Mobile data center

• US 10,429,887 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2018
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arnouse Digital Devices Corporation
• Original Assignee: Michael Arnouse
• Inventors: Arnouse, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Tuan T
• Application Number:
  US16/100,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20180348820A1
• Time in Patent Office: 417 Days
• Field of Search: 361752-759, 361801-802, 361807-810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1628 Carrying enclosures containing additional elements, e.g. case for a laptop and a printer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1635 Details related to the integration of battery packs and other power supplies such as fuel cells or integrated AC adapter
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1658 related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1489 characterized by the mounting of blades therein, e.g. brackets, rails, trays H05K7/1491 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20709 for server racks or cabinets; for data centers, e.g. 19-inch computer racks
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20736 within cabinets for removing heat from server blades

Abstract

A portable and mobile deployable data center (DDC) is disclosed that includes various components that enables the DDC to have multiple functions including, computing, data storage and retrieval, communications and routing. A DDC includes a rugged case that suitable for harsh environments, an interconnection mechanism, a plurality of hot swappable computing assemblies that include the functionality of readers and portable computing devices, and a plurality of hot swappable power supplies. The DDC can include computer assemblies, computing devices, and readers, or combinations thereof.

Claims

1. A readily mobile deployable data center (DDC), the mobile DDC comprising:

a carrying case comprising a first portion and a second portion having open and closed states;

an interconnection mechanism removably disposed within the second portion of the carrying case, the interconnection mechanism comprising a region, the region defining an opening and at least two sidewalls;

a rack;

a backplane coupled to the rack;

a plurality of computing assemblies each including reader functionality and portable computing device functionality, each of said computing assemblies removably disposed within said rack; and

at least one power supply disposed on the rack and electronically coupled via at least one connector of the rack to said plurality of computing assemblies,

wherein;

the rack is removably disposed within the region of the interconnection mechanism via the opening, such that the plurality of computing assemblies are electrically coupled to the at least one connector via the backplane,

said plurality of computing assemblies are removed collectively from said carrying case by removal of said rack from said region of the interconnection mechanism,

the interconnection mechanism, the rack and the plurality of computing assemblies being contained in the carrying case for transportation when the first portion and the second portion of the carrying case are in the closed state,

the plurality of computing assemblies being accessible when the first portion and the second portion of the carrying case are in the open state,

one or more of the interconnection mechanism, the rack, and one or more of said plurality of computing assemblies being removable from the carrying case in the open state, and

the first portion and the second portion are coupled to each other by a latch.

2. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, wherein, in addition to said plurality of computing assemblies, at least one reader is disposed in said second portion, said at least one reader providing a slot having at least one connector disposed therein.

3. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of computer assemblies is a multi-board computing apparatus.

4. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of computing assemblies each comprises a reader and a portable computing device, and said reader and said portable computing device are interconnected and are coplanar.

5. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, wherein said second portion includes a plurality of sidewalls and wherein a plurality of interfaces are disposed in at least one of said plurality of sidewalls.

6. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, wherein the interconnection mechanism is disposed in said second portion and is electronically coupled to each of said plurality of computing assemblies and said at least one power supply.

7. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, wherein when said first portion and said second portion are coupled together said carrying case is impregnable by liquids and dust.

8. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, wherein said carrying case protects each of said plurality of computing assemblies from at least one of dust, shock, water, condensation, and electromagnetic interference.

9. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, wherein the readily mobile DDC is one or more of a computer cluster, a data storage and retrieval system, a communications router, and a resource server.

10. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, further including a mass storage device, wherein said mass storage device is removably coupled to at least one of said plurality of computing assemblies.

11. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, wherein access to the readily mobile DDC is securely controlled by authentication methods including at least one of:

a password, a fob token entry, a SIM Card, a SIPRNet token, a CAC card, or a biometric.

12. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 1, further including a display device, wherein said display device is electronically coupled to at least one of said plurality of computing assemblies.

13. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 2, further including a separate portable computing device having a processor and removably coupled to said at least one connector of said slot, said separate portable computing device being disposed, when coupled to said at least one connector of said slot, within said slot so as to have a major plane of said separate portable computing device parallel to a major plane of said at least one reader.

14. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 3, wherein said multi-board computing apparatus has a first board comprising a reader and a second board comprising a portable computing device.

15. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 5, wherein an air valve is disposed in another of said plurality of sidewalls.

16. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 14, wherein said first board and said second board are each removably disposed within said second portion.

17. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 15, wherein said second portion includes a case fan in at least one of said plurality of sidewalls.

18. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 15, wherein each of said plurality of computing assemblies is fully protected by a coating applied to a surface of each of said plurality of computing assemblies and wherein said carrying case includes no additional fan or air movement device except said case fan.

19. The readily mobile DDC according to claim 17, wherein said carrying case includes an airflow path, said airflow path including:

directing air into said carrying case through said case fan;

propelling the entering air along a bottom surface of said second portion;

directing the air around each of said plurality of computing assemblies; and

driving the air out of said carrying case through an opposite side of carrying case.