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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:
Oct. 28, 2008

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2004
Applicants:

Douglas L. Sandy, Chandler, AZ (US);

Jeffrey M. Harris, Chandler, AZ (US);

Robert C. Tufford, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Douglas L. Sandy, Chandler, AZ (US);

Jeffrey M. Harris, Chandler, AZ (US);

Robert C. Tufford, Chandler, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A switched fabric mezzanine storage module () includes a storage module () and a switched fabric connector () coupled to the storage module. The storage module is coupled to directly communicate with a switched fabric (), where the switched fabric storage mezzanine module is coupled to a payload module () having one of a 3U form factor, a 6U form factor and a 9U form factor. The payload module can include at least one multi-gigabit connector () coupled to a rear edge () of the payload module, where the at least one multi-gigabit connector is coupled to communicatively interface with a backplane ().


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