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...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167146 | Cable management apparatus A cable management apparatus includes a cable support, and a connecting member. The cable support includes a first support and a second support. A rail assembly includes an outer rail and an inner rail slidably attached to the outer rail. The first support is rotati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152000 | Apparatus and method for housing electronic equipment and increasing floor space utilization in a secure environment A secure electronic equipment rack with horizontal side panels on which components are mounted vertically. The side panels of the rack are shorter than the depth of components to be mounted, thus allowing space to be saved. The rack can include tamper resistance by ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8127939 | Horizontal cable troughs and tool drawer The present invention relates to telecommunications equipment racks including vertical cable guides, horizontal troughs, cross aisle panels and cross-connection modules for telecommunications equipment racks. The vertical cable guides define vertical cable channels ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127940 | Rail including a shelf for supporting an information handling system A rack system for supporting one or more information handling systems is provided. The rack system may include a rack and one or more rails coupled to the rack and configured to support one or more information handling systems. At least one of the rails may include ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118178 | Ratcheting rack-mount kit reinforcement mechanism for storage rack A storage rack for supporting a server chassis in a storage cabinet. The storage rack includes front and rear vertical support members and one or more rack mount kits for slidably supporting one or more computing devices (e.g., servers). Each rack mount kit may incl... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116075 | Disk-drive systems that move data to spare drives from drives about to fail and method A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simul... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111509 | Rack body with engaging mechanism Disconnected slits are disposed between one end of at least one of the first and the second side plates coupled to a retaining pin and a bottom plate of a rack body with an engaging mechanism to form a free end thereby allowing an operation of an insertion of the re... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104626 | Universal mounting bracket with safety lock A mounting bracket (16) has a mounting pin (24) for fitting round hole racks (18) and a mounting sleeve (26) which slidably extends over the mounting pin (24) for fitting square hole racks (12). A lock pin (28) and a ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8083076 | Protection apparatus, method of locating a superconductive magnet unit and superconductive magnet unit apparatus A protection apparatus for a superconductive magnet unit has a support frame for location relative to a portion of the superconductive magnet unit. The support frame is arranged to carry a buffer for protecting the superconductive magnet unit from a shock load. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079481 | Integrated frame and central electronic complex structure A cabinet assembly is provided that can be quickly assembled and disassembled inside side racks used for the purpose of housing computer systems. The assembly comprises a plurality of side plates that can be secured to inside rack sides, preferably through flexible ... | 12/20/2011 |
| RE42970 | Vertical cable management system A cable management assembly for managing wires having a rack with a plurality of mounted channel members. The channel members each comprise a left, right, and middle member which form a Z-shaped cross section and define first and second receiving areas for holding a... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061535 | Combination devices clamp spring designed with devices cage A devices cage comprises a first wall having m parallel channels across a length of the first wall and a second wall having n parallel channels across a length of the second wall. In some embodiments, n is at least equal to m. Each parallel channel is equal to a dia... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061534 | Equipment rack panel system and method An equipment rack panel system using one or more rack extension panels with optional raceway to interconnect equipment cables to service cables through connectors within the rack extension panel. The rack extension panel is either fastened to or integral with one of... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8047383 | Rackmount system including conversion rail A rackmount chassis includes removable supports that provide interior support for blades having mounting edge-to-mounting edge dimensions that are less than the full chassis width. The removable supports are mounted on parallel support plates that span the full widt... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038015 | Equipment rack panel system and method An equipment rack panel system using one or more rack extension panels with optional raceway to interconnect equipment cables to service cables through connectors within the rack extension panel. The rack extension panel is either fastened to or integral with one of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8016126 | Cabinet structures resistant to racking deformation for rack mounted computing systems Cabinet structures resistant to racking deformation for rack mount computing systems are disclosed. The cabinet structure may generally include a first and a second side wall each extending between a front side and a rear side. The first side wall includes a first f... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8002123 | High density panel with rotating tray The present invention relates to a telecommunications termination panel with a tray pivotably mounted within the front opening of a housing. The tray pivots about a hinge located adjacent one of the sides of the housing and includes a raised floor. The raised floor ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7959015 | Blanking panel for standardized equipment rack and cabinet enclosure A snap-mount blanking panel for an equipment rack or cabinet enclosure has ergonomic grips spaced laterally inward to permit comfortable and reliable mounting and removal of the blanking panel regardless of lateral clearance. Resiliently flexible sealing skirt membe... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7950531 | Mounting arrangement for a standard telecommunications panel A mounting arrangement for mounting a telecommunications panel to a frame. The mounting arrangement including a fastener piece having a retaining clip and a corresponding threaded hole. The retaining clip expanding outward when a fastener is threaded into the corres... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946433 | Interlocking upright rack members Embodiments of interlocking uprights members for a telecommunications equipment cabinet are presented herein. The uprights include first and second areas that engage in an interlocking and alternating overlap so that the uprights interlock in a plurality of position... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7934607 | Universal rack mount mechanism A system and method are described for a variable mount arm assembly for installing support structures within different types of rack systems. Embodiments of the invention disclose a rack system support member comprising a rotatable bracket having first and second mo... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7909180 | Load balancing robust computer frame A load balancing method and incorporated assembly is provided for a computer frame having side walls. The assembly comprises a mid-plane plate having top and bottom sides and capable of being secured to the frames inside side walls. The mid-plane plate also has mean... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7891501 | Shelf unit for use in rack for communication equipment A shelf unit for use in a rack for communication equipment comprising: a front body including a pair of side panels for containing PCBs; a back board detachably mounted to the rear ends of the side panels of the front body; and a rear body including a pair of side p... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7874433 | Seismically sound rack system Rack systems are provided for use in mounting or positioning of electronic components and other equipment. The disclosed rack systems that are seismically sound and adapted for packaging/shipment in a disassembled condition. The rack systems include at least one upr... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866488 | Universal rack mountable shelf A support and method for supporting equipment within a rack system regardless of its design is disclosed. The base of the support includes a surface capable of supporting the equipment reducing unintended movement of the equipment. Brackets capable of being securely... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7857145 | Mounting bracket for square hole racks and round hole racks A mounting bracket (22) is provided for securing to both square-hole racks (12) and round hole racks (16). An inner support pin (24) extends for fitting within round-shaped holes (18) and engaging a side of the round-hole racks ( | 12/28/2010 |
| 7828156 | Column network hardware management system A channel for managing equipment cables that includes opposing first and second members and a third member extending between and connecting the first and second members. Each of the first and second members includes first and second inner and outer surfaces. At leas... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7819261 | Width-adjustable board storage frame and assembly method for the same In an adjustable board storage frame, a fixed side plate 5 and a movable side plate 6 that can be moved remaining parallel with the fixed side plate 5 and fixed at a desired position are placed between a top plate 2 and a base plate 3 | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810653 | Apparatus and method for mounting a device to a rack system Apparatus and method for mounting a device to a rack system. One embodiment of a system comprises a frame assembly. At least two rails mounted on opposite sides of the frame assembly. A plurality of hangers provided on opposite sides of the device retracting to fit ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806277 | Sliding rack-mountable shelf for rack-mountable components A sliding support shelf supports equipment within a rack system regardless of its design. The base of the support shelf includes a surface capable of supporting the equipment reducing unintended movement of the equipment, providing security of the supported equipmen... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7762405 | Vertical cable manager A cable manager is disclosed. The cable manager includes a backbone, a plurality of finger sections connected to the backbone to form a vertical cable channel, and a first pair of horizontal rails connected to the top end of the backbone and a second pair of horizon... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7740142 | Battery construction for mounting a shelved rack A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress, comprising a pair of end frame members mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation by a plurality of vertically spaced elongated channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7712615 | Support slide assembly for cable management arm A support slide assembly for a cable management arm is coupled with two slide assemblies. Two ends of the cable management arm are connected to one of the two slide assemblies. The support slide assembly includes a sliding member provided between the two ends of the... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7699180 | Computer rack and transport pallet method for packaging a computer rack A layout for packaging a computer rack comprises a transport pallet (2) and a computer rack; the computer rack being associable with casters extending vertically by a first distance relatively to a lower face of the rack. The computer rack is made integral wi... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7677400 | Cable management assembly, system and method A cable management assembly, and method related thereto, including a panel having an interface portion. The interface portion having a plurality of discrete openings, including first and second shaped apertures. The assembly further including cable management device... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7654399 | Configurable display system and modular display arrangement for consumer electronic devices A method of displaying consumer electronic devices comprises supporting a plurality of rails on a frame in a generally parallel, spaced relationship and configuring each rail for slidable movement relative to the frame in a direction generally perpendicular to a lon... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654398 | Cable management system with adjustable length arm A cable management system includes an adjustable length arm adapted to receive at least one cable in a computer system, and the adjustable length arm is configured to be connected to a first hinge and a second hinge that respectively define first and second opposite... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7614509 | Configurable universal telecom framework Embodiments of interlocking uprights members for a telecommunications equipment cabinet are presented herein. In some embodiments, the cabinet is configured to hold a plurality of telecommunications components and has at least one variable dimension. The cabinet may... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7591383 | Rack mountable display apparatus Rack mountable display apparatus is provided for an electronic equipment rack. The apparatus includes a support for the display whereby the display is moveable between a storage position within the rack and a deployed position external to the rack. The display can b... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7589960 | Disk drive assembly A disk drive assembly for a server system includes a drive bracket (30), a disk drive (10), and a backboard (50). The drive bracket includes a top wall (31) and two parallel sidewalls (34) perpendicular to the top wall. The disk dr... | 09/15/2009 |
