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Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2023
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Neal Beard, Austin, TX (US);

Padmanabhan Narayanan, Chennai, IN;

Vamshidhar Varre, Hyderabad, IN;

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G01D 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/1498 (2013.01); G01D 9/005 (2013.01); G06F 1/263 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02);
Abstract

An autonomous environmental monitoring device includes a chassis that is configured to be housed in a computing device. The chassis includes a computing device connector that connects to the computing device and houses an autonomous environmental monitoring subsystem that is coupled to the computing device connector, at least one environmental monitoring sensor device, a battery system, and a storage device. The autonomous environmental monitoring subsystem provides at least one computing device operating function associated with the operation of the computing device when the computing device connector is connected to the computing device. The autonomous environmental monitoring subsystem also periodically retrieve respective environmental monitoring data generated by the at least one environmental monitoring sensor device when receiving power from the battery system, and stores the respective environmental monitoring data in the storage device.


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