WO1997045784A3 - Enclosure for removable computer peripheral equipment - Google Patents

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WO1997045784A3
WO1997045784A3 PCT/US1997/008100 US9708100W WO9745784A3 WO 1997045784 A3 WO1997045784 A3 WO 1997045784A3 US 9708100 W US9708100 W US 9708100W WO 9745784 A3 WO9745784 A3 WO 9745784A3
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Donald Lee Clevenger
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An enclosure system for receiving a number of plug in computer peripheral devices, such as hard disk drives in a disk array, utilizes front and rear cages or enclosures (12, 30) that are separated by a vertical backplane (20) having internal circuit interconnections and multi-pin docking connectors (22, 24) on each face. A front bezel (44) provides access to the backplane (20) through the front cage enclosure (19), so that trays containing the drives (71) can be inserted and plugged into the connectors (29). The vertical spacing is arranged to be modifiable, so that different numbers of higher profile and lower profile devices can be used. Power supplies (34), battery back up units (40d) and a cooling fan device (39), all arranged in sub-modules insertable through the rear open face of the power supply enclosure, interconnect with connectors (24) on the back face of the backplane (20), and cooling air is circulated throughout from front to rear, via apertures (26) in the backplane (20).
PCT/US1997/008100 1996-05-31 1997-05-13 Enclosure for removable computer peripheral equipment WO1997045784A2 (en)

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