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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Jerry Jarvis, South Weymouth, MA (US);
Robert Wiley, Topsfield, MA (US);
Network Engines, Inc., Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A digital data processing device, e.g., a web server, having a power supply and at least one component such as a motherboard or a disk drive powered by the power supply and interconnected therewith by a power transfer element which is separate from the power supply and the component. The power transfer element is adapted to physically mate with the power supply and the powered component and to provide electrical coupling between them along a non-obstructing path of defined geometry. It includes a substantially rigid card, e.g. a circuit card, with at least one conductive pathway, and further aspects of the invention provide mechanisms for coupling the power transfer element to the supply and to the other component while orienting the card within the chassis. The power transfer card may carry an edge connector into which the edge of a power supply card fits, or vice-versa, so power enters conductors on the card at a proximal edge or end of the card. The conductors run to one or more lands positioned to couple power from conductive pathways out by direct contact to one or more conductive posts or stand-offs. Thus the card mounts parallel to one or more other boards, or devices, or is positioned parallel to a cooling air flow with minimally obstructive cross-section, and is securely held in a defined position and geometry within the chassis.