Patents by Inventor William Schmidt

William Schmidt 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: 9542214
    Abstract: A host information handling system (IHS) provides virtualization of host channel adapters (HCAs). A hypervisor partitions a system memory of the host IHS into multiple logical partitions (LPARs). A particular LPAR includes a single instance of an operating system. The single instance of the operating system includes a common layer that provides virtualization of physical HCAs and sharing of the physical HCAs by multiple virtual HCAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Jerry W Stevens, Maurice Isrel, Constantinos Kassimis, Donald William Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160010764
    Abstract: A pipe restraint device is disclosed. The pipe restraint device can include a pipe coupling portion to couple with a pipe to be restrained, and a support member coupling portion to couple with a support member extending from a building structure to support the pipe. The support member coupling portion can have a support member interface and a securing mechanism. The securing mechanism can be configured to exert a force on the support member to cause the support member to bear against the support member interface sufficient to secure the support member to the support member coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Dallas Martin Dworak,, JR., Troy William Schmidt, George Benedict Von Gnatensky, Michael Tosunian
  • Patent number: 9128740
    Abstract: A host information handling system (IHS) provides virtualization of host channel adapters (HCAs). A hypervisor partitions a system memory of the host IHS into multiple logical partitions (LPARs). A particular LPAR includes a single instance of an operating system. The single instance of the operating system includes a common layer that provides virtualization of physical HCAs and sharing of the physical HCAs by multiple virtual HCAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry W Stevens, Maurice Isrel, Constantinos Kassimis, Donald William Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20150058851
    Abstract: A host information handling system (IHS) provides virtualization of host channel adapters (HCAs). A hypervisor partitions a system memory of the host IHS into multiple logical partitions (LPARs). A particular LPAR includes a single instance of an operating system. The single instance of the operating system includes a common layer that provides virtualization of physical HCAs and sharing of the physical HCAs by multiple virtual HCAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry W. Stevens, Maurice Isrel, Constantinos Kassimis, Donald William Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20150026419
    Abstract: A host information handling system (IHS) provides virtualization of host channel adapters (HCAs). A hypervisor partitions a system memory of the host IHS into multiple logical partitions (LPARs). A particular LPAR includes a single instance of an operating system. The single instance of the operating system includes a common layer that provides virtualization of physical HCAs and sharing of the physical HCAs by multiple virtual HCAs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jerry W. Stevens, Maurice Isrel, Constantinos Kassimis, JR., Donald William Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140320991
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing and dome-type mirror lens. The lens has a first base footprint portion with a constant radius of curvature and a diameter, and a second base footprint portion comprised of an elliptical portion with a base major axis and a base minor axis. The mirror lens includes a first surface portion having a first surface radius and conforming to the first base footprint portion. The lens additionally includes a second surface portion conforming to the second base footprint portion. The second surface portion is comprised of a second surface major radius of curvature corresponding to a major surface axis and a second surface minor radius of curvature corresponding to a minor surface axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: William Schmidt, Daniel M. Swain
  • Patent number: 8777428
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing and dome-type mirror lens. The lens has a first base footprint portion with a constant radius of curvature and a diameter, and a second base footprint portion comprised of an elliptical portion with a base major axis and a base minor axis. The mirror lens includes a first surface portion having a first surface radius and conforming to the first base footprint portion. The lens additionally includes a second surface portion conforming to the second base footprint portion. The second surface portion is comprised of a second surface major radius of curvature corresponding to a major surface axis and a second surface minor radius of curvature corresponding to a minor surface axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Rosco, Inc.
    Inventors: William Schmidt, Daniel M. Swain
  • Patent number: 8730670
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a heat spreader module for dissipating thermal heat generated by electronic components. The assembly comprises a printed circuit board (PCB), electronic components disposed on the PCB, a thermal interface material (TIM) thermally coupled to the electronic components, and a heat spreader plate thermally coupled to the TIM. The heat spreader plate includes an embossed pattern. Consequently, surface area available for heat conduction between the heat spreader plate and surrounding medium may be increased relative to the prior art designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Wael O. Zohni, William Schmidt, Michael J. S. Smith, Jeremy Matthew Plunkett
  • Publication number: 20140067596
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for recommending products and services are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a recommendation engine configured to determine salable items purchased by a consumer, the salable items including salable items purchased from a plurality of merchants and from a plurality of salable item categories and receive a rating from the consumer for each of the purchased salable items. The recommendation engine is also configured to determine cohort consumers from among consumers by selecting consumers who have purchased at least some of the salable items and rated those salable items similar to the ratings provided by the consumer. The recommendation engine determines salable items to recommend for each salable item category by determining recommendable salable items from direct and/or inferential matching based on other salable items purchased by the cohort consumers. The recommendation engine transmits information associated with at least some of the recommendable salable items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Cobrain Company
    Inventors: Robert J. McGovern, John William Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20130332677
    Abstract: A computer implemented program product and data processing system for receiving data to a targeted logical partition. A computer locates buffer element in reliance on a connection status bit array. The computer copies control information to the targeted logical partition's local storage. The computer updates a targeted logical partition's local producer cursor based on the control information. The computer copies data to an application receive buffer. The computer determines that an application completes a receive operation. Responsive to a determination that the application completed the receive operation, the computer a targeted logical partition's local consumer cursor to match the targeted logical partition's producer cursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Gerard Fitzpatrick, Michael J. Fox, Maurice Isrel, JR., Constantinos Kassimis, Donald William Schmidt, Benjamin Patrick Segal, Jerry W. Stevens, Todd Elsworth Valler
  • Patent number: 8562287
    Abstract: A pump is provided including a cutter plate disposed at a pump inlet including a plurality of holes. Multiple embodiments provide that the pump includes a rotatable cutter blade disposed substantially adjacent to the cutter plate. Embodiments include those wherein the plurality of holes are angled in a direction of rotation of the cutter blade. In some embodiments, the cutter blade has at least one relief hole and at least one cutting edge. Additional embodiments include those wherein a ring extends outward from the pump inlet for channeling material toward the pump inlet in a substantially perpendicular approach with respect to the cutter plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Zoeller Pump Company, LLC
    Inventors: William Schmidt, Charles Carroll, Bryan Schilling
  • Publication number: 20120081807
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing and dome-type mirror lens. The lens has a first base footprint portion with a constant radius of curvature and a diameter, and a second base footprint portion comprised of an elliptical portion with a base major axis and a base minor axis. The mirror lens includes a first surface portion having a first surface radius and conforming to the first base footprint portion. The lens additionally includes a second surface portion conforming to the second base footprint portion. The second surface portion is comprised of a second surface major radius of curvature corresponding to a major surface axis and a second surface minor radius of curvature corresponding to a minor surface axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: William Schmidt, Daniel M. Swain
  • Patent number: 7979548
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for logically partitioning resources of a single channel adapter for use in a system area network. Each resource includes a partition identifier register within which is stored a partition identifier. A first one of the resources is assigned to a first partition by storing a first partition identifier in the partition identifier register within the first one of the resources. A second one of the resources is assigned to a second partition by storing a second partition identifier in the partition identifier register within the second one of the resources. Partitioning of the resources is enforced by permitting access to the first resource by only the first partition and permitting access to the second resource by only the second partition by checking the partition identifiers of each resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Louis Arndt, Bruce Leroy Beukema, David F. Craddock, Ronald Edward Fuhs, Thomas Anthony Gregg, Donald William Schmidt, Bruce Marshall Walk
  • Patent number: 7873751
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for providing system-area network (SAN) multicasting functionality in a logically partitioned (LPAR) data processing system in which a channel adapter is shared among a plurality of logical partitions is disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the present invention allows LPAR “hypervisor” firmware to assume the responsibility for multicast protocol handling and distribution of packets among logical partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Louis Arndt, Bruce Leroy Beukema, David F. Craddock, Ronald Edward Fuhs, Thomas Anthony Gregg, Calvin Charles Paynton, Steven L. Rogers, Donald William Schmidt, Bruce Marshall Walk
  • Publication number: 20100322756
    Abstract: A pump is provided including a cutter plate disposed at a pump inlet including a plurality of holes. Multiple embodiments provide that the pump includes a rotatable cutter blade disposed substantially adjacent to the cutter plate. Embodiments include those wherein the plurality of holes are angled in a direction of rotation of the cutter blade. In some embodiments, the cutter blade has at least one relief hole and at least one cutting edge. Additional embodiments include those wherein a ring extends outward from the pump inlet for channeling material toward the pump inlet in a substantially perpendicular approach with respect to the cutter plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: William Schmidt, P.E., Bryan Schilling, Charles Carroll
  • Publication number: 20100319116
    Abstract: A waste pumping system is provided that includes a tank having a floor, a body, and a tank inlet. Embodiments include those wherein the system includes a first designated area formed by a first baffle portion and the body, a second designated area formed by a second baffle portion and the body, and a third baffle portion for directing material toward the first designated area. In some embodiments, the system includes a pump substantially disposed within the first designated area and a sensing system substantially disposed within the second designated area for activating the pump when material within the tank reaches a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: William Schmidt, David R. Gilbert
  • Patent number: 7699479
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing and dome-type mirror lens. The lens has a first base footprint portion with a constant radius of curvature and a diameter, and a second base footprint portion comprised of an elliptical portion with a base major axis and a base minor axis. The mirror lens includes a first surface portion having a first surface radius and conforming to the first base footprint portion. The lens additionally includes a second surface portion conforming to the second base footprint portion. The second surface portion is comprised of a second surface major radius of curvature corresponding to a major surface axis and a second surface minor radius of curvature corresponding to a minor surface axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Mirror Lite
    Inventors: William Schmidt, Daniel M. Swain
  • Publication number: 20100079882
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing and dome-type mirror lens. The lens has a first base footprint portion with a constant radius of curvature and a diameter, and a second base footprint portion comprised of an elliptical portion with a base major axis and a base minor axis. The mirror lens includes a first surface portion having a first surface radius and conforming to the first base footprint portion. The lens additionally includes a second surface portion conforming to the second base footprint portion. The second surface portion is comprised of a second surface major radius of curvature corresponding to a major surface axis and a second surface minor radius of curvature corresponding to a minor surface axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: William Schmidt, Daniel M. Swain
  • Patent number: D653264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Zoeller Pump Company, LLC
    Inventors: William Schmidt, Charles Carroll, Bryan Schilling
  • Patent number: D665812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventors: Te-Ming Huang, Arthur William Schmidt, IV