Patents by Inventor Winnie Leung
Winnie Leung 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: 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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Patent number: 8456840Abstract: A rack-mount computer system includes one or more rows of computer racks, wherein each row of computer racks includes a pair of rows of computer racks positioned back-to-back relative to each other, a plurality of computer motherboards mounted in each of the racks in each row of computer racks and having front edges open to a workspace for receiving circulating air over the motherboards, the motherboards positioned to create a warm air plenum near a back edge of each motherboard, and a fan positioned adjacent each of the plurality of computer motherboards to circulate air across the computer motherboards and into the warm air plenum.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen, Winnie Leung, David W. Stiver, Andrew B. Carlson, Steven T. Y. Chow, Jonathan D. Beck
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Publication number: 20130107448Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: 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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Publication number: 20130083476Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
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Patent number: 8320125Abstract: 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: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: 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: 8218322Abstract: 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: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
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Patent number: 7971446Abstract: A system can include an enclosure having an exterior surface and an interior region that is characterized by a width and a length that is longer than the width; a plurality of trays mounted in racks that line a majority of each side of the length of the interior region and that define an aisle therebetween which is suitable for passage by one or more human occupants; cooling coils configured to capture heat generated by the plurality of trays and exhaust the heat outside the interior region; a plurality of connections on the exterior surface for supplying electrical power to the plurality of trays, supplying cooling fluid to the cooling coils, and for receiving cooling fluid discharged from the cooling coils; and doors at either end of the aisle configured and positioned to facilitate emergency egress from the enclosure by a human occupant.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen, Andrew Carlson, Steven T. Y. Chow, Winnie Leung, Montgomery Sykora, Donald L. Beaty
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Publication number: 20100251629Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
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Patent number: 7738251Abstract: 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: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
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Publication number: 20100091449Abstract: 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 releasably 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
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Patent number: 7646590Abstract: A power distribution apparatus includes a housing holding a plurality of electrical outlets, a plurality of independent electrical circuits within the housing, and a plurality of cord sets serving the plurality of independent electrical circuits and extending from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2007Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: Selver Corhodzic, Andrew Carlson, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Jonathan D. Beck, Alan Lam, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen
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Patent number: 7564685Abstract: A computer apparatus includes a first motherboard having a top surface and a bottom surface and a second motherboard having a top surface and a bottom surface. The motherboards each have mounted thereto components that generate high thermal loads and components that generate low thermal loads. A heat sink is in conductive thermal contact with the top surfaces of the first and second motherboards. Computer components generating high thermal loads are mounted to the top surfaces of the first and second motherboards, and computer components generating low thermal loads are mounted to the bottom surface of one or more of the first and second motherboards.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, Winnie Leung
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Publication number: 20080204999Abstract: A method of cooling electronic equipment is disclosed and includes substantially continuously circulating ambient air across a plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, monitoring the temperature of air in or around a group of devices in the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, and providing substantially cooler-than-ambient air to the group of devices when the monitored air temperatures rises above a set value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, Winnie Leung
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Publication number: 20080158818Abstract: A computer apparatus includes a first motherboard having a top surface and a bottom surface, a second motherboard having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a heat sink in conductive thermal contact with the top surfaces of the first and second motherboards. Computer components generating high thermal loads are mounted to the top surfaces of the motherboards, and computer components generating low thermal loads are mounted to the bottom surface of one or more of the motherboards.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, Winnie Leung
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Publication number: 20080055846Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Whitted, William Hamburgen, Montgomery Sykora, Winnie Leung, Gerald Aigner, Donald Beaty
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Publication number: 20070281639Abstract: A system can include an enclosure having an exterior surface and an interior region that is characterized by a width and a length that is longer than the width; a plurality of trays mounted in racks that line a majority of each side of the length of the interior region and that define an aisle therebetween which is suitable for passage by one or more human occupants; cooling coils configured to capture heat generated by the plurality of trays and exhaust the heat outside the interior region; a plurality of connections on the exterior surface for supplying electrical power to the plurality of trays, supplying cooling fluid to the cooling coils, and for receiving cooling fluid discharged from the cooling coils; and doors at either end of the aisle configured and positioned to facilitate emergency egress from the enclosure by a human occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: December 6, 2007Inventors: Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen, Andrew Carlson, Steven Y. Chow, Winnie Leung, Montgomery Sykora, Donald L. Beaty