# US 11,030,145 B2 · Server > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,030,145 B2 - Document ID: US11030145B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/404,077 - Filed: 2019-05-06 - Published: 2019-08-22 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-30 - Assignees: Jabil Inc. - Applicants: Jabil Inc. - Inventors: Fengquan Zheng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11030145B2 ## CPC - G06F 15/7867: {with reconfigurable architecture} - G11B 33/126: {Arrangements for providing electrical connections, e.g. connectors, cables, switches} - G11B 33/128: {of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis} - G11B 33/142: {by air cooling} - H05K 7/1417: {having securing means for mounting boards, plates or wiring boards (H05K7/1461 takes precedence)} - H05K 7/1429: {for circuits carrying a CPU and adapted to receive expansion cards} - H05K 7/1445: {with double-sided connections} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A server includes an adapter device, multiple storage modules and multiple controllers. The adapter device includes a base circuit board having opposite first and second surfaces, multiple first connectors disposed on the first surface along a first direction and connected to the base circuit board, and multiple second connectors disposed on the second surface along the first direction in pairs, each of which is arranged along a second direction, is connected to the base circuit board and is disposed between adjacent two of the first connectors. Each of the storage modules is connected to a corresponding first connector. Each of the controllers is connected to a corresponding second connector. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A server comprising: an adapter device including a base circuit board that extends along a first direction and that has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a plurality of spaced-apart first connectors that are disposed on the first surface along the first direction and that are electrically connected to the base circuit board, each of the first connectors extending along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of second connectors that are disposed on the second surface in pairs, which are spaced apart along the first direction, each pair of the second connectors being arranged along the second direction, being electrically connected to the base circuit board and being disposed between adjacent two of the first connectors, each of the second connectors extending along the second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the plurality of spaced-apart first connectors and the plurality of second connectors are in a non-overlapping relationship. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The server as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the second connectors is a narrow connector. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base circuit board further has a plurality of first venting holes, each of the first venting holes extending through the first surface and the second surface and being disposed between a corresponding pair of the second connectors. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The server as claimed in claim 3, wherein the base circuit board further has a plurality of second venting holes, each of the second venting holes extending through the first surface and the second surface, the second venting holes being elongated along the second direction and being spaced apart along the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The server as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a case configured to receive storage modules and controllers, wherein the controllers are configured to control the storage modules. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The server as claimed in claim 5, wherein the adapter device is received in the case and is electrically connected to the controllers. ### Claim 7 A server comprising: a base circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface; a plurality of spaced-apart first connectors disposed on the front surface of the base circuit board and electrically connected to the base circuit board; and a plurality of spaced-apart narrow connectors disposed on the rear surface of the base circuit board, each of the narrow connectors being disposed between adjacent two of the first connectors and being electrically connected to the base circuit board, a pair of the spaced-apart narrow connectors disposed in an upper and lower arrangement, each of the first connectors and the second connectors having a same orientation, wherein the plurality of spaced-apart first connectors and the plurality of spaced-apart narrow connectors are in a non-overlapping relationship. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the adjacent two of the first connectors are respectively located at left and right sides of a corresponding one of the narrow connectors and are electrically connected to the narrow connector through the base circuit board, each of the narrow connectors being further electrically connected through the base circuit board to another two of the first connectors, both of which are disposed at one of the left and right sides of one of the adjacent two of the first connectors. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the base circuit board further has a plurality of first venting holes, each of the first venting holes extending through the front surface and rear surface and being disposed between adjacent two of the narrow connectors. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The server as claimed in claim 9, wherein the base circuit board further has a plurality of second venting holes, each of the second venting holes extending through the front surface and the rear surface, the second venting holes being elongated and being spaced apart from each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The server as claimed in claim 10, wherein the plurality of first venting holes and the plurality of second venting holes are different in shape. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the narrow connectors are arranged in multiple pairs, the server further comprising two storage controller modules that are disposed one above the other in the case, each of the storage controller modules including at least one controller. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The server as claimed in claim 12, wherein: each pair of the narrow connectors are arranged one above the other; and the storage controllers modules are electrically and respectively connected to the narrow connectors of each pair. ### Claim 14 A server comprising: a base circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface; a plurality of first connectors spaced apart from each other on the front surface of the base circuit board and electrically connected to the base circuit board; and multiple pairs of second connectors, each pair of which is disposed on the rear surface of the base circuit board between adjacent two of the first connectors, wherein at least one pair of the second connectors is electrically connected to the adjacent two of the first connectors through the base circuit board, each of the first connectors and the second connectors having a same orientation, wherein the plurality of first connectors and the multiple pairs of second connectors are in a non-overlapping relationship. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The server as claimed in claim 14, wherein the adjacent two of the first connectors are respectively located at left and right sides of the at least one pair of the second connectors, the at least one pair of the second connectors being further electrically connected through the base circuit board to another two of the first connectors, both of which are disposed at one of the left and right sides of one of the adjacent two of the first connectors. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The server as claimed in claim 14, further comprising two storage controller modules that are disposed one above the other, each of the storage controller modules including at least one controller. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The server as claimed in claim 16, wherein: each pair of the second connectors are arranged one above the other; and the storage controller modules are electrically and respectively connected to the second connectors of each pair.