Arista Networks, Inc.

Robert Morris Wilcox

Richard Neville Hibbs

Youngbae Park

Jiayi Wu

Duong Cu Lu

Warren Meggitt

Alex Rose

Andreas Bechtolsheim

Rui Jia

Ian Christopher Fry

Tiffany Doria

Matthew Gawlowski

Daehwan Daniel Kim

Arul Ramalingam

Daniel Kim

Adam Hemp

Jim Weaver

Tiong Khai Soo

Leonel De Los Reyes

Christopher H Frank

Victor Safradin

Christophe Metivier

Paul Miller

Gary Andrew Myers

Steven Alf Hanssen

Robert Calvin Cyphers

Xin Xue

David Anthony Cananzi

Aravind Musunuri

Elliott B Van Hartingsveldt

Ernest Mason Thurlow

Jeffrey Hirschman

Matthew Albert Moe

Bruce Wang

Xing Wang

James Dennis MacDonald

Clifford Bryant Willis

Zidong Lin

Cliff Willis

Michael Bowman

Purav Shah

Ernie Thurlow

Tiong Khai Song

A spring fastener is provided. The spring fastener includes a spring and a flexible member having a shoulder, a first leg and a second leg. The first leg and the second leg are inserted through the spring along a longitudinal axis of the spring. The spring is retained to the flexible member by the shoulder and at least a portion of the first leg or the second leg. The first leg and the second leg have a retention feature to retain the spring fastener when the first leg and the second leg are inserted through an aperture in a component or a surface. A method of utilizing a spring fastener is also provided.

Spring fastener

A processing unit. The processing unit includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a lidless integrated circuit, a heatsink, and a damper system. The heatsink is coupled to the PCB and in thermal communication with the lidless integrated circuit via a thermal interface material. The damper system is compressed between the PCB and the heatsink and surrounding the lidless integrated circuit to absorb a portion of kinetic energy imparted to the lidless integrated circuit by an impact to the processing unit.

Damper system for a lidless integrated circuit

The present disclosure describes a network switch design that includes a vertical switch circuit board that is mounted parallel to the front panel of the network switch. The vertical circuit board supports switch chip(s) to process and forward packets and pluggable module connectors to receive pluggable optics modules that provide connections to other network switches. The pluggable module connectors are horizontally oriented to facilitate routing of electrical signal traces. The arrangement of the circuit board, switch chip(s) and pluggable module connectors achieves reduced lengths for the electrical signal traces that connect the switch chip(s) to the pluggable module connectors. The design improves cooling by providing separate airflow regions between the switch chip heatsink(s) and the optics modules.

High speed network device with orthogonal pluggable optics modules

Electrical housing

A processing unit disposed within a compute unit, where the compute unit includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes an integrated circuit; a first thermal management device, that includes a first vapor chamber thermally conductively coupled to a first side of the integrated circuit; and a first heatsink thermally conductively coupled to the first vapor chamber; and a second thermal management device, that includes a second vapor chamber; and a second heatsink thermally conductively coupled to the second vapor chamber, where the second thermal management device is thermally conductively coupled to the first thermal management device; where the PCB is interposed between the first thermal management device and the second thermal management device.

Systems for providing thermal management to integrated circuits

In some implementations, a network device includes a housing and a set of switch cards within the housing and including a first set of connectors. A set of line cards within the housing includes a second set of connectors. The set of line cards are oriented orthogonally to the set of switch cards. A first set of power supplies and a second set of power supplies are in the housing. A midplane includes a plurality of circuit board assemblies arranged within the housing between the set of line cards and the first and second sets of power supplies to allow air to flow through the set of line cards to the set of switch cards, first set of power supplies, and second set of power supplies.

Network device with compact chassis

Embodiments described herein relate to a system for positioning indicator lights of a network device. The system may include a circuit board, which may include a circuit board edge positioned behind a front panel of the network device, two surfaces; and a side of the circuit board edge positioned between the two surfaces. The system may also include a hole through the circuit board near the circuit board edge, a cutout extending from a portion of the hole to the side of the circuit board edge, a LED coupled to the surface of the circuit board and adapted to emit light into the hole, and a lightpipe disposed in the hole to receive light emitted from the LED into a first end of the lightpipe. The lightpipe may direct the light from a second end of the lightpipe toward an opening in the front panel of the network device.

Transporting light within circuit board profile

Systems for controlling louver positions are described herein. Such systems may include: a louver frame; a louver coupled to the louver frame via a rotation member and adapted to rotate at a louver side around an axis of rotation at the rotation member. In one embodiment, the louver includes a spring member engagement feature. The system also includes a spring member coupled to the louver frame and adapted to engage with the spring member engagement feature of the louver and apply a force to the louver when a forward airflow is applied to the louver in a forward airflow direction.

Variable louver control for fans

In one embodiment a device for tightening and loosening a securing device is provided. The device includes a housing, a shaft, and a clutch assembly. In one embodiment, the clutch assembly includes a clutch activation member, a first friction member coupled to the clutch activation member, and a second friction member coupled to the shaft. When the clutch activation member is in a first position, the clutch activation member engages the first friction member with the second friction member for transmission of torque from the first friction member to the second friction member. When the clutch activation member is in the second position, the clutch activation member disengages the first friction member from the second friction member to prevent transmission of the torque from the first friction member to the second friction member.

Torque-limited installation and removal device

In some implementations, a network device is provided. The network device includes a housing and a set of switch cards, mounted within the housing. The set of switch cards includes a first set of connectors. The network device also includes a set of line cards having a second set of connectors. The set of line cards are oriented parallel to each other and oriented orthogonally to the set of switch cards. The second set of connectors is coupled to the first set of connectors to couple the set of switch cards to the set of line cards. The network device further includes a first set of power supplies disposed along a left side of the housing and a second set of power supplies disposed along a right side of the housing.

In general, embodiments relate to systems for latching electrical modules to one another. Specifically, embodiments provide for a latching assembly to mechanically aid an operative connection between electrical modules. Further, embodiments enable a user to physically latch electrical modules to one another and to retain the latching of the electrical modules.

Progressive latch for electrical module

An electronics module is provided. The electronics module includes a housing at least partially enclosing a first printed circuit board configured to couple the electronics module to a connector attached to a second printed circuit board. The electronics module includes a first heat sink disposed along a first surface of the housing and a second heat sink disposed along a second surface of the housing. One or more notches or apertures of the first printed circuit board are proximate to the connector thereby enabling an airflow through the second heat sink along the second surface of the housing to exhaust over a surface of the connector with an airflow through the first heat sink.

Heat sink for optical transceiver

A network device is provided. The device includes a housing and a switch card, mounted within the housing and having one or more connectors. A plurality of line cards are oriented parallel to each other and orthogonal to the switch card and assembled to the one or more connectors of the switch card. The switch card has a chip, with a plurality of switches or routing paths, and the switch card and the chip couple to the plurality of line cards through the one or more connectors.

Distributed core switching with orthogonal fabric card and line cards

A system may include a fan module and a louver. The fan module includes a first housing, adapted to include a fan in a first orientation. The fan is adapted to cause air to flow into the rear side of the first housing and out of the front side of the first housing. The fan module also includes a key receptacle that is adapted to mate with a first key. The louver includes a second housing that includes a set of slats adapted as a one way valve. The second housing also includes the first key which is adapted to only mate with the key receptacle. The second housing also includes the second key which is adapted to not mate with the key receptacle.

Reversible louver for fabric card fan solution

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Saratoga, CA, United States of America

Robert Morris Wilcox