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Jerrod K. Buterbaugh

Jerrod K. Buterbaugh, Wake Forest, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080249666Dynamically Configuring Overcurrent Protection In A Power Supply - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for dynamically configuring overcurrent protection in a power supply for components of an electrically powered system, including summing by a master service processor, during powered operation of the system, the present power requirements of components presently installed in the system and setting by the master service processor an overcurrent trip point of the power supply in dependence upon the sum of the present power requirements of the components.10-09-2008
20100019576Dynamically Configuring Current Sharing And Fault Monitoring In Redundant Power Supply Modules - Methods, apparatus, and products for dynamically configuring current sharing and fault monitoring in redundant power supply modules for components of an electrically powered system, including summing, by a master service processor, during powered operation of the system, the present power requirements of components presently installed in the electrically powered system and setting, by the master service processor for each redundant power supply module in dependence upon the sum of the present power requirements, a current sharing tolerance and a fault reporting tolerance.01-28-2010
20100102790Optimizing delivery of regulated power from a voltage regulator to an electrical component - Methods, apparatus, and products for optimizing delivery of regulated power from a voltage regulator to an electrical component, operation of the voltage regulator controlled by a service processor, the voltage regulator including a number of phases, each phase rated to deliver a different maximum power to the electrical component, where optimizing delivery of regulated power includes determining, by the service processor, the present power requirements of the electrical component, and enabling, by the service processor, one or more phases of the voltage regulator in dependence upon the present power requirements of the electrical component.04-29-2010
20120020009Computer Chassis Cooling Sidecar - A computer chassis cooling sidecar for cooling one or more computers in a chassis of computers in a data center, the sidecar including an air intake chamber and a chassis delivery chamber, the air intake chamber having a first opening at a bottom end for receiving air from beneath the data center through perforated tiles in the floor of the data center located on the side of the computer chassis, the air intake chamber having at the top end a directional vane shaped to direct airflow from the side of the chassis to a chassis delivery chamber; wherein the chassis delivery chamber resides in front or back of the chassis and has an opening to receive air from the air intake chamber and an opening to deliver the received air to the front or back of the computer chassis.01-26-2012
20120033368Hot Or Cold Aisle Computer Chassis - A chassis for a plurality of computers for use in a data center, the chassis at least one extensible fin, the fin either extensible perpendicularly from the front of the chassis or extensible parallel with the front of the chassis.02-09-2012
20120035781Dynamically Adjustable Floor Tile For A Data Center - A dynamically adjustable floor tile for a data center including a plurality of perforations; and a dynamically adjustable aperture, wherein opening the aperture exposes one or more of the perforations to airflow through the floor tile and closing the aperture blocks one or more of the apertures to airflow through the floor tile.02-09-2012

Patent applications by Jerrod K. Buterbaugh, Wake Forest, NC US

Jerrod K. Buterbaugh, Durham, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110278027In-Computer Fire Suppression - In-computer fire suppression, the computer comprising an in-computer flame detector and an in-computer fire extinguisher including detecting, by an in-computer flame detector, a flame, releasing, by the in-computer fire extinguisher, an extinguishing agent in response to the flame detector detecting the flame; and disabling the power supply to the computer having within it the in-computer flame detector and the in-computer fire extinguisher.11-17-2011
20110288664Individually Cooling One Or More Computers In A Rack Of Computers In A Data Center - Individually cooling one or more computers in a rack of computers in a data center including an air intake chamber, the air intake chamber having a first opening at a bottom end for receiving air from beneath the data center through perforated tiles in the floor of the data center and a plurality of openings at a top end for providing air into a plurality of flexible air channels; and a plurality of flexible air channels, each air channel having a first end opening into the air intake chamber and having an opening at a second end and having a connector to connect the second end of the flexible air chamber to a particular position in the rack corresponding to the location of a particular computer in the rack.11-24-2011