公开(公告)号：US10965525B1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US15197630

申请日：2016-06-29

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Darin Lee Frink ,  Peter George Ross ,  Frank Charles Paterra

IPC: H04K1/00 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: A portable data center is configured to be transported with installed computing devices between a first location and a second location. A tethered networking device of the portable data center can be deployed to provide a consistent interface for connecting computing devices at a first location with computing devices of the portable data center. Large quantities of data stored in the computing devices at the first location can be transferred to computing devices of the portable data center and the portable data center storing the transferred data can be transported to a second location where the stored data is transferred from the portable data center to one or more computing devices at the second location.

公开(公告)号：US10826321B1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US15426922

申请日：2017-02-07

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Brock Robert Gardner ,  Peter George Ross

IPC: H02J9/00 ,  H02M7/00 ,  H05K7/14 ,  H02H7/20 ,  H02B1/21

Abstract: A power busway tap box with integrated uninterruptable power supply (UPS) functionality is enabled. A busway may be utilized to distribute electrical power throughout a data center. A busway tap box may incorporate one or more components providing UPS functionality. When the busway is distributing alternating current (AC) power, the tap box may incorporate a rectifier, an electrical energy storage device (e.g., a lithium-ion battery), and an inverter. The tap box may keep a substantially conventional form factor, or an extended form factor to accommodate larger electrical energy storage device sizes. The busways may run overhead in a data center and the tap boxes may physically couple with the overhead busways and be disposed beneath them. By distributing the UPS functionality throughout the data center, the impact of UPS failures may be lowered and/or environmental maintenance costs may be reduced.

公开(公告)号：US10772238B1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US15874845

申请日：2018-01-18

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Peter George Ross

IPC: H05K7/20 ,  F28C3/08 ,  F28D1/02

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a container-based data center includes an air handling housing, at least one movable louver, a filter and a fan. The housing is configured for suspending from a ceiling of the container and comprises at least one heat exchanger. The louver is movable to direct air flow along different paths within the housing according to a selected operating mode. The fan is positioned in the housing and controllable according to the selected operating mode. The heat exchanger is configured in a self-contained water chilling circuit positioned within the container for use in a closed loop mode. The apparatus is convertible for use in an economizer mode that draws outside air into the container. An optional auxiliary heat exchanger element has a cold side heat exchange portion positioned outside the container and a connection through the ceiling to a hot side heat exchange portion positioned within the housing.

公开(公告)号：US10599204B1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US15197570

申请日：2016-06-29

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Peter George Ross ,  Adolfo Bravo Ferreira ,  Michael P. Czamara

IPC: G06F1/3228 ,  G06F1/28 ,  G06F11/34 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F9/50

Abstract: A monitoring system may receive data indicating work performed by a set of computing devices during a given period of time and may receive data indicating an amount of power consumed by the set of computing devices and support systems that support the set of computing devices during the given period of time. The monitoring system may normalize the amounts of work performed by different types of computing devices in the set and determine an aggregate amount of work performed by the set. The monitoring system may also determine an aggregate amount of electrical power consumed by the set of computing devices and support system that support the set of computing devices during the given period of time. A monitoring system may use the aggregate amount of work performed and aggregate amount of power consumed during the given period of time to determine a performance index efficiency for the set.

公开(公告)号：US10582635B1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US14613796

申请日：2015-02-04

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Peter George Ross

IPC: H05K7/14 ,  G06F1/30 ,  G06F1/26 ,  H02J9/06

Abstract: A portable data center is configured to be powered using one or more external power sources. The portable data center includes at least one interconnect member, at least one electrical circuit, and an electrical power bus. The at least one interconnect member is configured for connecting the portable data center to the one or more external power sources. The at least one electrical circuit and electrical power bus are in electrical communication with the at least one interconnect member and are housed within a container of the portable data center. The at least one electrical circuit is configured to convert power received from the one or more external power sources at a first voltage level to conditioned power at a second, lower voltage level. The electrical power bus distributes power from the conditioned power to computing devices housed within the container.

公开(公告)号：US10398061B1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15197636

申请日：2016-06-29

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Peter George Ross ,  Frank Charles Paterra ,  Darin Lee Frink

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K7/14 ,  H05K7/18 ,  H05K7/20 ,  G06F1/20

Abstract: A portable data center includes a cooling system comprising a cooling circuit, one or more air plenums, and one or more air moving devices. The cooling circuit circulates a heat transfer fluid through a portion of the cooling circuit that passes through the one or more air plenums. The heat transfer fluid that passes through the one or more air plenums cools air flowing through the one or more air plenums via the one or more air moving devices. The cooling circuit also circulates the heat transfer through a separate portion of the portable data center where heat is rejected from the heat transfer fluid into the separate portion of the portable data center. In some embodiments, the air plenums and at least a portion of the cooling circuit are mounted in a sub-floor space between a platform within the portable data center and an outer structure of the portable data center.

公开(公告)号：US20190171606A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16265802

申请日：2019-02-01

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Darin Lee Frink ,  Peter George Ross

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G11B33/12 ,  H05K7/20 ,  H05K7/14 ,  G11B33/14 ,  G06F1/20

CPC classification number: G06F13/4068 ,  G06F1/181 ,  G06F1/187 ,  G06F1/20 ,  G06F1/206 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0655 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G11B33/128 ,  G11B33/142 ,  H05K7/1457 ,  H05K7/20572

Abstract: A system for storing data includes a rack, one or more data storage modules coupled to the rack, and one or more data control modules coupled to the rack. The data storage modules may include a chassis, two or more backplanes coupled to the chassis, and one or more mass storage devices (for example, hard disk drives) coupled to the backplanes. The data control modules may access the mass storage devices in the data storage modules.

公开(公告)号：US20190116685A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-18

申请号：US16213853

申请日：2018-12-07

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Peter George Ross ,  Timothy Logan Sadler

IPC: H05K7/14 ,  E04H5/00 ,  H05K7/20

CPC classification number: H05K7/1497 ,  E04H5/00 ,  E04H2005/005 ,  H05K7/20745

Abstract: Deployable barriers are reversibly deployed in a data center hall to partition the data center. The hall is partitioned into an operational area, where rack computer systems are installed, a non-operational area, and a staging area where support infrastructure is at least partially installed. A barrier can be collapsed to incorporate the staging area into the operational area, thereby expanding the operational area, when rack computer systems are to be installed in the staging area. A barrier deployed in the non-operational area establishes another staging area. A barrier includes a deployment mechanism which extends through a space in the data center to enable a partition to be extended to partition the hall. The barrier can be mounted and deployed on support infrastructure, so that the deployed barrier and a side portion of the support infrastructure collectively partition the hall.

公开(公告)号：US10198390B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

申请号：US15728254

申请日：2017-10-09

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Darin Lee Frink ,  Peter George Ross

IPC: H05K7/20 ,  G06F13/40 ,  H05K7/14 ,  G06F1/20 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G11B33/14 ,  G11B33/12

Abstract: A system for storing data includes a rack, one or more data storage modules coupled to the rack, and one or more data control modules coupled to the rack. The data storage modules may include a chassis, two or more backplanes coupled to the chassis, and one or more mass storage devices (for example, hard disk drives) coupled to the backplanes. The data control modules may access the mass storage devices in the data storage modules.

公开(公告)号：US20190032938A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16147368

申请日：2018-09-28

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Robert David Wilding ,  Peter George Ross ,  Geri-Ann Quinlivan ,  Alan Donald Gillooly ,  Sean Patrick Abbott

IPC: F24F7/02 ,  E04B7/18 ,  H05K7/20

Abstract: A system for passively exhausting air from a structure includes at least one pair of modules arranged on a roof of the structure. Each module has an exhaust face on one side and a sloped surface on the opposite side, and can receive exhaust air that flows upward from inside the structure. The modules can be arranged in pairs facing one another, with one of the sloped surfaces facing a direction of an environmental flow of air, so that the environmental air can flow up the sloped surface of one module and down the sloped surface of the other module without impinging on the exhaust faces of either module. The pairs can also be arranged side-by-side in an array, which can be expanded with additional pairs of modules to exhaust from the structure at a greater rate.