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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2013
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
William F. Edwards, Livermore, CA (US);
George Edward Curtis, San Jose, CA (US);
Ki Yuen Chau, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sandeep Arvindkumar Patel, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Keith Frank Tharp, San Jose, CA (US);
Robin Carol Johnson, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Yu Liu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Billie Alton Hudson, Sadler, TX (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The subject disclosure relates improved common mode choke (CMC) and integrated connector module (ICM) designs for Ethernet applications. Some aspects provide an improved CMC component, including an upper chassis element having a first plurality of comb structures vertically protruding from an edge of the upper chassis element, and a lower chassis element comprising a second plurality of comb structures vertically protruding from an edge of the lower chassis element, the second plurality of comb structures configured to interlock with the first plurality of comb structures to form an enclosure when the upper chassis element is mechanically coupled with the lower chassis element.