公开(公告)号：US10401946B1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15188733

申请日：2016-06-21

Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Jason Alexander Harland ,  Michael Jon Moen

IPC: G06F1/3296

Abstract: A system includes hardware logic circuit configured to execute power control software. The hardware logic circuit executes the power control software to receive a request from a processing unit for delivery of a power level corresponding to a first power state and determine that the processing unit should operate at a second power state, where the second power state is different than the requested first power state. The hardware logic circuit also executes the power control software to cause a power supply to deliver a power level corresponding to the second power state to the processing unit.

公开(公告)号：US09722381B1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US14589893

申请日：2015-01-05

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Jon Moen ,  Max Jesse Wishman

IPC: H01R33/88 ,  H01R31/06 ,  H01R13/73 ,  H01R24/76 ,  H01R43/26

CPC classification number: H01R33/88 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  H01R13/518 ,  H01R13/633 ,  H01R13/73 ,  H01R24/76 ,  H01R43/26 ,  H05K7/1447 ,  H05K7/1491 ,  H05K7/1492

Abstract: A connection panel for enabling quick change over of a network device comprises a body and an engaging device. An exterior side of the body has multiple sockets, each of which can receive a plug connector. The panel is configured for positioning at one end of a rack space for the network device. The panel's interior side has first network device connections configured to mate with second network device connections on the network device. The engaging device has at least one member extending between the network device and the panel, and is repositionable between at least an engaged position in which the network device is moved towards and mechanically coupled to the panel with the second network device connections urged into engagement with and electrically connected to the first connections, and a disengaged position in which the network device is disengaged from the panel and removable from the rack space.

公开(公告)号：US11188142B1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16216545

申请日：2018-12-11

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher James BeSerra ,  David Edward Bryan ,  Gavin Akira Ebisuzaki ,  Michael Jon Moen ,  Roey Rivnay

IPC: G06F1/32 ,  G06F1/3296 ,  H05K7/14 ,  G06F1/3206

Abstract: A rules-based mechanism is described for powering down racks in an ordered and autonomous way in a data center. Power shelf controllers (PSCs), on different racks or on the same rack, communicate together through a network, called the PSC network, separate from the data network. The PSCs are aware of the other PSCs that share the same input power domain. When the racks are configured for use, each PSC is assigned a priority value, based upon the management provisioning layer assignment. Each PSC creates a table of all the other PSCs and tracks each assigned priority value. When a power event occurs, the PSC can power down components within the rack in accordance with the priority table. Recovery can also be carried out in conformance with the priority table.

公开(公告)号：US10765028B1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

申请号：US15879374

申请日：2018-01-24

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Strickland Beall ,  Michael Jon Moen ,  Kevin Bailey ,  Brandyn David Giroux ,  Robert Hastings ,  Chen An

IPC: A47B81/00 ,  H05K7/14 ,  A47B88/407 ,  A47B88/919

Abstract: Retention mechanisms for retaining compute components within server racks are described. In one example, a retention mechanism includes a latching component configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position. The retention mechanism also includes a retaining component configured to position the latching component in the unlocked position. Movement of the retaining component releases the latching component thereby allowing the latching component to move into the locked position.

公开(公告)号：US10587140B1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-10

申请号：US15838909

申请日：2017-12-12

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Ligong Wang ,  Michael Jon Moen

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  H02J9/06 ,  G06F1/30

Abstract: A power supply system can include a plurality of battery backup units and a control unit. The battery backup units may be utilized to supply backup energy to a power supply unit, for example, in case of a power outage event. The control unit can gauge a respective capacity, temperature, age, and/or other characteristic of each respective battery backup unit of the plurality of battery backup units. The control unit can designate a particular battery backup unit of the plurality of battery backup units as a spared unit, e.g., to be spared in the power outage event. The designation may be based at least in part on the respective capacity or other characteristic of each respective battery backup unit gauged.

公开(公告)号：US11868301B1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US14668795

申请日：2015-03-25

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Darin Lee Frink ,  Michael Jon Moen ,  Christopher Nathan Watson

IPC: G06F13/16 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/10

CPC classification number: G06F13/4221 ,  G06F13/105 ,  G06F13/4068 ,  G06F13/4282

Abstract: A computer system includes symmetrical sets of motherboard serial channels which couple processor devices on a motherboard with a common serial link interface. The common serial link interface can be coupled with an endpoint device to establish symmetrical serial links between the endpoint device and the processor devices. The computer system can include a riser card which can be coupled with the serial link interface. The riser card can include an endpoint device interface and serial channels which can couple the processor devices with the endpoint device via symmetrical limited selections of the motherboard serial channels. The riser can include additional interfaces which can couple the processor devices with additional expansion devices.

公开(公告)号：US11296527B1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16787838

申请日：2020-02-11

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Ligong Wang ,  Michael Jon Moen

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  G06F1/30 ,  H02J9/06

Abstract: A power supply system can include a plurality of battery backup units and a control unit. The battery backup units may be utilized to supply backup energy to a power supply unit, for example, in case of a power outage event. The control unit can gauge a respective capacity, temperature, age, and/or other characteristic of each respective battery backup unit of the plurality of battery backup units. The control unit can designate a particular battery backup unit of the plurality of battery backup units as a spared unit, e.g., to be spared in the power outage event. The designation may be based at least in part on the respective capacity or other characteristic of each respective battery backup unit gauged.

公开(公告)号：US10050399B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15654288

申请日：2017-07-19

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Jon Moen ,  Max Jesse Wishman

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H01R33/88 ,  H01R43/26 ,  H01R13/73 ,  H01R24/76

Abstract: A connection panel for enabling quick change over of a network device comprises a body and an engaging device. An exterior side of the body has multiple sockets, each of which can receive a plug connector. The panel is configured for positioning at one end of a rack space for the network device. The panel's interior side has first network device connections configured to mate with second network device connections on the network device. The engaging device has at least one member extending between the network device and the panel, and is repositionable between at least an engaged position in which the network device is moved towards and mechanically coupled to the panel with the second network device connections urged into engagement with and electrically connected to the first connections, and a disengaged position in which the network device is disengaged from the panel and removable from the rack space.

公开(公告)号：US10853248B1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US15888611

申请日：2018-02-05

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Jon Moen

IPC: G06F11/00 ,  G06F12/0804 ,  H05K7/14 ,  G06F11/20

Abstract: It may be beneficial in the case of an undesired lapse of external power to provide a back-up power supply to protect electronic components in an electronic equipment rack. This can frequently be difficult and/or costly due to the necessary addition of electronic infrastructure, such as cabling and/or logic. One means of overcoming this obstacle is to utilize unused or reserved conductors in an already utilized management cable to convey a loss-of-power signal to the components in tandem with the existing cable signals.

公开(公告)号：US10563429B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US15918688

申请日：2018-03-12

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Bailey ,  Christopher Strickland Beall ,  Brandyn David Giroux ,  Michael Jon Moen

IPC: E05B57/00 ,  E05B15/08 ,  E05B19/00 ,  H05K7/14 ,  E05B65/46

Abstract: Latching components for retaining rack component cases within server racks are described. In one example, a latching component is installed at an interior surface of a rack component case. The latching component includes a protrusion. The latching component is biased in a locked position in which the protrusion is outside the rack component case. The latching component is moveable from the locked position to an unlocked in which the protrusion is removed from outside the rack component case using an unlatching component.