With Retractable Or Readily Detachable Chassis Patents (Class 361/725)
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Patent number: 7944694Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating liquid cooling of a plurality of blades of an electronic system chassis. The apparatus includes a chassis-level manifold assembly with a first coolant path and a plurality of second coolant paths. The first coolant path is isolated from the plurality of second coolant paths by a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger facilitates transfer of heat from coolant within the second coolant paths to coolant within the first coolant path. Each second coolant path is isolated from the other second coolant paths, and coolant passing therethrough facilitates cooling of a respective blade. When operational, each second coolant path forms a portion of a respective closed loop coolant path extending between the manifold assembly and the electronic system chassis, and in one embodiment, each blade is an immersion-blade, with multiple components thereof immersion-cooled by coolant flowing through the respective second coolant path.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Robert E. Simons
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Patent number: 7929279Abstract: This invention discloses a network device including at least one rail element disposed at both sides of the network device at positions adjacent to the rear of the network device respectively to form a slide rail on each side, and two fixing elements each having a locking portion and a support portion, wherein the locking portion has at least one locking hole and is coupled perpendicularly to the support portion, such that when the network device is installed in a rack and the front of the network device is fixed to the front of the rack, each support portion can be extended into each corresponding slide rail, and each locking portion can be secured to the rear of the rack through each corresponding locking hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Alpha Networks Inc.Inventor: Te-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 7911789Abstract: In the disk array system, in the basic chassis, HDD modules are installed from a front surface in a front part of a backboard, and duplex CTL modules are installed up and down from a rear surface in a rear part, and duplex power source modules containing fans are installed in the left and right sides thereof. By the operation of the fans, in the rear part, the cooling air flows separately into each CTL module and into each power source module, and the cooling air having passed through the area of the duct by a block in the CTL module is drawn by the fans in the power source module through a ventilation hole and is then exhausted outside. The cooling air flow path to the plurality of ICs is divided by the block. The rotation speed of the fans is controlled by using a temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sasagawa, Hirokazu Takahashi, Takahiko Iwasaki, Taro Takahashi, Chikazu Yokoi
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Patent number: 7894194Abstract: A rack-mounted, combined KVM switch with console is described. The combined KVM switch with console is attached to the rack by affixing the switch to two front posts of the rack. The monitor and input module of the console are hinged to the switch so that they can be independently swiveled. The user may easily position the monitor and the input module in various different positions for various purposes. A first locking mechanism releasably locks the input module to a horizontal position, and a second locking mechanism releasably locks the monitor to a vertical position.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventors: You-Lin Shih, Chun-Yin Chen
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Patent number: 7889492Abstract: A vibration dampening structure for a disk drive includes a bracket for receiving the disk drive and an elastic peg for dampening vibration of the disk drive. The bracket includes a pair of side panels for receiving the disk drive therebetween. An elastic clamp is formed on each side panel. A hole is defined in the clamp. The elastic peg includes a flexible head portion abutting the disk drive, and a handle portion extending into the hole. The head portion is configured for buffering the disk drive in an inner side of the bracket. The handle portion is capable of being pulled to move the head portion and the clamp away from the disk drive for disengaging the elastic peg from the disk drive.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignees: Hong Fu jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Pei-Bin Luo, Bao Shen
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Patent number: 7881062Abstract: An extension bracket module is used for mounting an outer switch board of a computer system. The extension bracket module comprises a top plate and a panel perpendicular to each other. The top plate is levelly disposed and the outer switch board is configured facing downward and mounted onto a bottom surface of the top plate in parallel. An upper side of the panel is connected to a front edge of the top plate. Therefore, the deficit that the switch board in the prior art requires an extra longitudinal or transverse space of the computer system can be overcome through the design of the extension bracket module.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Mitac International Corp.Inventors: Hsiao-Liang Chen, Kai-Kuei Wu
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Compact HDD carrier mechanism featuring self actuating EMC springs to prevent HDD component shorting
Patent number: 7881052Abstract: An improved carrier comprises a tray, an EMC component, and a bezel. The EMC component comprises a top spring set and a bottom spring set. Each spring set comprises a plurality of spring biased contacts connected by a plate and a bar so that each spring set moves in unison when depressed or released. Each tray has a first flange and a second flange and each of the flanges has a cut out portion. When an improved carrier is moved out of an array enclosure, the flanges depress the top spring of the EMC component of the carrier below. When the improved carrier is moved into the array enclosure, the flanges depress the top spring set of the carrier below until the top spring set of the carrier below is released by the cut-out portions of the flanges. When released, the top spring set of the carrier below contacts the bottom spring set of the carrier above to form a continuous EMC shield.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Martin Joseph Crippen, David George Lund, Charles William Piper, Brian Alan Trumbo -
Patent number: 7876556Abstract: A disk array system capable of efficiently cooling the canisters and achieving the high-density mounting of the canisters without reducing the number of canisters is provided. In the disk array system having a HDD box which stores a plurality of canisters, a canister on an upstream side of cooling air and a canister on a downstream side of the cooling air both standing upright are arranged with a difference in level therebetween in the HDD box. The canister on the upstream side has a reliability assurance temperature lower than that on the downstream side, and a disk size of the canister on the upstream side is smaller than that on the downstream side. Also, the canister on the downstream side is arranged higher than that on the upstream side so that an alarm indicator LED and a ready indicator LED can be checked visually.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki Katakura, Shigeaki Tanaka, Yasuji Morishita
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Patent number: 7864538Abstract: A slide apparatus that provides horizontal support to a disc drive blade is described. The slide apparatus essentially includes a slider beam, a guide rail, a chassis and a retaining member. The slider beam possesses a slotted feature that extends at least partially along the length of the slider beam. The guide rail, which is adapted to be attached to a frame, constrains the slider beam to move only along the length of the guide rail. A retaining member is anchored to the chassis and extends into said slotted feature. The chassis, which supports the disc drive blade, is confined by the retaining member to move essentially only along the slotted feature in the slider beam.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Spectra Logic CorporationInventors: Edwin Jack Wadsworth, Christopher Anthony Pollard, Matthew Thomas Starr
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Patent number: 7859834Abstract: A disk array apparatus including a rack-shaped basic frame, and a plurality of disk boxes that can be inserted into and pulled out of the basic frame depth-wise. Each disk box has: disk drive connectors for connecting a plurality of disk drives arranged in a matrix on a platter substrate, which is the bottom face of the disk box, roughly parallel to the depth direction of the basic frame; and a cooling module for cooling the disk drives. The disk box is a hermetically sealed structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Fukuda, Hitoshi Matsushima
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Patent number: 7857267Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided for mounting equipment on a frame including a front pair of vertical rails and a back pair of vertical rails. The mounting assembly includes a bracket for attaching a front side of the equipment to one of the front rails and a hinge for attaching a back side of the equipment to one of the back rails.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Ronald Franklin Watts
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Patent number: 7848088Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting a power supply having a first connector on a front side, includes an enclosure, a bracket, and a board. The enclosure includes a rear wall defining an opening for the power supply passing therethrough. The bracket is mounted to the enclosure below the opening, capable of supporting the power supply. A second connector protrudes up from a front end of the bracket, configured for engaging with the first connector of the power supply. The board is attached to a rear side of the power supply, to cover the opening of the rear wall. A plurality of latching slots is defined in the enclosure or the bracket. A plurality of hooks is formed on the board, to engage in the plurality of latching slots.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2008Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jen-Yee Liu
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Patent number: 7822311Abstract: A telecommunications chassis is disclosed herein. The chassis includes a housing defining a front end, a rear end and an interior, the chassis housing telecommunications equipment within the interior, cables connected to the telecommunications equipment configured to exit through the rear end. The housing is configured for mounting to a telecommunications rack and being movable relative to the rack between a closed position and an open position. A cable management structure is mounted between the housing and the rack, the cable management structure configured to move the cables exiting the rear of the housing upwardly, out of the way of the housing when the housing is moved from the open position toward the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Canadian Imperial Bank of CommerceInventors: James Stansbury, Zakhary Bluband, Tim Kalstad, Wayne DeBoef
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Patent number: 7821790Abstract: A modular chassis arrangement for electronic modules that is configurable into a mechanically and electrically interconnected structure capable of delivering scalable mechanical, electrical and environmental functionality for a multiplicity of electronic modules. In one embodiment, the electronic modules are compliant with AdvancedTCA or MicroTCA standards in a modular Pico-Shelf configuration that support stackable and/or back-to-back multiple unit chassis.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: SLT Logic, LLCInventors: Viswa N. Sharma, William Chu, Allen D. James, Ming Siu Tseng, Neil Schlegel, David Lentz, Christopher D. Sonnek
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Patent number: 7817431Abstract: A chassis configured to receive an electrical component for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The chassis includes an upper portion and a lower portion that releasably attach to a central portion using tabs. The chassis is constructed of a conductive plastic that facilitates RF shielding and sufficiently reduces the weight of the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Alex Wade Baker
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Patent number: 7808794Abstract: Media storage system and control panel for use therewith. One embodiment of the control panel may comprise a frame assembly, and a quick-release attachment system operable to readily mount the frame assembly to the media storage system and readily release the frame assembly from the media storage system.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Kristianne E. Johnson, Paul C. Coffin
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Publication number: 20100232117Abstract: The present invention relates to a car audio system, in which a front panel is rotatably provided on the front of a car audio main body and a stand is provided on the rear of the front panel to place a portable media device. According to the present invention, when the front panel is opened such that the rear races the front side, the stand is exposed, such that the portable media device can be placed on the stand and easily used in a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: NAMSUNG CO., LTD.Inventor: Seongho Yoon
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Patent number: 7778020Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a modular blade. The blade has a first carrier card and a second carrier card. At least one of these cards connects into the backplane of a blade server and provides connectivity for the modular blade to the backplane. The carrier cards also provide connectivity between their respective attached devices. In order to increase the density available in a modular blade, the computing components on the first and second cards interleave with one another such that a maximum number of components fit in a minimal space. The modular blade also provides an airflow channel for air circulation necessary to provide cooling. The first carrier card and second carrier card may also be identical, with one of the identical pair rotated one-hundred and eighty degrees with respect to the other.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Fusion Multisystems, Inc.Inventors: David Flynn, Alan Hayes, Bert Lagerstedt, John Strasser, Jonathan Thatcher, Vince Warner
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Patent number: 7768787Abstract: A modular bezel for an electronic device can include a front panel and a connection device. The connection device can be configured to connect the modular bezel to a front portion of the electronic device and be configured to be disposed in a plurality of locations on the front portion of the electronic device, such as receptors of the electronic device that are not occupied by an electronic component or are not configured to receive or be occupied by an electronic component. Thus, the electronic device can be configured in a variety of different ways using the modular bezel.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Brooks Vaughan, Keith Kuehn
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Patent number: 7768202Abstract: A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel 11 that has a front substrate including a plurality of display electrodes arranged thereon and a rear substrate having data electrodes arranged thereon to cross the display electrodes, the front substrate and the rear substrate facing each other so as to form a discharge space, and chassis member 20 that holds plasma display panel 11 on a front side and has a driving circuit block for driving plasma display panel 11 on a rear side. Chassis member 20 has base plate 36 that is divided into a plurality of base metal plates 36a, 36b, and 36c, to which plasma display panel 11 is attached, and metal plates 37 and 38 that couple the plurality of base metal plates 36a, 36b, and 36c together.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Keiji Uchida, Hiroshi Watanabe, Tomio Shiota, Minoru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7755904Abstract: A sliding flat panel display and keyboard module for monitoring and controlling server computers on a server rack is described. The sliding flat panel display and keyboard module has an L-shaped supporting frame, a vertical sliding rail, a horizontal sliding rail, a flat panel display, and a keyboard. The vertical sliding rail and the horizontal sliding rail are respectively disposed on a vertical surface and a horizontal surface of the L-shaped supporting frame. The flat panel display couples to the vertical sliding rail and the keyboard couples to the horizontal sliding rail, so that the flat panel display and the keyboard are able to slide on the L-shaped supporting frame horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Aten International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sui-An Wu, You-Lin Shih
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Patent number: 7751197Abstract: According to one embodiment, a fastening device comprises an object having a through hole, and a fastener which fixes the object to a support by being screwed into a screw hole. The fastener includes a gripper and a stopper. The gripper is capable of protruding outside of the object from the through hole and getting into the through hole, and has an end surface on a side opposite to a male screw portion. The stopper is positioned between the male screw portion and the gripper. In a state in which the male screw portion is screwed into the screw hole, the end surface is positioned inside the through hole. In a state in which the male screw portion is removed from the screw hole, the gripper protrudes outside of the object from the through hole, and the stopper is caught in the object and holds the fastener to the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2009Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsutomu Hoshino, Akira Sugiyama, Takeshi Yokomizo
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Patent number: 7738254Abstract: The disk array system includes: controller modules, power source modules, and battery modules of a basic chassis; enclosure modules and power source modules of an expanded chassis; and operation levers which are commonly used for operations of insertion/removal and fixation of the modules. The operation lever includes a rotary shaft portion serving as a fulcrum point, a lever main body and a latch portion located on one side of the lever, and a hook portion located on the other side thereof. When a module is inserted and fixed, a user rotates the lever main body. By this means, the latch portion and the hook portion are fixed to a receiving portion and the module is connected and fixed to the backboard with a connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yuri Oyama, Tsuyoshi Sasagawa, Chikazu Yokoi
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Publication number: 20100134984Abstract: A docking system for supporting a portable electronic device with a vertical operational orientation and a horizontal operational orientation is disclosed. The docking system includes a base stand unit that has a flat top surface. Additionally, there is a device support platform that is rotatably mounted to the base stand unit. The device support platform defines a cradle portion that is engageable to the portable electronic device. The device support platform has a first position corresponding to the vertical operational orientation, and a second position corresponding to the horizontal operational orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: MYK LUM, Matthew Tivnon
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Patent number: 7724529Abstract: The disk array system includes: controller modules, power source modules, and battery modules of a basic chassis; enclosure modules and power source modules of an expanded chassis; and operation levers which are commonly used for operations of insertion/removal and fixation of the modules. The operation lever includes a rotary shaft portion serving as a fulcrum point, a lever main body and a latch portion located on one side of the lever, and a hook portion located on the other side thereof. When a module is inserted and fixed, a user rotates the lever main body. By this means, the latch portion and the hook portion are fixed to a receiving portion and the module is connected and fixed to the backboard with a connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yuri Oyama, Tsuyoshi Sasagawa, Yuki Sakuma, Chikazu Yokoi
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Patent number: 7719843Abstract: The present invention enables assembly of drive boxes that stack drives more than one drive deep without requiring large numbers of PC boards or that the drive box to be pulled out of a rack to remove/replace the drives. A shielded multiple drive plug-in cable connects a single PC board to a plurality of drives in the drive box. The multiple drive plug-in cable provides power from the PC board to the drives and/or passes signal between the PC board and the drives. The multiple drive plug-in cable is configured to occupy a minimal cross-sectional area in order to maximize air flow within the drive box. The present invention reduces the cost of manufacturing the drive box, reduces EMI (electromagnetic interference), and prevents drops in signal integrity by reducing the number of PC boards required for a drive box.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2007Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: LSI CorporationInventor: John Dunham
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Patent number: 7697284Abstract: A framework structure for a computer main frame, comprises an outer frame and an inner frame in which the inner frame is combined with an inner portion of the outer frame. A rear end of a first plate is pivotally connected to a bottom of the inner frame, and a front end of the first plate is combined with a downside of a bottom of the inner frame and positioned on a downside of a first hole of the inner frame. A hard drive can be locked on an upside of the first plate. Bottom ends of a plurality of shafts are respectively combined with the inner frame so as to use upper ends of the shafts to combine with a motherboard to allow the hard drive to be positioned below the motherboard.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2007Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: AOPEN, Inc.Inventors: Te-An Lin, Chih-Hsiung Chen, Wu-Nan Wang, Cheng Tu, Ching-Tang Lin
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Patent number: 7690813Abstract: An LED illumination lamp device, including a polygonal-prism-shaped supporting member having a plurality of rectangular side surfaces, plate-like wing members configured to project outwardly from each of ridge lines formed by two adjacent rectangular side surfaces of the supporting member and having at least two opposing rectangular surfaces, and a plurality of LED elements disposed on the rectangular side surfaces of the supporting member and the rectangular surfaces of the wing members.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayoshi Kanamori, Sadato Imai
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Patent number: 7688578Abstract: A modular high-density computer system has an infrastructure that includes a framework component forming a plurality of bays and has one or more cooling components. The computer system also has one or more computational components that include a rack assembly and a plurality of servers installed in the rack assembly. Each of the one or more computational components is assembled and shipped to an installation site separately from the infrastructure and then installed within one of the plurality of bays after the infrastructure is installed at the site.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Ronald M. Mann, Gary S. Landrum, Robert M. Hintz
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Patent number: 7684199Abstract: A system and method for connecting supply power to motor control components includes use of a motor control center subunit with moveable supply power contacts. After a motor control center subunit is secured into a motor control center compartment, the supply power contacts may be advanced to engage supply power buses. For disconnection, the supply power contacts may be retracted and isolated from the buses before physical removal of the subunit. A free wheeling mechanism prevents supply power contacts from advancing and retracting past a preset travel range.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Eaton CorporationInventors: Edgar Yee, Robert A. Morris, Daniel J. Leeman, Daniel B. Kroushl, George Norman Russ
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Patent number: 7684200Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a main body; and a front face panel movably supported to cover a front face of the main body or to expose at least a portion of the front face thereof, and the front face panel is provided with a housing portion detachably retaining a portable apparatus; and the front face side of the main body is provided with an insertion/ejection slot for inserting or ejecting a memory medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Takuya Watanabe, Junichi Sawada
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Patent number: 7679900Abstract: A computer enclosure for mounting a disk drive bracket includes a chassis for receiving the disk drive bracket, and an extending plate releasably positioned and aligned at an end of the chassis. One portion of the disk drive bracket is fixed on the chassis, and the other portion is fixed on the extending plate. The disk drive bracket is completely mounted on the chassis and the extending plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sheng-Hung Lee, Lung-Sheng Tsai, Chia-Kang Wu, Ho-Chin Tsai, Yi-Lung Chou, Li-Ping Chen
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Publication number: 20100061064Abstract: Assemblies and methods are provided for facilitating copper-wire patching. More particularly, the assemblies and methods involve mounting patch ports arranged along a horizontal plane (horizontally-aligned) with respect to a tray. The tray is movably mounted with respect to a cabinet enclosure, e.g., via a pivotal or translational (sliding) relationship, thereby providing easy access to the ports. The horizontally-aligned configuration advantageously increases patching density within a cabinet structure while maintaining port accessibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: ORTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Adam Murano, Chester H. Rynaski
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Patent number: 7639499Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating liquid cooling one or more components of an electronic subsystem chassis disposed within an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a rack-level coolant manifold assembly and at least one movable chassis-level manifold subassembly. The rack-level coolant manifold assembly includes a rack-level inlet manifold and a rack-level outlet manifold, and each movable chassis-level manifold subassembly includes a chassis-level coolant inlet manifold coupled in fluid communication with the rack-level inlet manifold, and a chassis-level coolant outlet manifold coupled in fluid communication with the rack-level outlet manifold. The chassis-level manifold subassembly is slidably coupled to the electronics rack to facilitate access to one or more removable components of the electronic subsystem chassis. In one embodiment, the electronics subsystem chassis is a multi-blade center system having multiple removable blades, each blade being an electronics subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Levi A. Campbell, Richard C. Chu, Martin J. Crippen, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Vinod Kamath, Jason A. Matteson, Roger R. Schmidt, Robert E. Simons
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Patent number: 7639486Abstract: A system for receiving and supporting a plurality of devices connected to a network. The system comprises a rack having a front side providing access to a plurality of chassis bays for receiving a chassis and aligning a back end of the chassis for blind docking with an electrical power source. The chassis includes a power supply, a fan, and a front side providing access to a plurality of module bays for receiving a module and aligning a back end of the module for blind docking with the power supply. A compute module is received in a module bay and directly blind docked to the power supply. The system further includes at least one other module received in a module bay within the same chassis as the compute module and directly blind docked with the same power supply along with the compute module.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Frederick Champion, Karl Klaus Dittus, Brian Gormley, Vinod Kamath, Michael Sven Miller
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Patent number: 7639505Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a chassis (10) and a carrying bracket (30,50) received in the chassis (10). The chassis (10) includes a bottom wall (11) and a rear wall (13) defining an opening (133). The carrying bracket (30,50) includes a base wall (31,51) mounted on the bottom wall (11) of the chassis (10) and a side wall (33,53) perpendicular to the base wall (31,51). The side wall (33,53) of the carrying bracket (30,50) is coupled to the opening (133) of the chassis (10). When users need to replace their motherboard with another type it is easy do so merely by replacing the carrying bracket with the appropriate one for the new motherboard, rather than replacing the whole computer enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Quan-Guang Du, Li Tong, You-He Ke
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Patent number: 7631134Abstract: This invention is to provide a half-sized PCI CPU card and a computer device having the capability of PCIe expansion, wherein the half-sized PCI CPU card comprises a PCI golden finger and a PCIe golden finger aligned at an edge of the half-sized PCI CPU card so that the half-sized PCI CPU card may be inserted by means of the golden fingers into corresponding PCI and PCIe slots provided on a backplane of the computer device, enabling the half-sized PCI CPU card to utilize the hot pull-plug and high transmission properties of the PCIe bus and communicate with a PCIe bus compatible peripheral inserted into the back plane.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2006Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: IEI Technology Corp.Inventor: Ling-Feng Jian
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Publication number: 20090290311Abstract: A mounting assembly includes first and second brackets. The first bracket is capable of receiving storage devices therein, and includes a first board. The first board includes a first end, and a blocking piece. The second bracket is capable of receiving storage devices therein, and includes a second board. The second board includes a first protrusion, and a second protrusion. The second board has first and second positions. At the first position, the second bracket is received in the first bracket, the first end engages with the first protrusion to prevent the second bracket form moving toward a first direction, and the blocking piece engages with the second protrusion to prevent the second bracket form moving toward a second direction opposite to the first direction. At the second position, the second bracket is departed from the first bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2008Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: JUN-XIONG ZHANG, WEN-TANG PENG, ZHI-XIN LI
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Publication number: 20090279267Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an apparatus comprising a top case having a top surface and a side surface and a bottom case having a bottom surface and a side surface. The top case comprises a flange protruding from the side surface, the flange having at least one extended surface. The bottom case has an aperture having portions extending from the bottom surface to the side surface. The portion of the aperture extending along the bottom surface is configured to have sufficient width to allow the entire flange to pass through. The side surface of the bottom case has a vertical post such that the base section of the flange passes through the portion of the aperture on the side surface while vertical post retains the at least one extended surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2008Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventors: George Youzhi Yi, Po-Chiang Tseng, Ming-Chien Chiu
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Patent number: 7609509Abstract: A data storage device carrier assembly includes a first carrier, a second carrier, and a bracket. The first carrier includes a pair of parallel side walls configured for mounting large data storage devices therebetween. The second carrier includes a pair of parallel side plates configured for mounting small data storage devices therebetween. A distance between the pair of side plates of the second carrier is less than a distance between the pair of side walls of the first carrier. The bracket is attached on one of the side plates of the second carrier to cooperatively form a unit having a width approximately same as the distance between the pair of side walls of the first carrier. The unit is mountable between the side walls of the first carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chia-Kang Wu, Li-Ping Chen
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Publication number: 20090257198Abstract: A housing (3) for an electronic circuit intended for a building control system is disclosed. The housing (3) comprises a first housing part (1) comprising the electronic circuit intended for the building control system, and a second housing part (2) that is connected to the first housing part (1). Furthermore, a handle (4; 5) is movably attached to and extractable from the first housing part (1) for providing a grip when the handle is extracted from the first housing part (1) and thereby allowing, by pulling the handle (4; 5), the first housing part (1) to be removed from the second housing part (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: TAC ABInventors: Michael Rogers, Jonas Svennberg
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Patent number: 7599176Abstract: An apparatus for providing the visual indication of engagement of a drive received within a drive cage includes an indicator attached to a carrier mounted on a drive received within, a drive cage. The drive cage may be a redundant array of independent disks storage shelf and the drive may be a hard disc drive suitable for being received in the drive cage. Further, the indicator may be attached to at least one of the drive and the drive cage and provides visual indication of when the drive is properly seated in the drive cage. The indicator is at least one of a contrasting color, symbol, pattern, portrait and the like, to what it is attached to.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2003Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Network Appliance, Inc.Inventor: Marc Moisson
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Patent number: 7593225Abstract: In the disk array system, in the basic chassis, HDD modules are installed from a front surface in a front part of a backboard, and duplex CTL modules are installed up and down from a rear surface in a rear part, and duplex power source modules containing fans are installed in the left and right sides thereof. By the operation of the fans, in the rear part, the cooling air flows separately into each CTL module and into each power source module, and the cooling air having passed through the area of the duct by a block in the CTL module is drawn by the fans in the power source module through a ventilation hole and is then exhausted outside. The cooling air flow path to the plurality of ICs is divided by the block. The rotation speed of the fans is controlled by using a temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sasagawa, Hirokazu Takahashi, Takahiko Iwasaki, Taro Takahashi, Chikazu Yokoi
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Patent number: 7583507Abstract: A storage system is provided having at least one primary storage unit, the primary storage unit having a power source, a server mother board, an expander device connected to a second data storage unit and a plurality of retractable media drawers wherein each of the retractable media drawers comprise a plurality of data storage elements. Each of the retractable media drawers maintain connectivity to the power source, the server mother board and the expander device when each of the media drawers is between a first position that is extended partially away from the primary data storage unit and a second position that is at least partially retracted from the first position towards the primary data storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Spectra Logic CorporationInventors: Matthew Thomas Starr, Walter Wong, Micheal Edward Figaro, Ronald Gregory Duren, Matthew John Ninesling, Joshua Daniel Carter, Scott Edward Bacom
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Publication number: 20090207570Abstract: A cover part of an electronic equipment that exposes or closes a portion of the electronic equipment with which an electronic part is connected, including a housing external appearance constituent portion that constitutes a part of an external appearance surface of a housing of the electronic equipment An inner mount lid portion fixed to the housing external appearance constituent portion and a housing fixing member sandwiched between the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are provided, where the housing external appearance constituent portion and the inner mount lid portion are formed of a constituent material different from a constituent material of the housing fixing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Yoshiaki KATOU, Takashi Kojima, Kazunori Katou
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Publication number: 20090195994Abstract: A self service terminal having a casing with a selectively releasable display. The display is secured to the casing using a fastener (75) that can only be unfastened from inside the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventor: Alexander S. MacDonald
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Patent number: 7567440Abstract: An apparatus securing a component in a receiver structure having an engagement structure includes: (a) An actuator coupled with the component for swinging movement along a first axis between a first position and a second position. (b) At least one engaging member coupled with the component and responding to the actuator moving to one position of the first and second position to move in a second axis substantially perpendicular with the first axis into an engaging position with the engagement structure. (c) At least one bias member coupled with the at least one engaging member. The at least one bias member urges the at least one engaging member from the engaging position. The actuator is fitted with the component to permit at least partial insertion of the actuator within the receiver structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Lineage Power CorporationInventor: Hardy Huang
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Patent number: 7564692Abstract: A retaining structure mounts two independent computers within one standard slot of height 1 U in a computer cabinet. The computer units are arranged in parallel, with a total front width fitting the standard computer cabinet of industrial use. The two computers can be of equal size or of different sizes. Depending on the electric connections, they can operate independently or dependently, following a mater/slave relation. Further, there is a foldable U-shaped bracket mounted on an inner wall of the cabinet for retaining the computers and capable of being folded about pivotal axes on the arms of the bracket.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Inventor: William Tse Lin Hsiung
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Patent number: 7554811Abstract: Various arrangements of carrier trays and carriers for data storage devices, such as disk drives, are disclosed. The arrangements of carrier trays and carriers are arranged to be rigid, and therefore more resistant to vibration arising from operation of the data storage device in the tray and neighboring data storage devices, and/or easier to use.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Xyratex Technology LimitedInventors: Mark Scicluna, Adam Wade
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Publication number: 20090161323Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a main body having several walls and an opening defined in a side thereof, a detachable wall slidably mounted on the main body for shielding the opening, and a locking member pivotably attached to the detachable wall. An engaging portion is disposed in the main body. A plurality of slits is defined in corresponding walls of the main body, and a plurality of hooks extends from the detachable wall configured for slidably engaging in the corresponding slits. The locking member includes an operating element and a securing strip connecting with the operating element. The securing strip is pivotable to releasably engage with the engaging portion of the main body and abut against a wall of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY ( ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: CHANG-CHUN LIU, QIAN SONG