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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7957138 | System and method for blocking lateral airflow paths between modules in an electronic equipment enclosure A gap filler member apparatus for blocking air flow through a gap existing between an edge of a first electronics board and a surface of a second electronics board that is disposed generally perpendicular to the first electronics board, where the first and second el... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7620047 | Method of transporting a RapidIO packet over an IP packet network A method of transporting a RapidIO packet (135) from an initiator RapidIO domain (102) over an IP packet network (110) to a receiver RapidIO domain (104) can include the initiator RapidIO domain creating the RapidIO packet and reading a d... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7561565 | VXS payload module having a storage module and method A multi-service platform system (100) includes a VXS backplane (104), a switched fabric (106) operating on the VXS backplane, a parallel bus (108) operating coincident with the switched fabric on the VXS backplane, a VXS payload module ( | 07/14/2009 |
| 7542288 | Skewed cardcage orientation for increasing cooling in a chassis A chassis (300) for housing at least one cardcage (302) is disclosed. The chassis includes a first portion (420) of a chassis housing (300) through a sixth portion (460) thereof. The first through sixth portions forming a boundary ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7539183 | Multi-service platform system and method A multi-service platform system (100, 200) including a VMEbus network (102) and a switched fabric network (104) wherein the VMEbus network (102) and the switched fabric network (104) operate concurrently within the multi-service pl... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7532616 | Fabric enabled storage module A multi-service platform system, includes a backplane (104), a switched fabric (106) on the backplane, and at least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network coincident with the switched fabric on the backplane. A payload module (102) has one of... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7516263 | Re-configurable PCI-Express switching device A configurable switching device includes a switch card coupled to interface with a backplane of a computer chassis, a plurality of PCI-Express switching elements coupled to the switch card, and a configuration means coupled to the switch card, where the configuratio... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7484123 | Micro telecommunications computing architecture, MicroTCA, test system and method A Micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture, MicroTCA, test system comprises an interconnect for communication between modules of the MicroTCA test system. A test controller module, such as a JTAG, Switch Module, is coupled to the interconnect and comprises an... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480736 | Method of discovering and operating a payload node A method of discovering and operating a payload node (104) includes in a computer network (100) having a central node (102) coupled to a payload node slot (110), coupling the payload node to the payload node slot. The payload node executi... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7443844 | Switched fabric mezzanine storage module A switched fabric mezzanine storage module (560) includes a storage module (562) and a switched fabric connector (563) coupled to the storage module. The storage module is coupled to directly communicate with a switched fabric (506), wher... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440450 | Payload module having a switched fabric enabled mezzanine card A multi-service platform system, includes a backplane (104), a switched fabric (106) on the backplane, and at least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network coincident with the switched fabric on the backplane. A payload module (102) has one of... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7394667 | High density power distribution unit A power distribution unit (306) may include a power distribution unit frame (310), where the power distribution unit frame has a 2U form factor (312), and where the power distribution unit frame is coupled to mount in an embedded computer frame ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394169 | Power distribution system A power distribution system and method may include a first power domain having a first plurality of power rails, a second power domain having a second plurality of power rails, where the first power domain is electrically independent of the second power domain, and ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388757 | Monolithic backplane having a first and second portion A subrack having a front side and a rear side, wherein the subrack is coupled to receive an Advanced Mezzanine Card module, the subrack includes a monolithic backplane having a first portion and second portion, where the first portion runs substantially along the fr... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7373278 | Method of latent fault checking a cooling module A method of latent fault checking a cooling module of an embedded computer chassis may include prior to detection of an active fault in the cooling module, performing a fan controller latent fault checking algorithm and a full-speed latent fault checking algorithm. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367836 | RTM alignment and keying mechanism A rear transition module (220) includes a connector (230) in an RP0 mechanical envelope (242), and an RTM alignment and keying mechanism (232) in the RP0 mechanical envelope of the rear transition module that uniquely corresponds to a fir... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350294 | Method of electroplating a plurality of conductive fingers A method of electroplating may include placing a pair of conductive fingers in proximity to an edge of a circuit board, where the pair are coupled to be electrically isolated, and where the pair are substantially longitudinally oriented away from the edge. A trace e... | 04/01/2008 |
