Bryan M Rodriguez

US Patent:

20080037209, Feb 14, 2008

Filed:

Aug 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/503313

Inventors:

Eren Niazi - San Jose CA, US
Marc Rotzow - San Jose CA, US
Bryan Rodriguez - Snohomish WA, US

Assignee:

Open Source Systems, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

US Classification:

361683

Abstract:

One embodiment of the invention is a computer chassis for housing modules of a computer system. According to this embodiment, the chassis features a chassis base, a first tray for a motherboard removably engaged with the chassis base, and a second tray for a motherboard removably engaged with the chassis base. The second tray is oriented above the first tray when engaged in the chassis base. This embodiment also features a plurality of drawers for storage equipment, such as hard drives, where each drawer is removably engaged with the chassis base. The drawers are oriented laterally to the first and second trays in the chassis base.

US Patent:

20080037214, Feb 14, 2008

Filed:

Aug 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/502891

Inventors:

Eren Niazi - San Jose CA, US
Marc Rotzow - San Jose CA, US
Bryan Rodriguez - Snohomish WA, US

Assignee:

Open Source Systems, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 1/20

US Classification:

361687

Abstract:

One embodiment is a computer chassis for housing modules of a computer system. According to this embodiment, the chassis features a chassis base, first and second bays for first and second motherboards, a fan assembly for mounting fans, a backplane for I/O connections mounted to the chassis base, and at least two compartments for electronic components. The first bay and the second bay are laterally adjacent so that, when in use, the first and second motherboards are in substantially the same plane. The fan assembly is mounted to the chassis base so that, when in use, fans in the fan assembly cause airflow in a substantially lateral direction over the first and second bays. The two compartments for electronic modules are laterally to the side of and in substantially the same plane as the first and second bays.

US Patent:

6704196, Mar 9, 2004

Filed:

Jul 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/205765

Inventors:

Louis John Rodriguez - San Jose CA
Bryan Joseph Rodriguez - Woodside CA

Assignee:

Allied Systems Design, Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H05K 720

US Classification:

361687, 361727, 16510433, 622592

Abstract:

A chassis-rack system mounts two 19â RETMA rack chassis back-to-back in the same vertical 1U-space. Each has an independent cooling system that draws-in cold air from respective front and rear panels. Such panels are provided with a series of slots that are blocked-off in different patterns according to empirical cooling tests, done with particular complements of internal constituent components. Such intakes are typically at a left side of the panel, and air drawn in is forced to flow to the back and around to the right by two floor-to-ceiling partition walls. Such walls can define bay for a CD-ROM, floppy disk, or PCI-bus. The drawn-in air is critically sequenced first over processors, memory, then hard disk drives, and finally over a power supply. The power supply is near the front on the right, typically, and-two 33-CFM fans exhaust the heated air out the respective panels. The chassis enclosures each have a lid with a special flat ductwork that conducts cold outside air directly to at least one CPU fan and heatsink.