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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2001
Richard Creason, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Clifford B. Willis, Tracy, CA (US);
Denise Silverman, San Carlos, CA (US);
Michael Sean White, San Jose, CA (US);
David M. Arstein, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Victor E. JoChiong, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Timothy E. Mautz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steve M. Wilson, San Jose, CA (US);
Raymond Kai Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Kaamel Kermaani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Carl Meert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Adiymar Bigio, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Vince Hileman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer system comprising a chassis and housing removable servers supported in subchassis, each chassis having optional front or read cable access. Power and signal connectivity to the servers may be made from the front or rear of the system. The subchassis may be half the width of the chassis or a quarter of a width of the chassis. The subchassis further include an upper bay and a lower bay as well as a plurality of field replaceable units, which all may be access through the front of the chassis. One or more of the field replaceable units connect to the system through a midplane, located within the subchassis.