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).

  • Publication number: 20240237255
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a modular over-rack component (MORC) and a track system, in which the MORC is affixed perpendicularly to the track system, in which the track system permits the MORC to be repositioned along the track system; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Publication number: 20240237252
    Abstract: A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a plurality of information handling systems (IHSs), a utility control component (UCC), and a first connection interface, in which the first connection interface includes a first set of mechanical and electrical connection components (MECCOMs); and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes a plurality of environmental control components (ECCs) and a second connection interface, in which the second connection interface includes a second set of MECCOMs to be paired with the first set of MECCOMs to generate at least a portion of the modular data center, and in which the first connection interface is connected to the second connection interface, in which an area enclosed by the first connection interface is equal to an area enclosed by the second connection interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Jeffery Todd Sayles
  • Publication number: 20240237288
    Abstract: Multiple systems and methods for providing combined liquid and air cooling for IT units are disclosed. The system includes a dry cooling section with at least one dry cooler and a liquid loop interface with at least one liquid heat exchange device. A primary loop includes at least one dry cooler of the dry cooler section, and a secondary loop includes the at least one liquid heat exchange device of the liquid loop interface that provides liquid cooling to one or more IT units. The system may include an air/liquid exchange section with at least one air/liquid exchange device that provides air cooling to the one or more IT units. The at least one air-liquid heat exchange device is part of the primary loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Publication number: 20240232035
    Abstract: A method for environmentally managing environmental conditions of an information handling system includes obtaining an ambient temperature of an environment proximate to the information handling system. The method also includes obtaining an ambient humidity of the environment, determining a component temperature of a component in the information handling system, and determining a component humidity of the component based on the component temperature, the ambient temperature, and the ambient humidity. Further, the method includes determining an acceleration factor for the component based on the component humidity and the component temperature, and performing an action from an action set based on the acceleration factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Mitsuo Toulouse, Tyler Baxter Duncan
  • Publication number: 20240231318
    Abstract: A method for managing environmental conditions of an information handling system includes obtaining an ambient temperature and an ambient humidity of an environment proximate to the information handling system. The method also includes determining a target relative humidity for the information handling system and determining a target temperature for the information handling system based on the target relative humidity, the ambient temperature, and the ambient humidity. Further, the method includes determining that the target temperature is within an acceptable range of temperatures. In addition, the method includes adjusting an amount of air recirculated through the information handling system, and adjusting the amount of air recirculated is based on the determination that the target temperature is within an acceptable range of temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Michael Mitsuo Toulouse
  • Publication number: 20240237305
    Abstract: Multiple systems for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The system includes a first module with at least one dry cooler that supplies liquid cooling to at least one liquid heat exchange device. The system also includes a second module with a first chamber that has a filter that accepts air from an outside source, a second chamber with at least one fan that moves the filtered air to cool one or more IT units resulting in heated air; and a third chamber that exhausts the heated air to the outside. A liquid heat exchange device provides liquid cooling to the one or more IT units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Ty Robert Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240231451
    Abstract: A method for removing moisture from an airflow via a cooling system includes identifying a plurality of active cooling circuits in the cooling system. The method also includes lowering a first temperature set point of a first cooling circuit of the multiple cooling circuits. In addition, the method includes raising a second temperature set point of a second cooling circuit of the multiple cooling circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Mitsuo Toulouse, Tyler Baxter Duncan, Benjamin David Behrendt
  • Publication number: 20240237256
    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: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Jeffery Todd Sayles
  • Publication number: 20240237289
    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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Ty Robert Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240237303
    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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Publication number: 20240237298
    Abstract: A system including a first section and a second section. The first section includes a first plurality of chassis associated with a first tenant and the second section comprising a second plurality of chassis associated with a second tenant. The system further includes a first pair of cooling units and a first pair of manifolds fluidly connecting the first plurality of chassis to the first pair of cooling units. The system further includes a second pair of cooling units and a second pair of manifolds fluidly connecting the first plurality of chassis to the first pair of cooling units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Ty Robert Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240237263
    Abstract: A modular information technology component includes: a modular over-rack component; and an information technology component, in which the modular over-rack component includes a set of information technology component openings, in which the set of information technology component openings enables mounting of the information technology component into the modular over-rack component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Publication number: 20240237304
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components in a facility 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 the facility. The system includes a path for air cooling the one or more IT units in the facility that includes an air intake from outside the facility that supplies air for cooling the one or more IT units. The method includes adjusting a first valve controlling liquid flow in a primary loop and adjusting a second valve controlling liquid flow in a secondary loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Ty Robert Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240237301
    Abstract: A modular information technology component (MITC) includes: an information handling system (IHS); and a hinged bracket, in which the hinged bracket comprises a hinge, a base, and a holder, in which a first portion of the base is connected to the IHS, in which a second portion of the base is connected to the hinge, in which a first portion of the holder is connected to the hinge, in which a second portion of the holder is connected to an information technology component (ITC), in which the holder and the ITC are oriented in a first direction, and in which, after rotating inward or outward about the hinge, the holder and the ITC are oriented in a second direction, in which the first direction and the second direction are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Publication number: 20240237279
    Abstract: Multiple systems for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The system includes a first module with at least one dry cooler that supplies liquid cooling to at least one liquid heat exchange device. The system includes a second module with the at least one liquid heat exchange device that provides liquid cooling to a third module comprising one or more IT units. The third module includes one or more cooling lines in a space beneath a floor that provides liquid cooling to the one or more IT units, with at least one removable floor panel, and one or more shock isolation components for the one or more cooling lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
  • Publication number: 20240237302
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a chassis that includes a chassis inlet and a chassis outlet and a liquid cooling system that includes a first manifold. The first manifold includes a first chassis outlet configured to provide a first inlet coolant flow to the chassis inlet and a first chassis inlet configured to receive a first outlet coolant flow from the chassis outlet. The liquid cooling system also includes a second manifold that includes a second chassis outlet configured to provide the first inlet coolant flow to the chassis inlet, and a second chassis inlet configured to receive the first outlet coolant flow from the chassis outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Ty Robert Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240231316
    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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton, Ty Robert Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240237278
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a computing device, the information handling system includes a computing component of the computing device that is housed in a chassis; and a heating component that increases a temperature of a portion of an airflow when the heating component is in an active state, the portion of the airflow thermally manages the computing component by reducing a temperature of the computing component. The airflow is received by the chassis via an air receiving exchange, and exhausted by the chassis via an air expelling exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 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