14th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190104637 | MANAGING A DATA CENTER - Techniques for managing data center electronic devices in a data center include operating data center server devices that define a particular amount of computing power of a data center, the devices supported in server racks positioned in a frame assembly that includes bays defined along a lengthwise dimension of the frame assembly, the bays arranged in stacked layers that include at least a first layer of bays and a second layer of bays positioned vertically above the first layer of bays, the server racks positioned in at least one of the bays of the first or second layers of bays; determining that at least one of the server devices requires a maintenance operation; based on the determination, operating an automated service machine to move to a location in the data center that is adjacent to the data center server device; and performing the maintenance operation on the at least one data center server device with the automated service machine. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104638 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a rack in which slots into each of which an assembly is removably inserted are arranged in a top-bottom direction, a cable holder that bundles cables removably attached to the assembly, using a holding portion extending in the top-bottom direction, a pair of sliders fixed to an upper part and a lower part of the cable holder, and a pair of upper and lower rails fixed to the rack and guiding the pair of sliders to slide the cable holder in a transverse direction on an opening side of the slots. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104639 | COOLING MODULE WITH MULTIPLE PARALLEL BLOWERS - A cooling fan module for motivating air flow through an electronics chassis includes an enclosure having an air inlet through which cooling air flow is motivated by at least two centrifugal blowers disposed within the enclosure. The centrifugal blowers operate in parallel to motivate the cooling air flow along a first direction vector, while the respective axes of rotation of the centrifugal blower impellers are in substantial axial alignment with one another, and parallel to the first direction vector. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104640 | MID-SPREADER FOR STACKED CIRCUIT BOARDS IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board each stacked relative to one another; and a mid-spreader disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, wherein the mid-spreader includes a heat conductive material in thermal contact with one or more components on each of the first circuit board and the second circuit board to act as a heat sink, and wherein the mid-spreader is thermally connected to one or more heat sinks, the mid-spreader is one of disposed to or integrally formed with the one or more heat sinks, and the mid-spreader extends beyond a size of at least one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board to conduct and transfer heat therefrom. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104641 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH LIQUID COOLING FUNCTION AND LIQUID-COOLING HEAT DISSIPATION MODULE AND LIQUID-COOLING RADIATOR THEREOF - An electronic device with a liquid cooling function, a liquid-cooling heat dissipation module and a liquid-cooling radiator are provided. The liquid-cooling radiator includes a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a third reservoir, a first heat-dissipation channel group and a second heat-dissipation channel group. The first reservoir is arranged between the second reservoir and the third reservoir. The first heat-dissipation channel group is arranged between the first reservoir and the second reservoir. The second heat-dissipation channel group is arranged between the first reservoir and the third reservoir. An accommodation space is located at a corner of the liquid-cooling radiator and aligned with a radiator outlet. An included angle is formed between an orientation direction of the radiator outlet and an orientation direction of a radiator inlet along a projection surface. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WATER CHILLING UNIT FOR COOLING DATA CENTER - A method and apparatus for determining a water chilling unit for cooling a data center are provided. The method includes: acquiring a current water output parameter, a current water input parameter, a current water flow parameter and a current outdoor temperature parameter of each water chilling unit of the data center; pre-processing the water output parameter, the water input parameter, the water flow parameter and the outdoor temperature parameter to obtain a characteristic parameter of each water chilling unit; importing the characteristic parameters of each water chilling unit into a pre-established machine learning model to obtain the current electric power of each water chilling unit; and determining a water chilling unit for cooling the data center on the basis of a preset cooling load, a rated cooling capacity of the water chilling unit and the current electric power of each water chilling unit. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104643 | CRUSHABLE HEAT SINK FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A heatsink includes a fin-set that includes a corrugated ribbon having a first, deformable, portion and a second, convective, portion that is not deformed. A plurality of corrugated ribbons may be physically and/or thermally coupled (e.g., via mechanical fasteners, thermally conductive bonding, or reflow) to form the heatsink. A force may be applied to the heatsink sufficient to at least partially crush the first, deformable, portion to conform to an external surface of an electronic device. The heatsink may be physically affixed and thermally coupled to an external surface of the electronic device via mechanical fasteners, thermally conductive adhesives or via reflow of a low-melt temperature layer disposed on an external surface of the heatsink. The crushed portion of the first, deformable, portion conforms to the regular (e.g., planar) or irregular surface profile of the electronic device, beneficially and surprisingly improving thermal performance of the heatsink. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104644 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a casing, circuit boards disposed in the casing, heat-producing components mounted over the circuit boards, outer fins protruding toward the outside of the casing, and inner fins coupled to an inner surface of the casing, the inner fins being disposed in a space adjacent to areas in which the circuit boards are not mounted in the casing, wherein heat of the heat-producing components absorbed by the inner fins is dissipated to the outside of the casing through the outer fins. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104645 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING ADAPTIVE SURFACES - Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having adaptive surfaces. An adaptive surface may expand or deform responsive to a temperature change and/or a mechanical strain for thermal management for the device or for mechanical restructuring of the device in various configurations. The adaptive surface may be formed from a negative Poisson's ratio relief pattern in the surface or an inhomogeneous arrangement of materials. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104646 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of electronic apparatus stacked over a plurality of hierarchies in the information processing apparatus, a heat exchanger that cools refrigerant liquid for cooling the plurality of electronic apparatus, a first distributor that distributes the refrigerant liquid from the heat exchanger to the plurality of hierarchies, a plurality of second distributor that stores the refrigerant liquid temporarily, and a plurality of pipes that branched from the distribution pipes to the plurality of the electronic apparatus, wherein the number of the second distributor increases toward a hierarchy on downstream side, the pipes of the last hierarchy are coupled to the electronic apparatus. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104647 | COLD STORAGE SERVER - A server can be used for a cold storage application. The server can include a nest for holding a high density of bare storage drives. The nest can include a plurality of drive cooling channels residing on the underside of the nest. The server can further include rear, front, and side air flow paths for natural convection cooling. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104648 | COOLING RACK FOR SERVER - A cooling rack comprises a server case with a receiving space, an inlet, and an outlet, a plurality of servers being received in the server case, a first blower unit provided adjacent to the inlet in the receiving space, a second blower unit provided adjacent to the outlet in the receiving space, and cooling units provided in the receiving space. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104649 | Targeted Cooling for Datacenters - 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. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104650 | INTEGRATED THERMAL DOOR COMPONENT FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head mounted display (HMD) device for supporting virtual reality and augmented reality includes a frame and a thermal door component between which a mobile device may be sandwiched. The thermal door component includes a first portion that is substantially planar for reversibly coupling with a portion of a back surface of the mobile device and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a substantially planar portion coupled to a surface of the first portion of the thermal door component. The heat sink may be made of magnesium or other thermally conductive material. A second portion is coupled to the back of the first portion. An opening, channel, or recess that allows access to the interior of the thermal door component by ambient air to allow the thermal door component to draw heat away from the mobile device and the HMD device. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104651 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY SEAL FOR ADJOINING BUILDING MODULES - An electromagnetic seal is provided for preventing the transmission of electromagnetic energy between corresponding walls of adjoining building modules. The seal includes a first support extending inwardly from an end of a first building module, a second support extending inwardly from an end of a second building module, and a gasket assembly compressed between the first support and the second support. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104652 | MEDICAL ARTICLE STORAGE CONTAINER HAVING RF SHIELD AND TORTUOUS PATH SEAL - A modular system of plastic walls having embedded and coextensive electrically conductive components configured to electrically connect with each other when the walls are mated. The walls have joining edges that form joint seams with other walls when joined together to create an enclosure. When enough walls are used to surround a storage space, a Faraday cage is created. The walls additionally have portions of tortuous paths at each joining edge that mate with a complementary portion of a tortuous path of another wall when the walls are joined together. A torturous path seal is thereby created at each joint seam. The plastic walls can be configured in a multiplicity of combinations to create various enclosures necessary for RFID-enabled storage and tracking of medical articles. Containers, enclosures, cabinets, and drawers of differing heights and sizes can be made and they may be stacked or otherwise assembled. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104653 | DOUBLE-SIDED MODULE WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING - The present disclosure relates to a shielded double-sided module, which includes a module substrate with a ground plane, at least one top electronic component attached to a top surface of the module substrate and encapsulated by a first mold compound, a number of first module contacts attached to a bottom surface of the module substrate, a second mold compound, and a shielding structure. The second mold compound resides over the bottom surface of the module substrate, and each first module contact is exposed through the second mold compound. The shielding structure completely covers a top surface and a side surface of the module, and is electrically coupled to the ground plane within the module substrate. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104654 | COMPONENTS FEEDER - A component feeder for feeding components to a component feeding position using a component feeding tape including a carrier tape holding the components at equal intervals and a covering tape attached to the upper surface of the carrier tape. The component feeder includes a driving sprocket and a tape guide. The driving sprocket is configured to feed the component feeding tape to the component feeding portions. The tape guide includes a pressing surface to press an upper surface of the component feeding tape fed to the component feeding position. The tape guide includes a component exposing portion and an adjustment portion. The component exposing portion includes an inserting portion to be inserted between the carrier tape and the covering tape. The adjustment portion is configured to adjust a projection amount of the inserting portion from the pressing surface. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104655 | OPERATION CHECKING DEVICE OF ELECTRONIC MOUNTING MACHINE - An operation checking device of an electronic component mounting machine is provided with a first memory section configured to memorize an operation program of the electronic component mounting machine including at least a collection operation of an electronic component by a collecting device; a second memory section configured to memorize shape data of the electronic component and shape data of the collecting device; a first acquiring section configured to acquire information of the electronic components and information of the collecting device based on the operation program required for a current operation memorized on the first memory section; and a second acquiring section configured to acquire corresponding shape data of the electronic component and shape data of the collecting device from the second memory section based on the information of the electronic component and the information of the collecting device acquired by the first acquiring section. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104656 | COMPONENT MOUNTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOUNTING BOARD - There is provided a component mounter that performs pressure-bonding of a plurality of components placed on the board, to the board, the component mounter including: a board holder that holds the board and lifts and lowers the held board; a plurality of backups that support, from a side below the board, at least one of the plurality of components placed on the held board and are each provided with a suction port which suctions an undersurface of the board; a sucking unit that is connected to the suction port and performs vacuum-sucking of the board placed on the plurality of backups; and at least one pressure-bonding head that performs pressure-bonding of the plurality of components placed on the suctioned board, to the board. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104657 | MAGNETIC CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR USE - An apparatus and method for determining whether a conductive ring is attached to an electrically conductive shaft. The body of the apparatus includes an electrical contact and side magnets positioned in a recess along the circumference of the cavity. When the shaft is received by the body, the electrical contact is in contact with the conductive shaft and the side magnets in the recess are in contact with the ring attached to the shaft, if present. An electrical signal is provided to the shaft and ring via the magnets and an output signal is generated. The output signal is indicative of whether the ring is attached to the shaft. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104658 | COMPONENT MOUNTER AND COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM - During mounting of an upper component on a lower component, after mounting the lower component on a board, the Z-axis position of a suction nozzle tip is detected during mounting of the lower component on the board and memorized as a lower component height, and when mounting the upper component PU, the suction nozzle is lowered at relatively high speed until reaching a specified position that is a distance above the lower component height, and the suction nozzle is lowered at a speed that is slower than the speed after arriving at the specified position until contact with the lower component. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104659 | SOLDERING APPARATUS - A soldering apparatus comprises a soldering mechanism and a management unit. The management unit converts operation history of the soldering mechanism into a numerical value, compares the numerical value to a predetermined threshold value, and generates a notifying signal if the numerical value exceeds the predetermined threshold value. The notifying signal may result in cessation of operation of the soldering mechanism. The notifying signal may result in a visual and/or audio reminder to the operator to inspect or replace a part of the soldering mechanism. With the management unit, the operator need not guess or rely on personal experience to determine when to perform an inspection or replacement. Reliance on personal experience can be error prone and lead to inefficiency. The management unit may reduce the possibility of soldering with a degraded soldering tip or other part, which may have an adverse effect on soldering quality. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104660 | Citrus Ichangensis X C. Maxima Tree Named 'TIFT2-16' - A new variety of | 2019-04-04 |
20190104661 | Citrus reticulata tree named 'TIFT3-46' - A new variety of | 2019-04-04 |
20190104662 | Mandarin tree named 'RubyGS' - ‘RubyGS’ is a new and distinct mandarin tree notable primarily for its reduced number of seeds per fruit as compared to its parent ‘Daisy’ mandarin. Fruits of ‘RubyGS’ mandarin are essentially seedless, with less than one seed per fruit on average. | 2019-04-04 |
20190104663 | Hydrangea plant named 'HORE0046' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2019-04-04 |
20190104664 | Hydrangea plant named 'HORE0031' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2019-04-04 |
20190104665 | HYDRANGEA PLANT NAMED 'HORE0007' - A new and distinct cultivar of | 2019-04-04 |
20190104666 | Verbena plant named 'VEAZ0053' | 2019-04-04 |
20190104667 | Verbena plant NAMED 'VEAZ0052' | 2019-04-04 |
20190104668 | Verbena plant named `VEAZ0051' | 2019-04-04 |
20190104669 | Verbena plant named 'VEAZ0050' | 2019-04-04 |
20190104670 | Verbena plant named 'VEAZ0048' | 2019-04-04 |
20190104671 | Phlox plant named 'Cloudburst' - A new and unique cultivar of garden | 2019-04-04 |
20190104672 | Salvia plant named 'Azure Snow' - The new and distinct cultivar of perennial | 2019-04-04 |