Dell Products Inc.

Noman Mithani

Salvador D Jimenez, Iii

William Andrew Smith

Richard Andrew Crisp

Eduardo Escamilla

Matthew Bryan Gilbert

Robert G Bassman

Sanjiv Sinha

Juan Manuel Gonzalez

A cabling-based airflow routing system includes a chassis that defines a chassis housing. A first heat producing component is located in the chassis housing. A first cabling connector is located in the chassis housing. A second cabling connector that is located in the chassis housing. A first ribbon cable that extends through the chassis housing between the first cabling connector and the second cabling connector. The first ribbon cable includes a first cabling airflow routing portion that is oriented in the chassis housing in an airflow path and that is configured to redirect a first portion of an airflow provided in the airflow path towards the first heat producing component.

Cabling-based airflow routing system

A floating device location identification system includes a chassis defining floating device housings and including respective chassis location identification features adjacent each floating device housing that identify the relative location of that floating device housing. A floating device may be positioned in a first floating device housing and adjacent a first chassis location identification feature. The first floating device includes floating device cabling connector(s) that are connected via a cabling subsystem to a device location identification subsystem, and chassis engagement elements that are coupled to the floating device cabling connector(s) and that engage the first chassis location identification feature. The floating device transmits floating device location identifying information to the device location identification subsystem that is based on the engagement of the chassis engagement elements and the first chassis location identification feature, and that identifies a relative location of the first floating device housing in the chassis.

Floating device location identification system

A floating multi-connector blind mating system includes a multi-connector chassis coupled to a pair of first connectors that extend from the multi-connector chassis. A connector float subsystem in the multi-connector chassis is coupled to the pair of first connectors and allows each of the first connectors to move within a plane. A connector securing element on the multi-connector chassis is coupled to the pair of first connectors and resists movement of each of the pair of first connectors perpendicular to the plane. A respective blind-mate element is connected to each of a pair of second connectors, and the pair of first connectors are guided by the respective blind mate elements into engagement with the pair of second connectors when the multi-connector chassis is moved towards the pair of second connectors.

Floating multi-connector blind mating system

A mechanism for servicing a sled installed in a server includes a grip bar, and a four-bar linkage connected to the grip bar. The four-bar linkage has a first position that engages the sled to a chassis of the server, and a second position that disengages the sled from the chassis of the server. Movement of the grip bar moves the four-bar linkage from the first position to the second position, thus disengaging the sled from the chassis and allowing the sled to be removed from the chassis for service.

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Noman Mithani