Emc Corporation

Dell Products Inc.

William Brian Cunningham

Ilhan C Gundogan

Jeffrey Michael Lewis

Joseph P King

Lawrence J Feroli

Gerald J Cote

Systems and methods are disclosed for carrier-less storage device extraction in an information handling system. A carrier-less storage shuttle includes two sides rigidly affixed to an enclosure assembly and a latch assembly configured to affix a storage device at an engaged position within the enclosure assembly. The carrier-less storage shuttle further includes a strap movably coupled to the two sides, a first end of the strap coupled to the latch assembly, and a second end of the strap coupled to a second side of the two sides. When the storage device is in the engaged position, a bottom surface of the storage device is in contact with the strap, and the latch assembly is moved in a generally outward direction from the enclosure assembly, the strap moves in response such that the storage device moves from the engaged position to a disengaged position.

Systems and methods for carrier-less storage device extraction in an information handling system

A modular patch panel for interconnecting a data storage system controller to data storage enclosures is provided. The modular patch panel includes a chassis and modular interface circuitry. The chassis has a front end and a back end, the front end and the back end being horizontally opposed, the back end attaching to a panel portion of a rack system, the panel portion electrically connecting to the data storage enclosures over a set of point-to-point connections. The modular interface circuitry has (a) a data storage interface portion electrically connected to the set of point-to-point connections through the panel and (b) a controller interface portion electrically connecting to the data storage system controller through the front end. The modular interface circuitry is interchangeable through an opening in the front end. It is also constructed and arranged to manage digital communications between the data storage system controller and the data storage enclosures according to a data storage system protocol used by the data storage system controller.

Modular patch panel with pluggable personalities

A cable assembly has an electronic cable (e.g., a data communications cable, a power cable, a fiber optic cable, a cable concurrently providing both data and power, etc.), a label to provide identification to the electronic cable, and a label supporter. The label supporter includes a cable section arranged to attach to the electronic cable, and a label section coupled to the cable section. The label section defines a rigid label surface which concurrently (i) overlays a portion of an outer surface of the electronic cable at a predefined distance from the outer surface of the electronic cable and (ii) supports the label at the predefined distance from the outer surface of the electronic cable when the cable section attaches to the electronic cable.

Techniques for attaching a label to an electronic cable

A power cord retainer for retaining a plug portion of an electrical cord in an electrical socket mounted to a chassis. The retainer includes a pair of resilient, self supporting posts, each one having a distal end configured for affixation to positions of the chassis on opposing sides of the socket and a pair of shoulders, each one affixed to a proximal end of a corresponding one of the pair of posts. The pair of shoulders are configured to form a grove along adjacent inner sides thereof. The groove is axially aligned with the socket. The groove is configured to receive the power cord when the posts are in a stretched position. The shoulders are configured to engage a rear portion of the plug portion and, together with the forces provided by the pair of posts when such posts are enabled to return to an un-stretched position, retain such plug in the socket.

Power cord retainer

A cable management system for securely holding one or more cables in position. The system includes a base, a lock, and an elastic member. The elastic member holds one or more cables against the base when the lock is engaged. The lock may be any one of a number of different types of locking structures including atab, velcro, or a screw for example. The cable management system may further include a mounting mechanism for mounting the cable management system to a chassis containing components to which the one or more cables are connected. The mounting mechanism may allow the cable management to be cantilevered away from the chassis. In another embodiment, the mounting mechanism may simply be a screw mount such that the back of the base lies flush with a surface on which the cable management system is being mounted. The cable management system may include a groove in the base for providing two or more points of friction preventing the one or more cables from slipping across the base when the lock is engaged. The base may further include one or more prongs, which are positioned on opposite sides of the groove and assist in both aligning the elastic member and preventing the lock from becoming disengaged, when force is placed on the cables.

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Westborough, MA, United States of America

William Brian Cunningham