Interchangeable and modular I/O panel
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsPaul H. Anderson, Robert A. Eldridge, Craig J. Jahne, Christian Le, James D. Williams, Lane C. Cobb
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Abstract
An input/output (I/O) panel with one chassis that supports multiple baseboards. In an aspect, the I/O panel has an extension to mate with a server chassis U-seam. In an aspect, the I/O panel includes a fastener for fastening to a server chassis, and unfastened from a server chassis, without the use of a tool. In an aspect, the fastener is a tab that fastens to a server chassis spring latch. In an aspect, an I/O panel is provided that maximizes EMI containment. In an aspect, an I/O panel is provided that maximizes thermal evacuation.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an input/output (I/O) panel having an extension to mate with a U-seam that is a part of a chassis, the extension of the panel to mate with the U-seam on a bottom face, a first side face and an opposing second side face, the panel further having dimensions to fit one of dissimilar 1U Server System Infrastructure (SSI) compliant server chassis and dissimilar 2U SSI compliant server chassis.
An apparatus comprising:
- an input/output (I/O) panel having an extension to mate with a U-seam that is a part of a chassis, the extension of the panel to mate with the U-seam on a bottom face, a first side face and an opposing second side face;
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- a fastener, disposed on said I/O panel, not requiring a tool to fasten said I/O panel to said chassis and unfasten said I/O panel from said chassis.
A system comprising:
- a computer server including an input/output (I/O) panel having an extension to mate with a U-seam that is a part of a chassis, the extension of the panel to mate with the U-seam on a bottom face, a first side face and an opposing second side face, and the panel having a fastener disposed on said I/O panel not requiring a tool to fasten said I/O panel to said chassis and unfasten said I/O panel from said chassis.
A system comprising:
- a computer server including an input/output (I/O) panel having an extension to mate with a U-seam that is a part of a chassis, the extension of the panel to mate with the U-seam on a bottom face, a first side face and an opposing second side face, and the panel having dimensions to fit one of dissimilar 1U Server System Infrastructure (SSI) compliant server chassis and dissimilar 2U SSI compliant server chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.