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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154857 | Appliance host with multiple service interfaces for coupling multiple consumer electronic devices A modular system of an appliance host with multiple identical host service interfaces. The multiple identical host service interfaces provide a mechanical service and an electrical service for removable consumer electronic devices. Multiple distinct consumer electro... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8116082 | Fan tray that is installable and removable from the front and back of a network element chassis A fan tray for a network element that is installable and removable from the front and back of a network element. The fan tray includes one or more fans in a housing to provide cooling for the network element, an engagement rod with ends that protrude out a front and... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116081 | Digital display kiosk A display kiosk for housing a flat screen monitor and associated electronic equipment is disclosed. The display kiosk includes a lower unit assembly and an upper unit assembly. The display kiosk is assembled in two parts and provides easy access to the internal comp... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8081441 | Storage device A storage device suitable to be installed on a rack includes a case, a plurality of storage units, a power module, a management module and an adapting board, wherein the case includes a bottom board, a first side wall, a second side wall and a partition board. The p... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077455 | Server cabinet and computer server system using same A server cabinet includes a rack and a common power supply received in the rack. The rack defines an interior space configured for accommodating a plurality of servers therein. Each server has an electrical plug at an outer side thereof. The common power supply incl... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072745 | Retaining apparatus for locking disk drive A retaining apparatus for locking a disk drive within a bracket is disclosed. The retaining apparatus includes a latch member and a securing member. The latch member includes a securing portion and a locking portion capable of locking the disk drive in the bracket. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8045324 | Cable box and personal computer having same A computer includes a computer case, a motherboard, a cable box, a power supply and a peripheral component. The computer case has a first disk drive slot and a second disk drive slot within the inner portion thereof. The cable box is installed in the first disk driv... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8035962 | Computer hot-plug structure A computer hot-plug structure allows a hard disk to be connected to a computer in a hot-plug fashion. The computer has a casing and a plurality of side panels surrounding various sides of the casing. Each side panel has a thread-hole and a hood covering the thread-h... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8018724 | Server cabinet and computer server system using same A server cabinet includes a rack and a plurality of I/O modules received in the rack. The rack defines an interior space for accommodating a plurality of servers therein. Each server includes a plurality of I/O ports at an outer side thereof. Each of the I/O modules... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009430 | Techniques for data center cooling Techniques for cooling in a data center are provided. In one aspect a computer equipment rack is provided comprising one or more air inlets; one or more exhaust outlets, and one or more of: an air inlet duct mounted to the computer equipment rack surrounding at leas... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7990692 | Electronic device with hinged cover An electronic device includes a main body, a cover, and two supports. The main body defines two receiving slots. The cover is hinged on the main body. The supports are slidably connected to the main body, capable of being entirely received in the receiving slots or ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990723 | Housing structure of acoustic controller A housing structure of an acoustic controller, in which a lower case of the controller has an increased rigidity and improved moldability. The lower case is integrally formed by a resin and has a bottom surface thereof disposed to face a tabletop surface when the co... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986519 | Storage unit holding mechanism and image forming apparatus having the holding mechanism A system board provided with electrical components is contained in a substrate frame, a reinforcing frame is pivotally fixed to an peripheral part of the substrate frame, and an HDD is mounted on the reinforcing frame in a vibration-damping manner. With this structu... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7974079 | Integrated mounting system for communication and surveillance infrastructures An integrated mounting system for communication and surveillance infrastructures includes a gantry, a system cabinet, and an interconnecting conduit. The gantry includes a frame configured for housing functional devices (e.g., antennas, video cameras, sensors, photo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7965499 | Computer case A computer case including a body, a first rear window, a blocking panel, and a plurality of exchangeable modules is provided. The body has a containing opening. The first rear window is assembled to the body and is located within the containing opening, and the firs... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7952859 | Fixing device for industrial communication product A fixing device is provided on a casing of an industrial communication product, which includes a fixing plate, at least one elastic piece with an end, a pulling element, and an elastic element. The fixing plate is provided with at least two first connecting portions... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952882 | On demand storage array A computer storage library is configured to include a plurality of storage media, with individual storage media housed in respective individual storage slots. Each of the storage media slots may communicate with a storage controller, which in turn may communicate wi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944699 | Server rack blanking panel and system The present invention provides a system that allows for a single panel of the invention to be easily modified, preferably without the use of tools, to fit on a server rack, where the single panel is so modified as to cover the desired amount of open space on a serve... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929279 | Network device fixture This invention discloses a network device including at least one rail element disposed at both sides of the network device at positions adjacent to the rear of the network device respectively to form a slide rail on each side, and two fixing elements each having a l... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924570 | Interface assembly A computer system comprising an interface assembly configured to support one or more I/O connections. In one variation, the computer system comprises a main board housed within a chassis, a chassis connector coupled to the chassis, and one or more I/O cables coupled... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916487 | Method and apparatus for the enhanced disaster survivability of a networked computer server An apparatus for protecting a digital electronic data processor or stored digital data from damage includes a digital data unit comprising a data storage medium, a protective housing having side, top, and bottom walls defining a closed compartment which contains the... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7894193 | Mechanism for saving space in desktop computer A mechanism for saving space in a desktop computer allows the number of groove holes of a back plate of a rack is less than the number of interface card slots of a motherboard to cause at least one of the interface card slots to be left unused so as to shorten the h... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7876556 | Disk array system A disk array system capable of efficiently cooling the canisters and achieving the high-density mounting of the canisters without reducing the number of canisters is provided. In the disk array system having a HDD box which stores a plurality of canisters, a caniste... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7859834 | Disk array apparatus A disk array apparatus including a rack-shaped basic frame, and a plurality of disk boxes that can be inserted into and pulled out of the basic frame depth-wise. Each disk box has: disk drive connectors for connecting a plurality of disk drives arranged in a matrix ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7848109 | Assembly and method for ruggedizing computer racks and/or electronic cage assemblies A method and incorporated assembly for enhancing structural rigidity of a computer rack used for housing electronic components is provided. In one embodiment, the assembly comprises a casing made of a lighter weight material and having protrusions. The protrusions a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7826211 | Computer card retention device A computer card retention device (60) is disclosed. One or more latching sections (88) are mounted on and movable relative to a computer card retainer (62). Each latching section (88) may be moved between latched and unlatched positions. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817430 | Airflow adjustment in an electronic module enclosure An electronic module enclosure has a frame with an airflow opening. A gate positioned within airflow opening pivots between open and closed positions, allowing a maximum and minimum amount of airflow, respectively, through the airflow opening. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7808793 | Console device and rack-mount system A console apparatus includes a console portion, which is detachably provided and with which a server apparatus can be operated, and further includes a tray portion that is attached on a rack chassis for the server apparatus and is electrically coupled to the server ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804690 | Server device The present invention relates to a server device which comprises a case having two symmetric slots disposed on the top and a first handle disposed in each of the slots to make it easier to lift up the server device, a horizontal partition disposed in the case and di... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7800895 | Electronic apparatus and sound insulating method thereof An electronic apparatus includes a drive for recording/reproducing a recording medium, and a sound absorbing member having a Helmholtz resonator for insulating sounds at a predetermined frequency among sounds generated by the drive. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7791873 | Storage component of a server arrangement with a plurality of hard disk drives A storage component of a server arrangement includes a backplane and a plurality of trays, each of the plurality of trays including at least one frame, at least one frame having at least one hard disk drive mounted thereto, and all of the plurality of trays being co... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7782625 | Server rack blanking panel and system The present invention provides a system that allows for a single panel of the invention to be easily modified, preferably without the use of tools, to fit on a server rack, where the single panel is so modified as to cover the desired amount of open space on a serve... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778020 | Apparatus, system, and method for a modular blade An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a modular blade. The blade has a first carrier card and a second carrier card. At least one of these cards connects into the backplane of a blade server and provides connectivity for the modular blade to the backpla... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7746654 | Adaptable plug-in mezzanine card for blade servers A computer system is provided that includes a chassis, a system board coupled to the chassis, and a first connector extending from the system board at a first height and configured to receive a first printed circuit board, wherein the first printed circuit board is ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738242 | System and method for displaying chassis component information A system for displaying chassis component information includes a chassis and a plurality of server blades each coupled to the chassis. Each server blade comprises a respective liquid crystal display (LCD) positioned upon the server blade. The respective LCD is opera... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733640 | Drive conversion enclosure A conversion enclosure allows a first group of hard disk drives of a first size to be received by a hard disk drive enclosure having a second group of hard disk drives of a second size. The conversion enclosure includes a chassis having first and second side panels,... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729107 | Housings and devices for disk drives A disk drive test apparatus has a plurality of bays each for receiving a respective disk drive to be tested. A plurality of card slots are provided each for receiving a test card via which a disk drive can be tested. Each of the test cards is either an environment t... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724505 | Front panel assembly for use on casing body of electronic device and casing of vehicle-mounted electronic device A front panel assembly for being detachably mounted on a front face of a casing body of a vehicle-mounted electronic device, the front face having a recording medium insertion slot, including: a panel frame adapted to be detachably mounted on the front face of the c... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7724516 | Cooling enclosure for maintaining commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment in vehicles Apparatus and methods for thermal conditioning equipment. In a preferred embodiment, an equipment enclosure comprises a body, a wall, a fluid port, and a fixture. The body defines an outer plenum and an inner chamber in the latter of which the fixture retains the eq... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7719829 | Anti-vibration cage for data storage device An anti-vibration cage (10) for data storage device, includes at least a first securing piece (161) with a first pivot hole (1611) defined therein; at least a second securing piece (163) with a second pivot hole (1631) defined ther... | 05/18/2010 |
