Patents by Inventor Tyler Baxter Duncan

Tyler Baxter Duncan 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: 12292770
    Abstract: An improved method and system for heating and cooling an electronic device, when internal temperatures are below safe operating ranges. To do so, the system selectively heats or cools each zone of the electronic device. This may be done by individual heaters and/or cooling system for each separate zones. Alternatively, or in addition too, the system can selectively open and close baffles, causing fresh ambient air to enter and/or recirculate heated air in a device's enclosure. This keeps sensitive components of the computing device, such as processors and memory from suffering damage, by operating them at temperatures that are either too cold or too warm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Michael Tunks, Joseph Andrew Vivio, Ayedin Nikazm, John Randolph Stuewe, Tyler Baxter Duncan
  • Patent number: 12295119
    Abstract: Multiple systems and devices for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The system includes a module comprising at least one dry cooler and at least one liquid heat exchange device. The module includes a primary cooling loop with the at least one dry cooler and the at least one liquid heat exchange device. The system also includes a secondary loop that includes the at least one liquid heat exchange device and one or more IT units in a facility. The system includes a path for air cooling the one or more IT units in the facility that includes at least one air intake from outside the facility that supplies air for cooling the one or more IT units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Ty Robert Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20250113457
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a first scaffold; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes a second scaffold, in which the first scaffold is connected to the second scaffold to form a scaffold interface, in which an enclosure component is affixed to an outside surface of the first scaffold and to an outside surface of the second scaffold, and in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, the enclosure component overlaps at least a portion of the scaffold interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Jeffery Todd Sayles
  • Publication number: 20250113458
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a first scaffold; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes a second scaffold, in which the first scaffold is connected to the second scaffold to form a scaffold interface, in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, an enclosure component overlaps at least a portion of the scaffold interface, in which an EMI shielding component is affixed to an inside surface of the first scaffold and to an inside surface of the second scaffold, and in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, the EMI shielding component overlaps at least a portion of the first scaffold and the second scaffold, and overlaps at least a second portion of the scaffold interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Jeffery Todd Sayles
  • Publication number: 20250089199
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a first scaffold; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes a second scaffold, in which the first scaffold is connected to the second scaffold to form a scaffold interface, in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, an enclosure component overlaps at least a portion of the scaffold interface, in which an EMI shielding component is affixed to an inside surface of the first scaffold and to an inside surface of the second scaffold, and in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, the EMI shielding component overlaps at least a portion of the first scaffold and the second scaffold, and overlaps at least a second portion of the scaffold interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Jeffery Todd Sayles
  • Publication number: 20250089197
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a first scaffold; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes a second scaffold, in which the first scaffold is connected to the second scaffold to form a scaffold interface, in which an enclosure component is affixed to an outside surface of the first scaffold and to an outside surface of the second scaffold, and in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, the enclosure component overlaps at least a portion of the scaffold interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Jeffrey Todd Sayles
  • Publication number: 20250089198
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a first scaffold; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes a second scaffold, in which the first scaffold is connected to the second scaffold to form a scaffold interface, in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, an enclosure component overlaps at least a portion of the scaffold interface, in which an EMI shielding component is affixed to an inside surface of the first scaffold and to an inside surface of the second scaffold, and in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, the EMI shielding component overlaps at least a portion of the first scaffold and the second scaffold, and overlaps at least a second portion of the scaffold interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Jeffery Todd Sayles
  • Patent number: 12248301
    Abstract: A modular information technology component (MITC) includes: a floor, in which the floor comprises a first floor plate (FP) and a second FP, in which the first FP and the second FP are oriented in a first plane; and a first hydraulic pump (HP) and a second HP, in which the first HP is located underneath the first FP, in which the second HP is located underneath the second FP, in which the first HP and the second HP are deactivated, in which, when an information handling system (IHS) is loaded on the second FP, the second FP becomes oriented in a second plane, in which the second plane is lower than the first plane, and in which, when the second FP becomes oriented in the second plane, the second HP is activated to raise the second FP to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Ty Robert Schmitt
  • Patent number: 12238900
    Abstract: Multiple systems for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The modular system for cooling Information Technology (IT) includes a first module with at least one dry cooler that supplies liquid cooling to at least one liquid heat exchange device, and a second module with at least one liquid heat exchange device that provides liquid cooling to a facility with one or more IT units. The modular system may also provide cooling liquid to an air to liquid heat exchange device of the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Patent number: 12238887
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC comprises a cooling distribution unit (CDU), a floor, a bottom cooling distribution unit mounting component (CDUMC), a modular over-rack component (MORC), and a top CDUMC, in which the floor comprises a floor track apparatus (FTA), in which the bottom CDUMC affixes the CDU to the FTA, in which the top CDUMC affixes the CDU to the MORC, in which the top CDUMC provides air containment with an internal environment of the MITC; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC comprises a plurality of environmental control components (ECCs) and built-in airflow connection components, in which the built-in airflow connection components remove and supply air to the MITC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Patent number: 12235710
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for powering an electronic device with a battery or other backup power supply when an external power source is removed from the electronic device. The method determines if the ambient temperature of an electronic device is below a threshold and if the ambient temperature is below the threshold adjusting a minimum state of charge of the battery to prolong the life of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Colin Kent Mahaffey
  • Patent number: 12238894
    Abstract: A method for cooling one or more Information Technology (IT) units, the method comprising adjusting a first valve controlling liquid flow in a primary loop, wherein the primary loop comprises: at least one dry cooler of a dry cooling section, and an air/liquid exchange section comprising at least one air/liquid exchange device that provides air cooling to the one or more IT units. The method further comprising adjusting a second valve controlling liquid flow into a liquid loop interface, the liquid loop interface being connected to a secondary loop, the secondary loop comprising the one or more IT units; and at least one liquid heat exchange device of the liquid loop interface that provides liquid cooling to the one or more IT units, and wherein adjusting the first and second valves controls the ratio of liquid cooling to air cooling to the one or more IT units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Patent number: 12232289
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a first scaffold; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes a second scaffold, in which the first scaffold is connected to the second scaffold to form a scaffold interface, in which an enclosure component is affixed to an outside surface of the first scaffold and to an outside surface of the second scaffold, and in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, the enclosure component overlaps at least a portion of the scaffold interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Jeffery Todd Sayles
  • Publication number: 20240419229
    Abstract: An improved method and system for controlling the powering-on of an electronic device when initially the internal temperature is below a safe threshold. The method and system can preheat the electronic device until it is at a safe temperature in which to safely power-on the electronic device. Alternatively or in addition, the method and system can alert a user if the temperature is below a threshold and proceed to power-on when the temperature is above the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Andrew Vivio, Ayedin Nikazm, Tyler Baxter Duncan
  • Patent number: 12158803
    Abstract: An information handling system includes multiple components and multiple zones, with each zone including a portion of a total number of the components. The information handling system also includes a processor programmed to determine that a communication failure has occurred with one of the components of the information handling system, identify a zone of the multiple zones that includes the one of the components; and instruct the zone to switch to a default mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Mitsuo Toulouse, Benjamin David Behrendt, Tyler Baxter Duncan
  • Patent number: 12105569
    Abstract: An improved method and system for controlling the powering-on of an electronic device when initially the internal temperature is below a safe threshold. The method and system can preheat the electronic device until it is at a safe temperature in which to safely power-on the electronic device. Alternatively or in addition, the method and system can alert a user if the temperature is below a threshold and proceed to power-on when the temperature is above the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Andrew Vivio, Ayedin Nikazm, Tyler Baxter Duncan
  • Patent number: 12096603
    Abstract: Multiple systems for providing liquid and closed loop air cooling for Information Technology (IT) components is disclosed. The systems for cooling IT include a first module with at least one dry cooler, a second module with at least one liquid heat exchanger device, and a third module with an air to liquid exchange section that includes at least one air to liquid exchanger that provides air cooling to one or more IT units. The system may also include a fourth module that includes the one or more IT units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Publication number: 20240268070
    Abstract: A method for cooling one or more Information Technology (IT) units, the method comprising adjusting a first valve controlling liquid flow in a primary loop, wherein the primary loop comprises: at least one dry cooler of a dry cooling section, and an air/liquid exchange section comprising at least one air/liquid exchange device that provides air cooling to the one or more IT units. The method further comprising adjusting a second valve controlling liquid flow into a liquid loop interface, the liquid loop interface being connected to a secondary loop, the secondary loop comprising the one or more IT units; and at least one liquid heat exchange device of the liquid loop interface that provides liquid cooling to the one or more IT units, and wherein adjusting the first and second valves controls the ratio of liquid cooling to air cooling to the one or more IT units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Publication number: 20240237299
    Abstract: Multiple systems for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The modular system for cooling Information Technology (IT) includes a first module with at least one dry cooler that supplies liquid cooling to at least one liquid heat exchange device, and a second module with at least one liquid heat exchange device that provides liquid cooling to a facility with one or more IT units. The modular system may also provide cooling liquid to an air to liquid heat exchange device of the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Publication number: 20240237251
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes an information handling system (IHS) and a utility control component (UCC), in which the IHS and the UCC are affixed to a bottom side of the MITC; and a front access component and a rear access component, in which the front access component is connected to a front side of the MITC, in which an area of the front access component is equal to an area of the front side of the MITC, in which the rear access component is connected to a rear side of the MITC, and in which an area of the rear access component is equal to an area of the rear side of the MITC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Jeffery Todd Sayles, Ty Robert Schmitt