Lsi Corporation

Netapp, Inc.

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Lsi Logic Corporation

Ryan S Signer

John Maynard Dunham

Robert T Harvey

Alan T Pfeifer

Donald A Suderman

Benny Lima

Ben Karsak

Tom Gaeddert

A blade-system computer component with a chassis and a blade. The chassis has a housing for a blade, chassis electrical contacts for making electrical connections to the blade, and two rails for engaging the blade along two sides of a length of the blade. Each of the two rails has a slider portion and a rack portion that both engage the blade, and are both disposed along an entire length of the two rails. The blade has blade electrical contacts for making electrical connections to the chassis, two glides disposed along the entire length of the two sides of the blade, where each of the two glides engage the slider portion of each of the two rails, and provide stability to the blade during relative movement between the blade and the chassis. At least one pinion engages the rack portion of at least one of the two rails, and provides dampening to the relative movement between the blade and the chassis.

Storage blade

A device may include a connector receptacle coupled to a motherboard; a connector hold-down disposed adjacent to the connector receptacle; and/or a connector cage coupled to the motherboard and covering the connector receptacle and connector hold-down. Additionally, a computer system utilizing a connector hold-down and a method utilizing a connector hold-down are disclosed.

Connector hold down and method

Disclosed is a cable chain return systemthat includes a springfor assisting folding and organization of a cable chain. When a customer replaceable unit (CRU)is extended from a chassisto gain access to connectors on the back of the CRU, the cable chainis extended. When the CRUis moved back into the chassis, a plurality of folding curvesorganize the cable chain, and cablestherein, without damaging the cablesor inhibiting positioning of the CRUin the chassis. One of these curvesis initiated by the springand therefore aids in returning and organizing of the cable chain

Cable chain return system and associated methods

An apparatus may include drive chassis, at least one horizontal drive drawer extending from a first side of the drive chassis to a second side of the drive chassis and/or at Least one computer drive disposed on the horizontal drive drawer. Additionally, a computer server system and a method for providing the apparatus are disclosed.

Horizontal drive drawer system and method

A rack mount drive blade system having a chassis and a drive blade. The chassis has at least one blade bay to accept a drive blade, where the chassis accepts the drive blade into the blade bay with the drive blade in a horizontal orientation. Each blade bay has chassis to blade electrical contacts including at least one cable having a length, for making electrical connections between the chassis and the drive blade. Each blade bay also has slot portions for engaging the drive blade along a length of the drive blade. The chassis has at least one module bay to accept a shared resource module, where each module bay has chassis to module electrical contacts, for making electrical connections between the chassis and the shared resource module. The drive blade has a printed circuit board for providing electrical connections to and from components on the drive blade. The drive blade has at least one hard drive, and drive blade electrical contacts for making electrical connections to the chassis through the at least one cable. The drive blade has rail portions disposed along the length of the drive blade, the rail portions for engaging the slot portions of the bay. The drive blade can be at least partially removed from the chassis without breaking the electrical connections between the chassis and the drive blade.

Drive box

A computer storage enclosure may comprise a mounting chassis and a computer drive apparatus. The mounting chassis may have a plurality of computer drive guides, a plurality of cam pins, and a mounting chassis disengagement ramp. The computer drive apparatus may include a computer drive, a plurality of shoulder screws, and a computer drive handle. The computer drive apparatus may be mounted on the mounting chassis utilizing the shoulder screws guided by the computer drive guides and secured by the computer drive handle, the cam pins, and the shoulder screws. The computer drive apparatus may include a blade drive and be hot-swappable.

Shoulder screw and handle drive mounting system

Disclosed is an articulated cable chainthat has a flat spring that initiates a first folding curve that holds the articulated cable chainin a tight radius. Once the first folding curveis properly initiated, the remaining folding curves in the articulated cable chainare folded at the proper locations and have a small radii, even though the cable within the articulated cable chain tends to cause the cable chain to maintain a straighter configuration.

Articulating cable chain assembly

A magnetic sheet fanner consisting of an elongated horseshoe magnet or bar magnet having an upper end and a lower end, the poles of such elongated magnet extending from the upper end to the lower end; a support frame having an interior space and having a sheet contact side; an axle and axle bearing assembly interlinking the elongated magnet and the support frame so that the elongated magnet may pivotally move between a first position &ldquo;on&rdquo; and a second &ldquo;off&rdquo; position within the interior space, the elongated magnet directing a magnetic field through the sheet contact side of the housing while the elongated magnet is in its first &ldquo;on&rdquo; position, the elongated magnet directing the magnetic field away from the sheet contact side upon pivotal motion to its second &ldquo;off&rdquo; position; and a pneumatic actuator adapted for selectively pivoting the elongated magnet between its first and second positions.

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Derby, KS, United States of America

Ryan S Signer