Oracle International Corporation

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Compaq Computer Corporation, Inc.

Stephen Lindquist

William A Izzicupo

Daniela Buchman

Lyne Dore

Todd Ellsworth

Brett C Ong

David W Hartwell

Richard E Olson

Robert M Mondor

Mark Hong Chen

James F Staples

Phil Tousignant

Kenneth D Ganon

William Izzicupo

Utilities (e.g., apparatuses, systems, methods, etc.) for reducing or eliminating gaps between the tips of male pins and the bottoms of corresponding female sockets of interfaced connectors (e.g., daughtercard and backplane connectors) of a computing module and a backplane of a server enclosure under a variety of differing mechanical tolerances in the lengths of the server enclosure and the computing module (e.g., along a dimension that is parallel to the longitudinal axes of the male pins and female sockets). The disclosed utilities allow for increased signal quality and data rates through interfaced connectors while reducing strain on the PCB, solder joints, and the like during the interfacing of the connectors.

System for electrical connection of printed circuit boards and backplanes in server enclosure

An expansion card bracket for a computer server has an expansion card support attachable to a motherboard and an expansion card accepting portion disposed near a top of the support. The expansion card accepting portion is configured to support an expansion card at an acute angle of inclination with respect to the motherboard. The acute angle of inclination is substantially equal to an angle of inclination of a connector for receiving the expansion card.

25 degree tool-less expansion card bracket

A cabinet system includes first and second cabinets each including first and second side walls, upper and lower rectilinear frames extending between the side walls at vertically spaced-apart locations therealong and weldments connecting the upper and lower frames to the side walls to form a rigid housing. A pair of spaced-apart locating holes are formed in the side wall of the first cabinet adjacent to the lower frame thereof and an additional locating hole is present in the first wall of the first cabinet adjacent to the upper frame thereof. Further, a pair of spaced-part locating pins are provided in the second side wall of the second cabinet adjacent to the lower frame thereof along with an additional locating pin in the side wall of the second cabinet adjacent to the upper frame thereof. The locating pins of the second cabinet are arranged and adapted to slide into the corresponding ones of the locating holes of the first cabinet when the second side wall of the second cabinet is positioned flush against the first side wall of the first cabinet so as to align the cabinets in the X and Y directions. Fasteners are provided for securing the second side wall of the second cabinet to the first side wall of the first cabinet. A method of aligning the two cabinets is also disclosed.

Cabinet system and method of assembling same

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Boylston, MA, United States of America

Stephen Lindquist