David Algie Corbin

US Patent:

6647573, Nov 18, 2003

Filed:

Mar 5, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/090572

Inventors:

David Allan Corbin - San Jose CA 95130

International Classification:

A47G 900

US Classification:

56553, 5652, 5644, 297391

Abstract:

A travel pillow designed specifically for commercial airline travel is disclosed. The unique feature of this travel pillow is that it is designed to provide support from the front rather than the back. It essentially allows the user to lean forward effortlessly, place the head down and sleep without worrying about the head flopping forward as with any pillow designed to support the back of the head. The pillow consists of a large, firm but soft object comprising about 1. 5 cubic feet, sized and shaped to fit on the food service tray available with any airline seat, and includes a platform for placing a typical airline pillow on top.

US Patent:

6881039, Apr 19, 2005

Filed:

Feb 12, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/366121

Inventors:

David Corbin - Los Altos CA, US
Kenneth Goodson - Belmont CA, US
Thomas Kenny - San Carlos CA, US
Juan Santiago - Fremont CA, US
Shulin Zeng - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

Cooligy, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

F04F011/00

US Classification:

417 48

Abstract:

An electrokinetic pump for pumping a liquid includes a pumping body having a plurality of narrow, short and straight pore apertures for channeling the liquid through the body. A pair of electrodes for applying a voltage differential are formed on opposing surfaces of the pumping body at opposite ends of the pore apertures. The pumping body is formed on a support structure to maintain a mechanical integrity of the pumping body. The pump can be fabricated using conventional semiconductor processing steps. The pores are preferably formed using plasma etching. The structure is oxidized to insulate the structure and also narrow the pores. A support structure is formed by etching a substrate and removing an interface oxide layer. Electrodes are formed to apply a voltage potential across the pumping body. Another method of fabricating an electrokinetic pump includes providing etch stop alignment marks so that the etch step self-terminates.

US Patent:

6938977, Sep 6, 2005

Filed:

Jul 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/627494

Inventors:

David A. Corbin - San Jose CA, US
Mark Q. Shaw - Meridian ID, US
Peter A. Torpey - Webster NY, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

International Classification:

H04N001/52
H04N001/56
H04N001/60

US Classification:

347 19, 347 43, 358 19, 358504, 358518

Abstract:

The method of the present invention involves first estimating the common gamut of the colors that this printer is expected to reproduce. A left-to-right test target is printed in single-pass, uni-directional print mode, (printing on left-to-right scans only) and a color calibration table for left-to-right printing is generated. A right-to-left test pattern is printed in single-pass, uni-directional print mode, (printing on right-to-left scans only) and a color calibration table specific for right-to-left printing is generated. The next step of the present invention involves determining the mathematical intersection of the gamuts produced by printing in left-to-right mode only and by printing in right-to-left mode only. This is done by, first printing the left-to-right test target processed by the color calibration table associated with the primary print direction. Colors which are within the gamut of both left-to-right only and right-to-left only printing are identified by their similarity or distance from each other in color space.

US Patent:

6986382, Jan 17, 2006

Filed:

May 16, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/439912

Inventors:

Girish Upadhya - San Jose CA, US
Thomas W. Kenny - San Carlos CA, US
Peng Zhou - Albany CA, US
Mark Munch - Los Altos CA, US
James Gill Shook - Santa Cruz CA, US
Kenneth Goodson - Belmont CA, US
David Corbin - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Cooligy Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

F28F 7/00

US Classification:

165 804, 16510433, 16540421, 361700, 257715, 174 151

Abstract:

A microchannel heat exchanger coupled to a heat source and configured for cooling the heat source comprising a first set of fingers for providing fluid at a first temperature to a heat exchange region, wherein fluid in the heat exchange region flows toward a second set of fingers and exits the heat exchanger at a second temperature, wherein each finger is spaced apart from an adjacent finger by an appropriate dimension to minimize pressure drop in the heat exchanger and arranged in parallel. The microchannel heat exchanger includes an interface layer having the heat exchange region. Preferably, a manifold layer includes the first set of fingers and the second set of fingers configured within to cool hot spots in the heat source. Alternatively, the interface layer includes the first set and second set of fingers configured along the heat exchange region.

US Patent:

6988534, Jan 24, 2006

Filed:

May 16, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/439635

Inventors:

Thomas W. Kenny - San Carlos CA, US
Mark Munch - Los Altos CA, US
Peng Zhou - Albany CA, US
James Gill Shook - Santa Cruz CA, US
Girish Upadhya - San Jose CA, US
Kenneth Goodson - Belmont CA, US
David Corbin - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Cooligy, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

F28F 7/00

US Classification:

165 804, 16510421, 16510433, 361700, 174 151, 257715

Abstract:

A heat exchanger apparatus and method of manufacturing comprising: an interface layer for cooling a heat source and configured to pass fluid therethrough, the interface layer having an appropriate thermal conductivity and a manifold layer for providing fluid to the interface layer, wherein the manifold layer is configured to achieve temperature uniformity in the heat source preferably by cooling interface hot spot regions. A plurality of fluid ports are configured to the heat exchanger such as an inlet port and outlet port, whereby the fluid ports are configured vertically and horizontally. The manifold layer circulates fluid to a predetermined interface hot spot region in the interface layer, wherein the interface hot spot region is associated with the hot spot. The heat exchanger preferably includes an intermediate layer positioned between the interface and manifold layers and optimally channels fluid to the interface hot spot region.

US Patent:

7077634, Jul 18, 2006

Filed:

Apr 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/111133

Inventors:

Mark Munch - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Kenneth Goodson - Belmont CA, US
David Corbin - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Shulin Zeng - Sunnyvale CA, US
Thomas W. Kenny - San Carlos CA, US
James Gill Shook - Santa Cruz CA, US

Assignee:

Cooligy, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

F04B 43/08

US Classification:

417474, 417475, 138 31

Abstract:

A liquid cooling system utilizing minimal size and volume enclosures, air pockets, compressible objects, and flexible objects is provided to protect against expansion of water-based solutions when frozen. In such a system, pipes, pumps, and heat exchangers are designed to prevent cracking of their enclosures and chambers. Also described are methods of preventing cracking in a liquid cooling system. In all these cases, the system must be designed to tolerate expansion when water is frozen.

US Patent:

7201012, Apr 10, 2007

Filed:

Aug 18, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/643641

Inventors:

Mark Munch - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Kenneth Goodson - Belmont CA, US
David Corbin - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Shulin Zeng - Sunnyvale CA, US
Thomas W. Kenny - San Carlos CA, US
James Gill Shook - Santa Cruz CA, US

Assignee:

Cooligy, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

F25D 23/12
F24H 3/02
G06K 1/20

US Classification:

622592, 361687, 16510433, 165 85

Abstract:

A liquid cooling system utilizing minimal size and volume enclosures, air pockets, compressible objects, and flexible objects is provided to protect against expansion of water-based solutions when frozen. In such a system, pipes, pumps, and heat exchangers are designed to prevent cracking of their enclosures and chambers. Also described are methods of preventing cracking in a liquid cooling system. In all these cases, the system must be designed to tolerate expansion when water is frozen.

US Patent:

7201214, Apr 10, 2007

Filed:

Apr 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/111535

Inventors:

Mark Munch - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Kenneth Goodson - Belmont CA, US
David Corbin - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Shulin Zeng - Sunnyvale CA, US
Thomas W. Kenny - San Carlos CA, US
James Gill Shook - Santa Cruz CA, US

Assignee:

Cooligy, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

F28F 7/00
F28F 3/14
F25D 23/12

US Classification:

165 82, 165 81, 165170, 16510433, 622592

Abstract:

A liquid cooling system utilizing minimal size and volume enclosures, air pockets, compressible objects, and flexible objects is provided to protect against expansion of water-based solutions when frozen. In such a system, pipes, pumps, and heat exchangers are designed to prevent cracking of their enclosures and chambers. Also described are methods of preventing cracking in a liquid cooling system. In all these cases, the system must be designed to tolerate expansion when water is frozen.