Facebook, Inc.

Arris Enterprises LLC

Joshua Held

Tiffany Jin

Michael Haken

A movable floating connector is disclosed. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a fixed structure coupled to a chassis, a movable floating connector assembly, and an elastic object. The movable floating connector assembly includes a receiving connector configured to engage with a module connector of an insertable module removable from the chassis. The elastic object is interfaced between at least a portion of the fixed structure and at least a portion of the movable floating connector assembly. The elastic object is configured to provide a force on the movable floating connector assembly against a direction of insertion of the insertable module to maintain a consistent engagement between the receiving connector of the movable floating connector assembly and the module connector of the insertable module across a variation in length in the direction of insertion.

Moveable floating connector

An electronics cooling system includes a housing () defining four quadrants () with a front face () defining an air inlet () in the first quadrant and a rear face () defining an air exhaust () in the second quadrant. A first plenum () is disposed adjacent to the air inlet, while a second plenum () is disposed adjacent to the air exhaust. A first circuit card corridor () and a second circuit card corridor (), separated by a barrier wall (), are disposed between the first plenum and the second plenum. A first fan module () is disposed adjacent to the first circuit card corridor. A second fan module () is disposed adjacent to the second circuit card corridor. The structure defines a first cooling path to a first side of the barrier wall and a second cooling path to a second side of the barrier wall.

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Los Gatos, CA, United States of America

Joshua Held