Cisco Technology, Inc.

Rene Duzac

Torence Lu

Shawn Emory Bender

David Phillip Tarkington

Stephen A Scearce

Ming Chi Chen

William Jeffrey Lewis

Phong Hoang Ho

Robert Arthur Loose

Lwin O Tint

James Everett Grishaw

Helen Shtargot

Kimberly Rae Turner

Terri LaBelle Cruse

Dattatri N Mattur

A network device includes card slots and Network Module slots that be reconfigured to hold cards and network modules having different form factors.

Slot adapter for reconfiguring slots in a network device

A circuit board assembly has an attached support assembly. The support assembly includes a support, such as a handle, and a lip substantially perpendicular to the support. The lip strengthens the support such that, as a cable exerts a load on the support assembly, the lip limits deflection of the support relative to the circuit board assembly. In the case where a cable having a cable connector attaches to a port of the circuit board assembly, the support assembly minimizes displacement of the cable connector relative to the port, thereby minimizing the potential for a break in electrical connections formed between the connector and the port. The support assembly also, in such a case, minimizes strain on a wire bundle and over-molded case forming the cable, thereby limiting damage to the over-molded case and disconnection of the wire bundle to the connector that leads to losses in electrical connections formed between the circuit board assembly and computer devices connected to the circuit board assembly.

Method and apparatus for supporting a cable connected to a circuit board assembly

A router includes WIC and Network Module slots that be reconfigured to hold cards and network modules having different form factors. A motherboard/midplane arrangement provides for a field replaceable motherboard that can be replaced without removing the router from the rack.

Router with field replaceable motherboard

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Rene Duzac