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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Liqid Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Rudolph Heyd, Longmont, CO (US);

Christopher R. Long, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

James Scott Cannata, Denver, CO (US);

Jason Breakstone, Broomfield, CO (US);

Assignee:

Liqid Inc., Broomfield, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 1/185 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); Y02D 10/00 (2018.01);
Abstract

Various computer peripheral cards, devices, systems, methods, and software are provided herein. In one example, a storage apparatus includes a plurality of storage device connectors in a stacked arrangement, each configured to mate with associated storage devices and carry Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) signaling for the associated storage devices. The storage apparatus also includes a PCIe switch circuit configured to communicatively couple the PCIe signaling of the plurality of storage device connectors and PCIe signaling of a host connector of the storage apparatus, where the PCIe switch circuit is configured to receive storage operations over the PCIe signaling of the host connector of the storage apparatus and transfer the storage operations for delivery over the PCIe signaling of selected ones of the plurality of storage device connectors.


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