Adaptor for a router blade
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsHelen Shtargot, Robert Arthur Loose, Phong Hoang Ho, Dattatri Mattur
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Abstract
An apparatus for connecting a router blade to a router chassis is provided. The apparatus includes an engagement portion; a first side portion coupled with the engagement portion; and a second side portion coupled with the engagement portion. The engagement portion includes a connector system that is operable to couple a router blade with a router chassis. The first side portion is operable to engage the router blade and the router chassis. The second side portion is operable to engage a router blade and the router chassis. The engagement portion, first side portion, and second side portion are sized to engage the router chassis and receive the router blade.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a connection portion that includes a connector system that is operable to couple a router blade with a router chassis;
- a first side portion coupled with the connection portion, the first side portion operable to engage the router blade and the router chassis;
- and
- a second side portion coupled with the connection portion, the second side portion operable to engage a router blade and the router chassis,
- wherein the connection portion, first side portion, and second side portion are sized to engage the router chassis and receive the router blade.
A method comprising:
- forming a connection area of an adaptor, the connection area being operable to receive a connector that couples a router chassis with a router blade;
- forming a chassis side of the adaptor, the chassis side being sized to engage the router chassis;
- and
- forming a blade side of the adaptor, the blade side being sized to engage a router blade.
An adaptor, comprising:
- an extension portion that is sized to engage a router chassis and receive a router blade;
- and
- a connector system coupled with the extension portion, the connector system being operable to electrically couple the router chassis with the router blade,
- wherein the extension portion is operable to couple the router blade with the router chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.