Mobile data center
AssigneeAmouse Digital Devices Corporation
InventorMichael Arnouse
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Abstract
A portable and mobile deployable data center (DDC) is disclosed that includes various components that enables the DDC to have multiple functions including, computing, data storage and retrieval, communications and routing. A DDC includes a rugged case that is suitable for harsh environments, an interconnection mechanism, a plurality of hot swappable computing assemblies that include the functionality of readers and portable computing devices, and a plurality of hot swappable power supplies. The DDC includes computer assemblies, computing devices, and readers, or combinations thereof.
Claims20
A readily mobile deployable data center (DDC), the mobile DDC comprising:
- a carrying case comprising a first portion and a second portion having open and closed states;
- an interconnection mechanism removably disposed within the second portion of the carrying case, the interconnection mechanism comprising one or more connectors and a region, the region defining an opening and at least two sidewalls;
- a rack;
- a backplane coupled to the rack;
- a plurality of computing assemblies each including reader functionality and portable computing device functionality, each of said computing assemblies removably disposed within said rack;
- and
- at least one power supply disposed on the interconnection mechanism and electronically coupled via the one or more connectors of the interconnection mechanism to said plurality of computing assemblies,
- wherein:
- the rack is removably disposed within the region of the interconnection mechanism via the opening, such that the plurality of computing assemblies are electrically coupled to the one or more connectors via the backplane,
- said plurality of computing assemblies are removed collectively from said carrying case by removal of said rack from said region of the interconnection mechanism,
- the interconnection mechanism, the rack and the plurality of computing assemblies being contained in the carrying case for transportation when the first portion and the second portion of the carrying case are in the closed state,
- the interconnection mechanism being sized to be mounted in a standard nineteen inch rack when removed from the carrying case,
- the plurality of computing assemblies being accessible when the first portion and the second portion of the carrying case are in the open state,
- one or more of the interconnection mechanism, the rack, and one or more of said plurality of computing assemblies being removable from the carrying case in the open state, and
- the first portion and the second portion are coupled to each other by a latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.