nikhil M. Vichare, Travis C. North, Mitchell A. Markow
  • Publication number: 20240259656
    Abstract: An information handling system having a display magnetically couples a peripheral camera to the display with a ferromagnetic material disposed behind the display and a magnet included in the camera housing. A metallic inner frame couples a camera assembly at one end of a cylindrical housing and the magnet is at an opposing end. A thermal spreader of thermally conductive material has at tapered conical shape with substantially two degrees of taper before assembly into the cylindrical housing. Insertion of the tapered thermal spreader compress the larger circumference to press the thermal spreader uniformly out and against an inner surface of the cylindrical housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison, Travis C. North
  • Publication number: 20240248456
    Abstract: Systems and methods for smart power and fan speed control are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and an embedded controller (EC) coupled to the processor, where the EC is configured to control an operating aspect of a cooling fan based upon a heat rejection or dissipation of a heatsink coupled to the processor. In some other embodiments, a method can include calculating a heat rejection or dissipation of a heatsink coupled to a heat producing component of an IHS by determining a difference between a heatsink temperature and an ambient temperature, and: (i) dividing the difference by a thermal resistance of the heatsink, or (ii) multiplying the difference by a thermal conductance of the heatsink; and adjusting a rotation speed of a fan configured to cool the heat producing component based upon the calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Travis C. North, Suraj M Varma, Daniel L. Hamlin
  • Patent number: 12038795
    Abstract: A portable information handling system executes an application, such as a game, that generates audio information for presentation at multiple speakers through multiple channels. An audio vector engine analyzes the channels to derive a direction and distance associated with the audio information so that a visual cue of the relative location of the origin of the audio information may be presented at a display. In one embodiment, the display is a secondary display having a transparent view into the information handling system. In another embodiment, the direction and distance to a sound origin is presented over a map of a game in which the sound originated, such as a shot fired in a game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Travis C. North, Jace W. Files, Yongook Guack, John Trevor Morrison
  • Publication number: 20240232037
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor and a program of instructions embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media, the program of instructions configured to, when read and executed by the processor: receive a touch temperature limit parameter indicative of a temperature limit; receive an acoustic noise limit parameter indicative of an acoustic noise limit; determine an estimated power capacity limit parameter indicative of an estimated power limit based on the touch temperature limit parameter and the acoustic noise limit parameter; and determine an estimated performance capability parameter based on the estimated power capacity limit parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Qinghong HE, Balasingh Ponraj SAMUEL, Travis C. NORTH
  • Publication number: 20240231447
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor, a memory device, and a PMU to provide power to the processor and memory device. The information handling system further includes an emitter-assisted heatpipe including an enclosed hollow chamber to house a working fluid capable of being vaporized upon application of heat at an evaporator end of the heatpipe, an ion emitter placed at the evaporator end of the heatpipe where the working fluid is vaporized upon application of heat to create a vapor within the enclosed hollow chamber of the heatpipe, the ion emitter to create ions within the vapor, an ion collector placed at a condenser end of the emitter-assisted heatpipe where the vapor condenses into a liquid, and an ionic driving circuit operatively coupled to the ion emitter, the generated ions to be attracted to the ion collector creating an ionic airflow of the vapor within the emitter-assisted heatpipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Qinghong He, Travis C. North, Nikhil Vichare
  • Publication number: 20240237271
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor, a memory device, a PMU to provide power to the processor and memory device, and a battery operatively coupled to the PMU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Qinghong He, John Lerma, Travis C. North
  • Publication number: 20240231457
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a hardware processor, a memory device, and a PMU to provide power to the processor and memory device. The information handling system includes an ion emitter/collector cooling system including an ion emitter and an ion collector, the ion emitter to generate ions from the atmosphere and the ion collector to collect and deionize those ions, the creation of ions by the ion emitter creating an airflow through and out of the ion collector and at least one sensor to detect and measure at least one non-static ozone predictor measurement describing ozone production at the ion emitter/collector cooling system. Further, the processor executing code instructions of an intelligent ozone estimation and mitigation system including a trained ozone estimation machine learning model to use, as input, the non-static ozone predictor measurement and provide, as output, an ozone estimation value estimating the amount of ozone produced at the ion emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Nikhil M. Vichare, Travis C. North, Mitchell Anthony Markow
  • Publication number: 20240231449
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes an ion emitter/collector blower cooling system including an ion emitter and an ion collector, the ion emitter/collector blower system being placed at a location within a chassis of the IHS vertically lower than the hardware processor in the chassis. The IHS includes an ionic driving circuit operatively coupled to the ion emitter via a high voltage to ionize gases within the ion emitter/collector blower housing and create charged ions that generate an airflow along a voltage field to and through an ion collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Travis C. North, Qinghong He, Enoch Chen
  • Publication number: 20240237272
    Abstract: An information handling system comprising a hardware processor, a display device, and a memory device that includes a stacked ion emitter/collector blower cooling system with a first ion emitter/collector blower having a first ion emitter and a first ion collector and a second ion emitter/collector blower with a second ion emitter and a second ion collector, where the second ion emitter/collector blower is placed at a location within the chassis of the information handling system vertically higher than the first ion emitter/collector blower. The first ion emitter/collector blower and second ion emitter/collector blower include an ionic driving circuit operatively coupled to the first ion emitter and the second ion emitter via a high voltage to ionize gases within the first ion emitter/collector blower and second ion emitter/collector blower to create charged ions that generate a stacked emitter airflow to cool the chassis of the information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Travis C. North, Qinghong He, Enoch Chen