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 adaptor for coupling a router blade to a router chassis, the adaptor comprising:
- a first longitudinal guide sized to engage the router chassis on a first side;
- a second longitudinal guide sized to engage the router chassis on a second side;
- a support member extended from the first side to the second side and configured to provide support to the router blade;
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- a connector system configured to electrically couple the router blade with the router chassis, wherein the connector system converts a first type of electrical signal to a second type of electrical signal.
A method for connecting a router blade to a router, the method comprising:
- receiving first signals of network port services from the router blade using a blade connector of an adaptor;
- transmitting second signals of network port services to a router chassis of the router using a chassis connector of the adaptor;
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- receiving support for the adaptor on a chassis side of the adaptor, wherein support for the adaptor is provided by the router chassis.
An adaptor for a router blade, the adaptor comprising:
- a first longitudinal guide configured to slidably engage a router chassis on a first side of the adaptor;
- a second longitudinal guide configured to slidably engage the router chassis on a second side of the adaptor;
- a first electrical connector configured to electrically couple the router chassis with the adaptor using a first format of networking signals;
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- a second electrical connector configured to electrically couple the adaptor with the router blade using a second format of networking signals,
- wherein the first electrical connector is a different size than the second electrical connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.