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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189343 | Method and apparatus to provide power to a backplane Embodiments are generally direct to a method and apparatus to provide power to a backplane. In one embodiment, a method is implemented in a backplane to receive power through an upper zone of the backplane. The power is provided by a rear transition power entry modu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184450 | EMI shielded bus bar configuration A modular packet network device uses bus bars to transfer primary power to either a backplane or directly to one or more cards that perform primary-to-logic-power conversion. The bus bars are fabricated in packages that reduce the transfer of differential and common... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8164919 | Motherboard and relay device thereon A motherboard includes a main body and two relay devices attached on the main body. The main body includes a signal output terminal, a signal input terminal, a first connector module, and a second connector module. Each relay device includes a circuit board, a relay... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8149587 | Drive modularity A modular industrial drive system includes a base that receives one or more control modules as a face template. The control modules provide a set of functionalities to the drive system, and the face template serves as a user interface to the drive system. The drive ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8120926 | Interconnection assembly for printed circuit boards A backplane has through holes for conductors to project through the backplane in arrays corresponding to respective circuit boards arranged along the front side of the backplane. The through holes include ground holes for receiving ground conductors in connection wi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116095 | Conversion module and chassis arrangement, and related methods A telecommunications arrangement including a chassis, at least one power supply, and a plurality of conversion modules that provide an electrical-to-optical or optical-to-electrical signal conversion. The chassis includes a separate back plane made up of individual ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8018732 | Protected and unprotected interfaces via I/O panel choice A system comprises a backplane configured to receive a first signal and a second signal from a first plug-in unit, and a third signal and a fourth signal from a second plug-in unit, wherein the backplane is further configured to communicate each of the signals to on... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018733 | Circuit board interconnection system, connector assembly, circuit board and method for manufacturing a circuit board A circuit board interconnection system is disclosed according to the embodiments of the present invention. The system includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a third circuit board, a first connector and a second connector. The first connector and the... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009438 | Server infrastructure having independent backplanes to distribute power and to route signals Embodiments of the present technique are directed to a backplane infrastructure. The backplane infrastructure may include a passive power backplane configured to distribute power and comprising a first set of alignment holes, a signal backplane configured to route i... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7885082 | Communication cabinet and a method for installing active components in a communication cabinet A communication cabinet and methods for installing active component into a communication cabinet, the method includes: removing at least one passive communication connector being connected by at least one wire to at least one customer connector within the communicat... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7859856 | Tap board A protocol analyzer for analyzing traffic on a bus. A tap card is used to tap into a bidirectional bus. The tap provides a pass through connection from the card to the host and taps off of the bus. While tapping off the bus, stubs lengths are minimized and input cap... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7848115 | Systems for electrically connecting circuit board based electronic devices In one exemplary embodiment, a system for supplying electrical connectivity to one or more circuit board based devices includes a backplane and at least one module. The backplane includes a mounting surface having a plurality of modular power connectors. The at leas... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7839653 | Storage controller A backplane has signal connectors for connecting signals of logical boards connected to an upper level of the backplane; signal connectors for connecting signals of logical boards connected to a lower level of the backplane; power source connectors for supplying pow... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826232 | Modular connection system for panel-mounted controllers An assembly includes a circuit board, a terminal and a pin. The circuit board is for a controller and includes terminal mounting holes. The terminal mounting holes include a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole. The terminal includes a first mounting post ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7800915 | Printed board assembly The present invention relates to a method and a printed board assembly for use in a MicroTCA system, wherein backplane pin connectors of the printed board assembly are arranged to be received in receiving connectors of a backplane interconnect, characterized in that... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7782630 | Printed circuit board unit A second printed wiring board is opposed to a surface of the first printed wiring board. A support member supports the first and second printed wiring boards. A first connector is mounted on the first printed wiring board. A second connector is mounted on the second... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7715207 | Rack architecture and management system One embodiment of the invention provides a fully distributed, scaleable and modular rack architecture and management system. One feature of the invention provides device management throughout the rack system with a vertical interface column integrated into the rack ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7636243 | Methods and apparatus for a board assembly A re-usable adapter card interfaces with a first card such that components requiring a lower certification level—e.g., commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components or the like—may be isolated on the first card, wherein the adapter card includes high certification-... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630211 | Methods and systems for providing off-card disk access in a telecommunications equipment shelf assembly An electronic shelf assembly includes a frame having a plurality of card slots arranged in parallel to each other along an axis of the frame and a midplane having a plurality of connectors are arranged to align with the card slots. Conductive traces are connected to... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7623356 | System and method to conjoin blade modules Embodiments of the present technique are directed to a blade system. The blade system may include a first blade module comprising a first conjoining channel, and a second blade module comprising a second conjoining channel aligned with the first conjoining channel, ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7602617 | On-machine backplane mounted modular power and data distribution system A backplane configuration is described for supporting a range of modular components mechanically and for making electrical connections between the components. The backplane is particularly well-suited to power distribution and control applications, such as in indust... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599194 | Methods and apparatus for a redundant board assembly A redundant pair of interconnected board sub-assemblies have substantially the same dimensions and level of functionality. A module interconnect card is configured to mechanically and electronically connect to the first and second board sub-assemblies. Each sub-asse... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7576997 | Backplane extension apparatus and method A method and apparatus for adapting a backplane from one type of connector to another type of connector is disclosed. The method includes providing a backplane with a plurality of connectors, each connector being of a first type of connector, providing at least one ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7551456 | Rack architecture and management system One embodiment of the invention provides a fully distributed, scaleable and modular rack architecture and management system. One feature of the invention provides device management throughout the rack system with a vertical interface column integrated into the rack ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7525815 | Device for assemblying transversal PCI expansion cards and a computer housing A device for assembling transversal PCI expansion cards and a computer housing includes a vertical connection board which is installed in an internal space of a computer housing, with a riser card being fixed on the connection board. The riser card is provided with ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522426 | Storage controller A backplane has signal connectors for connecting signals of logical boards connected to an upper level of the backplane; signal connectors for connecting signals of logical boards connected to a lower level of the backplane; power source connectors for supplying pow... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518883 | Backplane architecture for enabling configuration of multi-service network elements for use in a global variety of communications networks A multi-service network element is configurable for use in various types of communications networks. The network element has a service interface card, a service interface electrical connector for receiving the service interface card, an I/O electrical connector for ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7505285 | Main board for backplane buses A motherboard for backplane buses is provided that reduces noise due to entry of external signals into signal wiring which interconnects modules, or noise due to any external signals entering a power supply after being routed around the power supply. An EBG p... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7486526 | Techniques for redundant computing from within a 1U form factor with improved serviceability and high availability characteristics An improved redundant computing apparatus has a chassis assembly configured to (i) mount to a standard electronic equipment rack and (ii) consume substantially 1U of space in a particular direction within the standard electronic equipment rack. The chassis assembly ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7468894 | Printed circuit board and method of reducing crosstalk in a printed circuit board The embodiments of the present invention relate to an improved printed circuit board having additional rows of ground vias to reduce crosstalk in the board. A printed circuit board according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a first row of vias an... | 12/23/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7405473 | Techniques for optimizing electrical performance and layout efficiency in connectors with via placement and routing Techniques are provided for placing and routing vias that conduct signals through a connector between two electrical units. Vias that conduct a first set of signals are placed next to vias that provide return paths for the first set of signals to reduce cross-talk o... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405947 | Backplane with power plane having a digital ground structure in signal regions For electrical backplanes and the like, a power plane adaptation to improve the propagation of high-speed signals through clearances in an embedded power plane is disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, the power plane is segmented in a high-speed connector region, suc... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400510 | Canister-based storage system The present invention provides a flexible storage system through the use of portable, removable canisters holding multiple storage subsystems. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391609 | Disk-drive enclosure having laterally offset parallel drives to reduce vibration 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... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7380164 | Fail-over support for legacy voice mail systems in New World IP PBXs An Integrated Communication System (ICS) with fail-over serial data connectivity is disclosed. In one aspect, an ICS may comprise a chassis including a System Switch Processor (SSP) for providing connectivity to a plurality of slots. A Serial Alarm Processor (SAP) m... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373107 | Ultra-wideband wireless backplane A backplane for an electronic data communication system is disclosed. The backplane comprises at least one ultra-wideband transmitter configured to transmit data in the form of a plurality of pulses in a wireless manner and at least one ultra-wideband receiver confi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370311 | Generating components on a programmable device using a high-level language Methods and apparatus are provided for implementing a programmable device including a processor core and a hardware accelerator. A portion of a program written in a high-level language is automatically selected for hardware acceleration. Dedicated ports are generate... | 05/06/2008 |
