Patents by Inventor William Shen

William Shen 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: 10470330
    Abstract: A server structure includes a tray, a carrier and a releasing knob. The tray has an internal bottom surface, and a latch and a stopping arm are arranged thereon. The latch protrudes in the tray and parallel with the internal bottom surface. The stopping arm extends along the internal bottom surface and a stopping portion is defined thereon. The stopping portion protrudes from the internal bottom surface. The carrier for accommodating a hard disk drive is accommodated in the tray. A positioning pin for latching the hard disk drive protrudes in the carrier, a fixing hole is defined on the carrier, the latch is inserted in and latches the fixing hole, and the carrier is pressed by the stopping portion. The releasing knob is pivotally connected with the carrier and pressing the stopping arm and pivoting to press the stopping arm, and the stopping portion is thereby retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chieh-Tang Chen, William Shen
  • Patent number: 10342156
    Abstract: A server with an airflow guiding structure includes a chassis having a storage area, a computing area and a fan module installed between the storage area and the computing area. The storage area includes multiple storage modules, and the computing area includes a fan module and a motherboard electrically coupled to each storage module. The fan module has an air inlet configured to be corresponding to the storage area, an air outlet configured to be corresponsive to the computing area and an airflow guiding component with multiple airflow guiding ducts. The airflow guiding component is configured to be corresponsive to the air inlet. Therefore, the vibration of the fan module is reduced and the operation efficiency of the storage medium and the service life of the server are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Yu Fu, Pei-Yu Wu, William Shen
  • Patent number: 10317949
    Abstract: A server having a removable storage structure is provided. The server includes a housing, a storage case and a handle structure. The housing includes a bottom plate, a first plate and a second plate. The first plate includes a guiding slot. The storage case is arranged between the first plate and the second plate. The storage case includes a support plate, a partition plate and a heat dissipating plate. The partition plate is in contact with the first plate and includes a sliding slot. The handle structure includes a first arm, a second arm, a handle, and a slide pin. The first arm is pivotally connected to the partition plate and includes a through hole. The second arm is pivotally connected to the second plate. The slide pin is inserted in the sliding slot and the guiding slot via the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Te-Chang Lin, William Shen, Pan-pan Liang
  • Patent number: 10293390
    Abstract: A laying head for forming an axially moving hot rolled product into a helical series of rings includes a quill rotatable about an axis, with a tubular body journaled for rotation between axially spaced bearings, and a nose projecting axially and forwardly from its tubular body. A product guide is carried by the quill. The product guide is configured to form the product into a helical series of rings. A guide trough provides a helical extension of the product guide. Major portions of the product guide and the guide trough are carried on a continuous helical support on the nose of the quill. The guide trough is channel shaped, with a continuous bottom defining the rim of the helical support, and with segmented detachable side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Primetals Technologies USA LLC
    Inventors: William Shen, Peiliang P. Zhang, Jianping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190076898
    Abstract: A system for cooling rolling mill material is provided that includes a conveyor system that receives rolling mill material and passes the rolling mill material through one or more cooling regions. A cooling structure that operates uniformly across the central and edge regions of the conveyor system. The cooling structure uses a first jet of air for cooling the central portion of the rolling mill material. A nozzle deck is positioned on the edge regions of the conveyor system produces a second of jet of air for cooling the edge portions of the rolling mill. The nozzle deck includes one or more adjustable nozzle structures for controlling the air flow produced by the second jet of air by varying the size of their air passage regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Primetals Technologies USA LLC
    Inventors: JASON ZELLE, William Shen, Matthew Palfreman
  • Patent number: 9967997
    Abstract: Server equipment having a fool-proof structure includes a casing and a tray. The casing includes a storage unit area, a plurality of motherboard areas, a back plate, insertion slots and a fool-proof device. The fool-proof device selectively has an engagement member at a first height or an engagement member at a second height. The tray includes a motherboard, a connection card and a protection housing. When the protection housing is in contact with the engagement member at the first height, the connection card is correspondingly inserted into the insertion slot. When the protection housing is in contact with the engagement member at the second height, the connection card is spaced from the insertion slot by a distance. Accordingly, the connection card is prevented from being inserted to a wrong insertion slot, so damage to the connection card is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: William Shen, Te-Chang Lin, Richard S. Chen
  • Publication number: 20150202673
    Abstract: A laying head for forming an axially moving hot rolled product into a helical series of rings comprises a quill rotatable about an axis, with a tubular body journalled for rotation between axially spaced bearings, and a nose projecting axially and forwardly from its tubular body. A product guide is carried by the quill. The product guide is configured to form the product into a helical series of rings. A guide trough provides a helical extension of the product guide. Major portions of the product guide and the guide trough are carried on a continuous helical support on the nose of the quill. The guide trough is channel shaped, with a continuous bottom defining the rim of the helical support, and with segmented detachable side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: William Shen, Peiliang P. Zhang, Jianping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140070039
    Abstract: A rolling mill coil-forming laying head apparatus includes a driven rotating quill that discharges elongated material into an elongated path hollow structure, such as a laying head pipe and a downstream deflector guide trough. The path and deflector guide trough structures are supported by a unistructural permanently-formed housing having integral elongated hollow pathway structure, deflector guide trough, and quill mounting support extensions formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS VAI METALS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: William Shen, Peiliang P. Zhang, Jianping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110219422
    Abstract: A social network application system stores profile information of one or more types of objects, such as users, places, events, things, organizations and other types of objects. The system maintains current information for the various types of objects. The current information is updated periodically. The system generates a dataset for generating density reports for one or more types of objects based on search criteria. The dataset includes current information for one or more types of objects. The dataset is transmitted to a user device. The user device displays a graphical representation of density of objects in a geographical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: METHOD SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: WILLIAM SHEN, MARCUS HOPKINS, JASON D. MAIER, LANE ROATHE, RICHARD RICE, BILLY NOLEN, LEE ARELLANO
  • Patent number: 7640461
    Abstract: A clock pulse controller includes a test clock pulse input for receiving test clock pulses. A scan enable input receives a scan enable signal having a first state and a second state. A trigger pulse input receives a trigger pulse. A clock pulse output generates a launch clock pulse and a capture clock pulse from the test clock pulses immediately after receiving a predetermined number of the test clock pulses immediately following the trigger pulse. A delayed scan enable output generates a delayed scan enable signal that transitions from the first state to the second state between a leading edge of the launch clock pulse and a leading edge of the capture clock pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Thai-Minh Nguyen, William Shen, David Vinke, Christopher Coleman
  • Publication number: 20090125769
    Abstract: A clock pulse controller includes a test clock pulse input for receiving test clock pulses. A scan enable input receives a scan enable signal having a first state and a second state. A trigger pulse input receives a trigger pulse. A clock pulse output generates a launch clock pulse and a capture clock pulse from the test clock pulses immediately after receiving a predetermined number of the test clock pulses immediately following the trigger pulse. A delayed scan enable output generates a delayed scan enable signal that transitions from the first state to the second state between a leading edge of the launch clock pulse and a leading edge of the capture clock pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Thai-Minh Nguyen, William Shen, David Vinke, Christopher Coleman
  • Patent number: 7490307
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a database, an input module and a software tool. The database may be configured to generate one or more database files representing a design of an integrated circuit (IC). The input module may be configured to generate one or more test structures to test predetermined portions of the design of an IC. The software tool may be configured to automatically generate test scripts to verify timing constraints of the one or more test structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Giuseppe Fomaciari, Fabio Mazza, Cam Luong Lu, William Shen
  • Publication number: 20080299048
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to aerosols which comprise a first compound which is physiologically active and a second compound which is different from the first compound. Such aerosols may be produced “on demand” and can be used to control drug release, to improve vaporizability, or to reduce, modify or eliminate undesirable taste associated with a drug aerosol. The present invention also pertains to methods for producing such aerosols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ALEXZA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ron L. Hale, Kathleen Simis, Amy T. Lu, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Krishnamohan Sharma, William Shen, Justin Virgili
  • Patent number: 7444560
    Abstract: A test clocking scheme that separates the clock driving the functional logic and the memory from the clock driving the test logic and the memory. In other words, the test clocking scheme separates the memory functional clock from the memory test clock into two clock paths. The test clocking scheme provides for the ability to separately shut off either the memory functional clock source or the memory test clock source, provides that less power is required during production testing, and provides that simulation time is reduced during design verification because the functional logic is not clocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Thai M. Nguyen, William Shen, Cam Lu
  • Publication number: 20080005710
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a database, an input module and a software tool. The database may be configured to generate one or more database files representing a design of an integrated circuit (IC). The input module may be configured to generate one or more test structures to test predetermined portions of the design of an IC. The software tool may be configured to automatically generate test scripts to verify timing constraints of the one or more test structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Giuseppe Fomaciari, Fabio Mazza, Cam Luong Lu, William Shen
  • Publication number: 20070205805
    Abstract: An electrical system including a signal line and a driver. The signal line is terminated via a passive component. The driver is configured to receive an input signal and provide an output signal via the signal line. The driver is configured to provide an output logic level in the output signal at a first drive strength and to switch and provide the output logic level in the output signal at a second drive strength. The first drive strength is greater than the second drive strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Oliver Kiehl, William Shen
  • Publication number: 20070090223
    Abstract: A method of processing different sized long products delivered from a rolling mill, comprising forming products within a first range of sizes into helical formations of rings having a first diameter, and alternatively forming products within a second range of sizes larger than the largest product size within said first range into helical formations of rings having a second diameter larger than said first diameter. The helical formations of rings are deposited on a conveyor for transport to a reforming station where they are gathered into coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: T. Shore, Matthew Palfreman, William Shen
  • Patent number: 7117408
    Abstract: A method and system of testing data retention of memory is provided. An embodiment of the method of testing data retention of memory comprises: writing first data to a first memory sub-group during a first time period; writing second data to a second memory sub-group during a second time period subsequent to said first time period; pausing for a predetermined time interval during a third time period subsequent to said second time period; reading a first one of said first and second data during a fourth time period subsequent to said third time period; reading a second one of said first and second data during a fifth time period subsequent to said fourth time period; and comparing said first and second ones of read data to expected results to determine data retention capabilities of said first and second memory sub-groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Charutosh Dixit, William Shen
  • Publication number: 20060095816
    Abstract: A test clocking scheme that separates the clock driving the functional logic and the memory from the clock driving the test logic and the memory. In other words, the test clocking scheme separates the memory functional clock from the memory test clock into two clock paths. The test clocking scheme provides for the ability to separately shut off either the memory functional clock source or the memory test clock source, provides that less power is required during production testing, and provides that simulation time is reduced during design verification because the functional logic is not clocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Thai Nguyen, William Shen, Cam Lu
  • Publication number: 20050268911
    Abstract: Devices and methods of entraining a substance within an airflow are disclosed. Condensation aerosol delivery devices and methods of consistently producing multiple doses of a substance, such as a drug, having high purity, high yield, characterized by a particle size distribution appropriate for pulmonary delivery, and which can be administered to a user in a single dose are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: Alexza Molecular Delivery Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Cross, Matthieu Herbette, Andrew Kelly, Daniel Myers, William Shen, Ryan Timmons, Curtis Tom, Justin Virgili, Martin Wensley