Sanmina Corporation

Paul Orin Amdahl

Timothy G Lieber

David D Williams

Kevin Alan Patin

Eugene McCabe

Brian Nichols

A cable management assembly for managing cabling of equipment is provided. The cable management assembly may be utilized to manage the movement of cables attached to the enclosures when the enclosures are pulled into and out of the front of a structure during servicing. The cable management assembly may comprise one or more detachable cable support members that form a helix having a first attachment end and a second attachment end. The first attachment end may be attached to an enclosure and the second attachment end may be attached to a rear back plate assembly. The detachable cable support members include a plurality of flat segments having a generally elongated planar configuration or a curved configuration. A combination of planar and curved segments may be secured together forming a loop. A plurality of loops may be secured together forming the assembly.

Cable management assembly for rack mounted equipment

A side loading enclosure for a rack mount type storage unit is provided. The enclosure provides for easier access to hard disk drives (HDDs) for maintenance and repair as well as the ability to increase the number of HDDs that can be mounted in a single enclosure. The enclosure may include a bottom plate, a pair of side plates, and a pair of end plates. Located within the enclosure are a first row, extending perpendicularly between the pair of end plates, having one or more stacks of HDDs mounted to a first printed circuit board and a second row, extending perpendicularly between the pair of end plates, having one or more stacks of HDDs mounted to a second printed circuit board. The one or more stacks of HDDS in the first row is separate from and located parallel to the one or more stacks of HDDs in the second row.

Side loading enclosure for a rack mount type storage unit

An insertion and removal assembly for installing and removing hard drives from an enclosure, such as a computer chassis, is provided. The insertion and removal assembly includes a sliding member configured to receive a hard drive, a lever handle rotatably connected to the sliding member and an attachment wall having a plurality of protrusions defining a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive one sliding member. A user reveals a slot for accepting the installation of the hard drive in the enclosure by pushing a tab on the attachment wall near a distal portion of the lever handle to release the lever handle and then pulling the lever handle outward exposing the sliding member. A hard drive is inserted into the sliding member and pushed inwardly into the chassis. Conversely, the sliding member can contain a hard drive which is partially ejected by unlatching and subsequently pulling the lever.

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Monument, CO, United States of America

Paul Orin Amdahl