Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080239687 | Server infrastructure having independent backplanes to distribute power and to route signals - Embodiments of the present technique are directed to a backplane infrastructure. The backplane infrastructure may include a passive power backplane configured to distribute power and comprising a first set of alignment holes, a signal backplane configured to route interface signals and comprising a second set of alignment holes and a set of common alignment pins, each alignment pin having an axis, wherein the set of common alignment pins are inserted into the first set of alignment holes and the second set of alignment holes to align the passive power backplane and the signal backplane about the axis. | 10-02-2008 |
20080266815 | System and method to conjoin blade modules - Embodiments of the present technique are directed to a blade system. The blade system may include a first blade module comprising a first conjoining channel, and a second blade module comprising a second conjoining channel aligned with the first conjoining channel, wherein the first blade module and the second blade module are symmetrical and mechanically coupled to form a conjoined blade, wherein electrical components of the first blade module and electrical components of the second blade module are electrically coupled via an electrical coupler routed through the aligned first conjoining channel and second conjoining channel. | 10-30-2008 |
20080276082 | COMPARING CHRACTERISTICS PRIOR TO BOOTING DEVICES - A system that comprises a first electronic device comprising a non-volatile memory. The system also comprises another electronic device in communication with the first electronic device and comprising a second non-volatile memory. The system further comprises a control logic coupled to the first and second electronic devices. Each of the non-volatile memories stores electrical characteristics associated with a corresponding electronic device. Prior to booting up the first or second electronic device, the control logic obtains and compares at least some of the electrical characteristics and disables the communication as a result of the comparison. | 11-06-2008 |
20080310097 | Blade Device Enclosure - A blade device enclosure has a chassis configured to selectively house a plurality of configurations of full-high and half-high blade devices, an administrator module, and at least one input/output device. The blade device enclosure also has a printed circuit board including a passive high-speed midplane configured to electronically couple the blade devices to the administrator module and the at least one input/output device. | 12-18-2008 |
20080313381 | Reconfigurable I/O card pins - In accordance with the present technique, a system and method for configuring pins of an input/output (I/O) card in a host system are provided. The method includes reading configuration information from a card field replaceable unit memory and reading system configuration information from a system field replaceable unit memory. Additionally, the method includes configuring pins of a system logic of the host system to be compatible with the I/O device of the I/O card, and configuring pins of an I/O device on the I/O card to in turn configure the pins of the I/O card with a configuration setting compatible with the host system. | 12-18-2008 |
20110007464 | MODULAR SYSTEM AND RETRACTABLE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A retractable assembly for electronic devices can include at least one retractable device configured to extend from and retract into a frame. The retractable device can be configured to hold at least one electronic device. The retractable assembly also can include a connection device configured to form an interface between at least one of the electronic device and the retractable device and at least one of the frame and a component of a modular system for housing the retractable assembly. The connection - device can be configured to maintain the interface when the retractable device is both extended from and retracted into the frame. A modular system can be configured to house multiple retractable assemblies. | 01-13-2011 |
20110161651 | DETERMINING ELECTRICAL COMPATIBILITY AND/OR CONFIGURATION OF DEVICES IN A PRE-BOOT ENVIRONMENT - In at least some embodiments, a system comprises a plurality of electrical devices and management logic coupled to the electrical devices. While the electrical devices are each in a pre-boot environment, the management logic obtains information from the electrical devices and uses the information to determine electrical compatibility of, and/or configure, the electrical devices. | 06-30-2011 |
20130114197 | RACK MOUNTED UI DEVICE - A user interface (UI) demo is disclosed. The UT device has two displays ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130294730 | FACEPLATE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR COUPLING TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system includes an external faceplate including a blind-mate connector and a swing arm removably connected to the blind-mate connector. The swing arm secures the blind-mate connector to an electronic device. | 11-07-2013 |
20140002979 | MULTI-CHIP SOCKET | 01-02-2014 |
20140030900 | COMPONENT COOLING - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for providing a cooling flow to a component. In various examples, a chip socket may include a cavity configured to couple to the component. The chip socket may include a first channel and a second channel. The first channel may act as an ingress channel while the second channel may act as an egress channel. The ingress and egress channels may be configured to facilitate cooling of the component. | 01-30-2014 |
20140115209 | Flow Control for a Serial Peripheral Interface Bus - Systems and methods for flow control within a Serial Peripheral Interface without additional signal lines are included herein. In one example, a method includes generating a flow control command. The method also includes sending the flow control command from a master device to a slave device with a Serial Peripheral Interface. In addition, the method includes sending a memory address from the master device to the slave device. Furthermore, the method includes detecting a ready indicator in the master device. The method also includes waiting to receive a ready indicator and communicating with the slave device in response to the ready indicator. | 04-24-2014 |
20140301701 | CONNECTOR INDICIA - A plurality of connector modules are disclosed. The connector modules have respective various indicia including topside indicia to indicate orientation and ferrule indicia to indicate ferrule position. Ferrules may be removably inserted into the connector modules, and may include seated indicia that indicates if the ferrules are seated. | 10-09-2014 |
20140313686 | MULTI-CHIP SOCKET - A multi-chip socket including multiple cavities. The multiple cavities include support surfaces. The support surfaces may be disposed at different heights relative to a reference plane. A first thermal interface is to thermally contact a top surface of the first component, and a second thermal interface is to thermally contact a top surface of the second component. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314417 | RECONFIGURATION OF AN OPTICAL CONNECTION INFRASTRUCTURE - An optical connection infrastructure has optical conduits between first devices and at least one second device. Dynamic reconfiguration of the optical connection infrastructure can be performed from a first connection topology to a second, different connection topology based on programming of the first devices. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315435 | MULTI-CHIP SOCKET - A multi-chip socket includes a first cavity having a first support surface to support a first component including a first chip, the first support surface arranged to contact and support the first chip. A second cavity has a second support surface to support a second component including a second chip, the second support surface arranged to contact and support the second chip. The first support surface is in a first plane, and the second support surface is in a second plane, where the first plane is angled with respect to the second plane. | 10-23-2014 |
20140321810 | CONNECTOR DETECTION - A connector module includes a detection circuit. The connector module may also include an alignment detector. In various examples, the detection circuit is to detect presence of a connector, and the alignment detector is to detect alignment of a plurality of ferrules within the connector module. | 10-30-2014 |
20140334779 | OPTICAL BLIND-MATE CONNECTOR - An optical blind-mate connector can include a housing that holds a ferrule block, a carrier coupled to the housing, a reversibly retractable sleeve including a sleeve tab extending therefrom, to receive a force to transition the reversibly retractable sleeve from an extended position to a retracted position, and a door coupled to the reversibly retractable sleeve, the door having a closed position and an open position, wherein in the extended position the door is in the closed position to cover a portion of the ferrule block and in the retracted position the door is in the open position to uncover the portion of the ferrule block. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334782 | CONNECTOR MODULES TO OPTICALLY CONNECT TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A modular connector infrastructure includes device connector modules having optical connectors to optically connect to respective subsets of electronic devices in a system. The device connector modules are removably connected to the electronic devices. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334783 | CONNECTOR MODULE HAVING A MOVEABLE OPTICAL CONNECTOR - A connector module includes a module optical connector and an engagement member to engage with a device having a device optical connector. The engagement member upon engagement with the device is to cause movement of the module optical connector towards the device optical connector. | 11-13-2014 |
20140369653 | OPTICAL PLENUM - In the present idsclosure inter-rack optical plenum may be used to route optical fibers between multiple racks of a system. An intra-rack optical plenum may be coupled to one of the racks and the inter-rack optical plenum. The intra-rack optical plenum may route an optical fiber between a first connector configured to mate with a first device and a second connector conifugred to mate with the inter-rack optical plenum. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369654 | CONNECTOR MODULES HAVING OPTICAL CONNECTORS MOVEABLE BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION AND AN EXTENDED POSITION - A plurality of connector modules are mounted to a support frame. The connector modules have respective optical connectors to optically connect with respective electronic devices, where the optical connectors are moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The optical connector of a first of the connector modules is retractable and extendable independently of a second of the connector modules. | 12-18-2014 |
20150016783 | ELECTRICAL/OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical/optical connector system can include a first circuit board with a floating optical connector and a first electrical contact and a second circuit board with a second optical connector to blind mate with the floating optical connector and a second electrical contact to blind mate with the first electrical contact. | 01-15-2015 |
20150029495 | DIAGNOSTIC MODULE - A diagnostic module may include an inspection device, a cleaning device, and in various other examples, a verification device. The inspection device may inspect an optical fiber end-face of an optical fiber. The cleaning device may clean the optical fiber end-face of the optical fiber. The diagnostic module may automatically move from an optical connector to another optical connector. | 01-29-2015 |
20150058511 | SYSTEM OF IMPLEMENTING SWITCH DEVICES IN A SERVER SYSTEM - A system of implementing devices in a system. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising a plurality of devices of a first type coupled to a coupling medium, and a first and second slots (where each slot enables coupling of a device of a second type to the coupling medium). The first and second slots accept second type devices one each in each slot, and the first and second slots accept a single device spanning both slots. | 02-26-2015 |
20150063771 | Replaceable Modular Optical Connection Assembly - Connectors of a first removable modular optical connection assembly, having a first predefined arrangement of optical signal conduits, are connected to respective connectors on a support structure that are optically connected to corresponding devices. The first modular optical connection assembly is replaceable with a second modular optical connection assembly having a second, different predefined arrangement of optical signal conduits, to change a topology of a network. | 03-05-2015 |
20150079815 | SOCKET WITH ROUTED CONTACTS | 03-19-2015 |