Patents by Inventor William Hamburgen
William Hamburgen 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).
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Patent number: 9125327Abstract: A data center cooling system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of computer racks arranged in a plurality of substantially parallel rows, cooling units associated with the computer racks and arranged in substantially parallel rows to cool air warmed by the cooling racks, and cooling fluid supply and return conduits that are divided by isolation valves into a plurality of cooling sub-loops, wherein adjacent cooling units in a common row are supplied from different sub-loops, and individual sub-loops serve cooling units in multiple rows, so as to provide water-side diversity across the cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Andrew B. Carlson, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen
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Patent number: 9092068Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and a keyboard having multiple, separately moveable keys. The keyboard is configured to function as both a keyboard and a trackpad.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Glen Murphy, Andrew Bowers, Ji Lee, Kevin Tom, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Amy Han
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Publication number: 20150207339Abstract: An apparatus includes a first cell subpack having a plurality of cells arranged in series and a second cell subpack connected in series to the first cell subpack. The second cell subpack includes a plurality of cells arranged in series and at least one cell arranged in parallel with one of the plurality of cells, arranged in series, of the second cell subpack, where the first cell subpack and the second cell subpack use a first voltage rail to provide at least a first voltage level and a second voltage rail to provide a second voltage level, where the first voltage level is different from the second voltage level.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Frank Hislop, Brandon Harris, Aaron Leiba, Srikanth Lakshmikanthan
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Publication number: 20150207351Abstract: A mobile charging apparatus for a mobile device includes a mobile sleeve capable of receiving and storing a mobile device. The mobile sleeve includes a first connector to mate with a charging port on the mobile device. The mobile charging apparatus includes a mobile energy source contained within the mobile sleeve to provide a charge to the mobile device through the first connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Kevin Tom
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Patent number: 9019207Abstract: An apparatus includes a keyboard and a trackpad, where a spacebar for the keyboard is integrated as a part of the trackpad.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Frank Hislop
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Patent number: 8988879Abstract: A datacenter cooling apparatus includes a portable housing having lifting and transporting structures for moving the apparatus, opposed sides in the housing, at least one of the opposed sides defining one or more air passage openings arranged to capture warmed air from rack-mounted electronics, opposed ends in the housing, at least one of the opposed ends defining one or more air passage openings positioned to allow lateral passage of captured air into and out of the housing, and one or more cooling coils associated with the housing to receive and cool the captured warm air, and provide the cooled air for circulation into a datacenter workspace.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Winnie Leung, David W. Stiver, Jonathan D. Beck, Andrew B. Carlson, Steven T. Y. Chow, Gregory P. Imwalle, Amir M. Michael
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Patent number: 8981665Abstract: A light source can include an LED configured to emit light having a spectrum of first wavelengths when provided with electrical current, a pumped material configured to absorb at least some of the light emitted by the LED and to emit light having a spectrum of second wavelengths, a power supply configured to provide a series of electrical current pulses to the LED, and a current controller configured to control a time-averaged chromaticity coordinate of a combination of light emitted from the LED and the pumped material by controlling the series of current pulses provided to the LED.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Ken Foo
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Patent number: 8959967Abstract: Controlling a flatness of a first surface of a sheet material can include: (a) determining a first surface contour of the first surface of the sheet; (b) applying compressive stresses to one or more portions of the first surface of the sheet after the determination of the first surface contour of the sheet; (c) annealing compressive stresses in one or more portions of the first surface of the sheet after the determination of the first surface contour of the sheet; (d) determining a second surface contour of the first surface of the sheet after the compressive stresses have been applied to, and annealed from, the sheet; (e) comparing the second surface contour to a threshold flatness; and (f) performing (b)-(e) one or more times until the determined second surface contour is less than the threshold flatness.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Michael John Bliss
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Publication number: 20150022755Abstract: A display assembly includes a display member and backlight member. The backlight member has a light source and is bonded directly to the display member. The backlight member can be bonded directly to a display area of the display member, and an optically transparent adhesive can be used to bond a first surface of the backlight member to a first surface of the display member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Amy Han
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Publication number: 20140268535Abstract: A portable computing device includes a processor, a memory, and a portable computing device case that encloses one or more integrated circuits, including at least the processor and the memory. The case includes a molded fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) material that includes a polymer material and elongated fibers that adhere to the polymer material and that have a property that varies over a length of the fibers along an elongation axis of the fibers, wherein an adhesion strength between the fibers and the polymer is determined at least in part by a property of the fibers that varies over a length of the fibers along the elongation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera
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Patent number: 8767394Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and a display that is operably coupled to the processor. The display includes four sides, where each of the four sides is substantially equal in length, a center of mass for the apparatus is located between a geometric center of the apparatus and an edge of one of the four sides and the edge of one of the four sides includes a grip area that is located on a same side as the center of mass for the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Lawrence Lam, Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera
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Patent number: 8763414Abstract: A data center cooling system includes a floor structure defining a below-floor warm-air plenum and an above-floor cool air plenum, a plurality of above-floor computer assemblies arranged to exhaust warmed air into the warm-air plenum, and one or more fan-coil arrangements to draw air from the warm-air plenum, cool the air, and provide the air to the cool air plenum. The volume of the above-floor cool air plenum and the below-floor warm air plenum may both be substantial so as to minimize changes in temperature from the failure of components in the system.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Andrew B. Carlson, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen
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Patent number: 8754854Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and a keyboard having multiple, separately moveable keys. The keyboard is configured to function as both a keyboard and a trackpad.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: William Hamburgen, Glen Murphy, Andrew Bowers, Ji Lee, Kevin Tom, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Amy Han
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Patent number: 8743543Abstract: A computer system may include a connecting hub having a plurality of docking regions and be configured to provide to each docking region electrical power, a data network interface, a cooling fluid supply and a cooling fluid return; and a plurality of shipping containers that each enclose a modular computing environment that incrementally adds computing power to the system. Each shipping container may include a) a plurality of processing units coupled to the data network interface, each of which include a microprocessor; b) a heat exchanger configured to remove heat generated by the plurality of processing units by circulating cooling fluid from the supply through the heat exchanger and discharging it into the return; and c) docking members configured to releaseably couple to the connecting hub at one of the docking regions to receive electrical power, connect to the data network interface, and receive and discharge cooling fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
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Publication number: 20140141707Abstract: A method for cooling electronic equipment can include flowing cooling air across a plurality of computer units and into a common warm air plenum located at a first end of the computer units; flowing air from the warm air plenum through one or more cooling units, and into an area located at a second end of the computer units; and controlling a flow rate of air out of the warm air plenum to maintain a predetermined pressure differential between the second end of the computer units and the first end of the computer units.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventors: Andrew B. Carlson, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras
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Publication number: 20140118927Abstract: A device including a heat-absorbing component, and one or more heat-generating components. At least one heat-generating component is located in proximity to an inner surface of the heat-absorbing component, and a gap exists between the at least one heat-generating component and the inner surface of the heat-absorbing component. The device further including an insulator, located in the gap, including an insulator structure enclosing atmospheric pressure gas, where the atmospheric pressure gas has a thermal conductivity lower than air.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Google Inc.Inventor: William Hamburgen
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Publication number: 20140122906Abstract: Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an corresponding uninterruptible power system in which only one AC-to-DC rectification occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2014Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventors: William H. Whitted, Montgomery Sykora, Ken Krieger, Benchiao Jai, William Hamburgen, Donald L. Beaty, Gerald Aigner, Jimmy Clidaras
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Patent number: 8636565Abstract: A method for cooling electronic equipment can include flowing cooling air across a plurality of computer units and into a common warm air plenum located at a first end of the computer units; flowing air from the warm air plenum through one or more cooling units, and into an area located at a second end of the computer units; and controlling a flow rate of air out of the warm air plenum to maintain a predetermined pressure differential between the second end of the computer units and the first end of the computer units.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: Andrew Carlson, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras
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Patent number: 8624433Abstract: Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an corresponding uninterruptible power system in which only one AC-to-DC rectification occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: William Whitted, Montgomery Sykora, Ken Krieger, Benchiao Jai, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Donald L. Beaty, Gerald Aigner
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Publication number: 20130322035Abstract: A method includes creating an opening in a first outer layer of a multilayer sheet of material, the sheet of material having three or more layers of material, including the first outer layer and a second outer layer. A selective etchant is introduced through the opening, where the etchant selectively etches an interior metal layer of the multilayer sheet of material compared with the first and second outer layers. The selective etchant is permitted to etch material of the interior metal layer under the first outer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventors: William Hamburgen, Lawrence Lam, James Tanner