Static and dynamic stability measurement and optimization system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10132711-B2
Application number	US-201615338686-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2016
Priority date	Oct 31, 2016
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

A system and a method for stability measurement and optimization are provided. For example, the method includes loading an object onto a tilting device that includes one or more sensor devices, collecting resting corner weight values from the one or more sensor devices, tilting the object using the tilting device, collecting tilted corner weight values from the one or more sensor devices while tilting the object using the tilting device, calculating, using a data processor of the tilting device, a center of gravity value based on the resting corner weight values, the tilted corner weight values, and dimensions of the object, generating, using the data processor, a tipping angle based on at least the center of gravity value and the dimensions of the object, and generating, using the data processor, a recommendation to adjust the tipping angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for stability measurement and optimization of an object comprising a lower surface having wheel points that define a wheel base, weight sensors at the wheel points, and corners defined outside of the wheel base, the system comprising:
a tilting device comprising a single level flat surface, first and second vertical sidewalls extending upwardly from the level fat surface and positioned outside of the corresponding first and second sides of the wheel base, a hinge and a single upper surface on which the object is disposable and which is coupled to the first vertical sidewall by the hinge;
a single arm which is anchored to the single level flat surface at a location which is proximate to the first vertical sidewall and to the single upper surface proximate to a portion of the single upper surface that is configured to rest on the second vertical sidewall,
the single arm being exclusively actuatable to cause the single upper surface to move from a first position, at which the single upper surface is flat relative to the single level flat surface, to a second position at which the single upper surface is tilted relative to the single level flat surface;
sensor devices on which the tilting device is disposable such that the sensor devices are aligned with the corners of the lower surface of the object with the object disposed on the single upper surface and the single upper surface in the first position,
the sensor devices being configured to collect resting corner weight values of the object with the object disposed on the single upper surface and the single upper surface in the first position and tilted corner weight values of the object with the object disposed on the single upper surface and the single upper surface in the second position;
a data processor coupled to the tilting device and the sensor devices.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the object is a server rack that comprises one or more servers.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Erie Clinton W
• Lee Jason S
• Macpherson Michael J
• Paske Ryan T

Classifications

• G06F16/245

  Query processing · CPC title

• G01M1/122

  Determining position of centre of gravity · CPC title

• H05K7/1485

  Servers; Data center rooms, e.g. 19-inch computer racks · CPC title

• G01G19/02

  for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles · CPC title

• G01M1/12

  Static balancing; Determining position of centre of gravity (by determining imbalance G01M1/14) · CPC title