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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chuankeat Kho, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason David Adrian, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G11B 33/12 (2006.01); G11B 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/1489 (2013.01); G11B 33/126 (2013.01); G11B 33/128 (2013.01); G11B 33/142 (2013.01); H05K 7/1487 (2013.01); H05K 7/1492 (2013.01); H05K 7/1439 (2013.01);
Abstract
A removeable drive-plane board may include (1) keyhole openings that are configured to interlock with keyhole fasteners of a retaining member of a storage-system chassis, (2) storage-drive connectors, (3) a storage-system module connector, and (4) electrical interconnects that electrically couple the storage-drive connectors to the storage-system module connector. In some examples, the keyhole fasteners of the retaining member may be oriented downward relative to the storage-system chassis. Various other removeable drive-plane apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed.