Jeffery M Giardina

7248472, Jul 24, 2007

May 18, 2005

11/131710

Wade D. Vinson - Magnolia TX, US
Jeffery M. Giardina - Cypress TX, US
Joseph R. Allen - Tomball TX, US
Christopher G. Malone - Loomis CA, US
Chandrakant Patel - Fremont CA, US
David M. Paquin - Cypress TX, US
Rich Bargerhuff - Spring TX, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H05K 7/20

361694

A computer system comprising a plurality of electronic components disposed within a chassis. The electronic components generate a cooling load of at least 50 CFM at 2 inches of water or greater. An air mover is disposed within said chassis and is operable to generate airflow of at least 50 CFM at 2 inches of water or greater. An air distribution system is coupled to the air mover and is operable to distribute the airflow to the plurality of electronic components.

7327571, Feb 5, 2008

Sep 6, 2005

11/220049

Jeffery M. Giardina - Cypress TX, US
Wade D. Vinson - Magnolia TX, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H05K 7/20

361700, 361695, 361699, 361704, 174 152, 165 804, 16510426, 16510433

Systems and methods for implementing thermal load balancing are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a thermal load balancing system for a multiprocessor computer having a plurality of processors may comprise a heat sink network having a plurality of local heat sinks. The local heat sinks are thermally coupled to separate processors in the multiprocessor computer. At least one heat pipe thermally couples each of the plurality of local heat sinks in the heat sink network.

7443063, Oct 28, 2008

Oct 11, 2005

11/247581

Wade D. Vinson - Magnolia TX, US
John P. Franz - Houston TX, US
Troy Della Fiora - Spring TX, US
Jeffery M. Giardina - Cypress TX, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H02K 9/00

310 58, 310 52

A cooling fan comprising an outer housing. A motor support is fixed to the outer housing and a motor is mounted to the motor support. A hub is rotatably coupled to the motor and, with the motor support, forms a motor enclosure that substantially surrounds the motor. A plurality of blades extend radially from the hub and are arranged so as to generate a flow of air around the motor enclosure when the blades are rotated. The cooling fan also comprises a motor cooler comprising a flow path through the motor enclosure, wherein the flow path has a first opening and a second opening, wherein the second opening is disposed within an area of lowered downstream pressure so as to develop a differential pressure between the first and second openings and generate a flow of air through the motor enclosure as the motor operates.

7589974, Sep 15, 2009

Apr 21, 2006

11/408859

John R. Grady - Houston TX, US
Jeffery M. Giardina - Houston TX, US
Aaron M. Albaugh - Houston TX, US

Helwett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H05K 7/10

361735, 361796, 361729, 174520, 439 74, 710301

A modular computer system is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a computer server having a first printed circuit assembly disposed within a first housing and an expansion connector. The computer server is configured to be coupled to a modular expansion unit via the expansion connector to convert the computer server from a base configuration to an expanded configuration. In various embodiments, the expanded configuration may provide additional processing power, additional memory, or the like. A method of assembling a modular computer system is also provided.

7660110, Feb 9, 2010

Sep 16, 2008

12/211670

Wade D. Vinson - Magnolia TX, US
John P. Franz - Houston TX, US
Troy Della Fiora - Spring TX, US
Jeffery M. Giardina - Cypress TX, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H05K 7/20

36167947, 36167948, 361690, 361695, 310 52, 310 58, 4152131, 415175, 417368, 4174238

A computer system comprises a chassis, an electronic component disposed within the chassis, and a cooling fan that comprises a motor support fixed to a housing that is coupled to the chassis and a hub disposed within the housing. A plurality of blades extend radially from the hub. A motor is disposed within a motor enclosure formed by the motor support and the hub. The hub is rotatably coupled to the motor such that the plurality of blades generates a flow of air around the motor enclosure. The system comprises a motor cooler comprising a flow path through the motor enclosure, where the flow path has a first opening and a second opening, and where the second opening is disposed within an area of lowered downstream pressure so as to develop a differential pressure between the first and second openings and generate a flow of air through the motor enclosure.

8024520, Sep 20, 2011

Sep 21, 2007

11/903384

Luke L. Wardensky - Houston TX, US
Everett R. Salinas - Pasadena TX, US
Jeffery M. Giardina - Cypress TX, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

G06F 13/00

711115, 710302, 711105, 713300

To transfer a memory module between controllers, an external power source is connected to a memory module mounted to a first controller. The memory module is removed from the first controller with the external power source connected to the memory module to maintain data stored in volatile memory of the memory module. The memory module is mounted to a second controller.

20050260944, Nov 24, 2005

Jan 25, 2005

11/042421

Wade Vinson - Magnolia TX, US
Jeffery Giardina - Cypress TX, US

H05K005/00

454184000

An air mover comprising a motor and a plurality of fan blades coupled to the motor. The motor is operable to rotate the fan blades about a blade axis in order to generate an airflow. A housing is disposed about said fan blades and defines a free area through which the airflow can travel. A first end of the housing is proximate to said plurality of fan blades. A second end of the housing has a free area that is unevenly distributed about the blade axis.

20090010771, Jan 8, 2009

Sep 16, 2008

12/211659

Wade D. Vinson - Magnolia TX, US
John P. Franz - Houston TX, US
Troy Della Flora - Spring TX, US
Jeffery M. Giardina - Cypress TX, US

F04D 13/06
H02K 9/06
H05K 7/20

417366, 310 60 R, 361695

A cooling fan comprises an outer housing. A motor support is fixed to the outer housing and a motor is mounted to the motor support. A hub is rotatably coupled to the motor and, with the motor support, forms a motor enclosure that substantially surrounds the motor. A plurality of blades extends radially from the hub and are arranged so as to generate a flow of air around the motor enclosure when the blades are rotated. The cooling fan also comprises a motor cooler comprising a flow path through the motor enclosure, wherein the flow path has a first opening and a second opening, wherein the second opening is disposed within an area of lowered downstream pressure so as to develop a differential pressure between the first and second openings and generate a flow of air through the motor enclosure as the motor operates.