International Business Machines Corporation

Paul Jeffrey La Rocca

Jeremy Scott Bridges

Daniel Paul Kelaher

William Mark Megarity

Cary Huettner

Derek Ian Schmidt

Kenneth E Lubahn

Matthew Carl Zehrer

Michael Dudley French, Jr

Paul Steven Severson

Jan Douglas Smid

Mark S Bohannon

Steven Brian Zamzow

An adjustable riser cage retains varying length adapters. For example, the adjustable riser cage may support a short adapter card, a &#xbe; length adapter card, or a long adapter card. The adjustable riser cage includes a riser portion and an extension portion. The riser portion includes one or more guidance features and a plurality of first retention members. The extension portion is slide ably supported against only the one or more guidance members, and includes a second retention member configured to engage with a particular first retention member depending upon a length of the adapter card to be supported. The adjustable riser cage may be installed into a larger electronic system having a plurality of electronic components. The adjustable riser cage allows for increased access to the electronic components because the extension portion is not supported by external or non-integral support features that may block access to the electronic components.

Adjustable riser cage for varying length adapters

Heat sinks for distributing a thermal load are disclosed that include: a bottom plate; a front top plate; a back top plate; and a plurality of heat-dissipating fins connected to the bottom plate, the front top plate, and the back top plate, wherein the front top plate and the back top plate are separated by a predetermined distance.

Heat sink for distributing a thermal load

Air moving device (AMD) packaging apparatus includes an AMD carriage structure and an associated frame receiving the AMD carriage structure. The AMD carriage structure includes an AMD holder section pivotally connected to a driver section. The associated frame is mounted in a housing of a system to be cooled and includes elongated slots defining cooperating tracks for receiving the AMD carriage structure. The AMD holder section and the driver section include outwardly extending protrusions or posts slideably received within the cooperating tracks in the associated frame to position an AMD contained within the AMD holder section in an operating position within the associated frame.

AMD packaging apparatus for minimal external space, hot plug, and redundant installation

A voltage regulation system, method of operation and multiple processor apparatus employing the system or method. The voltage regulation system includes a plurality of voltage regulation modules (VRMs) coupled to a plurality of processors, each one of the VRMs is dedicated to only one of the plurality of processors wherein a processor is powered down in response to a failure of its respective dedicated VRM.

System and method for providing voltage regulation to a multiple processor

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Rochester, MN, United States of America

Paul Jeffrey La Rocca