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US 12,740,009 B1Granted
Quick coupling for expansion cards
AssigneeNVIDIA Corporation
InventorsMyongjin Jeon, Harrison Sangwha Kim, Jungho Na, Yunseok Kim, Seung Kug Park, Gabriele Gorla, Amit Kulkarni, Jayden Jeon
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Abstract
Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an expansion card includes a data connector and a fluid connector oriented in a same direction.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- an expansion card comprising a data connector on a first edge of the expansion card, a power connector, and a fluid connector on a second edge of the expansion card and disposed proximate a first end of the expansion card, wherein the data connector, the power connector, and the fluid connector are oriented in a same direction, the fluid connector comprising an inlet connector and an outlet connector both arranged adjacent to one another, wherein the fluid connector is to connect to a mating coupler responsive to the expansion card being seated in an expansion card slot, wherein the power connector is recessed a first distance relative to the data connector and the fluid connector is recessed a greater second distance relative to the data connector, wherein the power connector is disposed between the data connector and the fluid connector, and wherein the mating coupler protrudes past the data connector beyond the first edge of the expansion card to couple with the fluid connector.
A server comprising:
- an expansion card slot to receive a data connector from an expansion card on a first edge of the expansion card and further to receive a power connector from the expansion card, wherein the power connector is recessed a first distance relative to the data connector;
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- mating couplers oriented in a same direction as the expansion card slot, the mating couplers comprising an inlet coupler and an outlet coupler both arranged adjacent to one another on a same side of the expansion card slot, the mating couplers to couple to fluid connectors of the expansion card responsive to the expansion card being seated in the expansion card slot, wherein the fluid connectors are recessed from the first edge of the expansion card a second distance relative to the data connector that is greater than the first distance, wherein the power connector is disposed between the data connector and the fluid connectors, and wherein the mating couplers protrude past the data connector beyond the first edge of the expansion card to couple with the fluid connectors.
A system comprising:
- a server comprising an expansion card slot and a rigid manifold comprising mating couplers oriented in a same direction as the expansion card slot, the mating couplers comprising an inlet coupler and an outlet coupler both arranged adjacent to one another on a same side of the expansion card slot;
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- an expansion card comprising a data connector on a first edge of the expansion card, a power connector, and a fluid connector on a second edge of the expansion card and disposed proximate a first end of the expansion card, wherein the data connector, the power connector, and the fluid connector are oriented in a same direction, the fluid connector comprising an inlet connector and an outlet connector both arranged adjacent to one another, wherein the fluid connector of the expansion card is to connect to the mating couplers responsive to the expansion card being seated in the expansion card slot, wherein the power connector is recessed a first distance relative to the data connector and the fluid connector is recessed a greater second distance relative to the data connector, wherein the power connector is disposed between the data connector and the fluid connector, and wherein the mating couplers protrude past the data connector beyond the first edge of the expansion card to couple with the fluid connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.