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US 11,994,723 B2Granted
Ribbon cable alignment apparatus
AssigneePure Storage, Inc.
InventorsEric Lotter, Aditya Prabhakar, Paula Zubiri Rivero
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a body with an opening through the body, the opening corresponding to dimensions of a cable to be connected to a circuit board and a flat surface to abut the circuit board. The apparatus further includes one or more attachment mechanisms to attach the body to the circuit board.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a body comprising:
- an opening through the body, the opening corresponding to dimensions of a cable to be connected to a circuit board external to the body, wherein the opening comprises a cable insertion point corresponding to dimensions of the cable and an adjacent slot for attachment of the cable to a cable connector of the circuit board;
- and
- a flat surface to abut the circuit board;
- and
- one or more attachment mechanisms to attach the body to the circuit board.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a body comprising:
- a channel corresponding to dimensions of a cable;
- and
- one or more attachment mechanisms disposed on each side of the channel to attach the body to a surface;
- and
- one or more alignment arms extending from the body, wherein the one or more alignment arms comprise:
- a first alignment arm extending from the body on a first side of the channel;
- and
- a second alignment arm extending from the body on a second side of the channel.
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A system comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
- and
- a cable collar apparatus coupled to the printed circuit board, the cable collar apparatus comprising:
- a body comprising:
- an opening through the body, the opening corresponding to dimensions of a cable to be connected to the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board external to the body, wherein the opening comprises a cable insertion point corresponding to dimensions of the cable and an adjacent slot for attachment of the cable to a cable connector of the circuit board;
- and
- a flat surface to abut the printed circuit board;
- and
- one or more attachment mechanisms to attach the body to the printed circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.