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US 8,795,001 B1Granted
Connector for providing pass-through power
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsMandy Hin Lam, Pirooz Tooyserkani, Jonathan L. Smith
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Abstract
A pass-through connector is provided in one example and includes a first groove to be coupled to a power supply bus bar; a second groove to be coupled to a power return bus bar; and a plurality of electrical pins disposed on a surface of the connector and configured for interfacing with a circuit board, which is coupled to a line card power connector that is configured to receive a line card.
Claims20
A pass-through connector, comprising:
- a first groove including pairs of contact strips on groove sides to be coupled to a power supply bus bar;
- a second groove including pairs of contact strips on groove sides to be coupled to a power return bus bar;
- and
- a plurality of electrical pins protruding axially from a surface of the connector, wherein a connection of each pair of the strips to the respective pins forms a half-ring.
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A chassis, comprising:
- a pass-through connector including
- a first groove including pairs of contact strips on groove sides to be coupled to a power supply bus bar,
- a second groove including pairs of contact strips on groove sides to be coupled to a power return bus bar, and
- a plurality of electrical pins protruding axially from a surface of the connector, wherein a connection of each pair of the strips to the respective pins forms a half-ring;
- a circuit board that interfaces with the plurality of electrical pins;
- and
- a line card power connector that couples to the circuit board and receives a line card.
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A method, comprising:
- interfacing a circuit board with a plurality of electrical pins of a pass-through connector, the pass-through connector including
- a first groove including pairs of contact strips on groove sides to be coupled to a power supply bus bar, and
- a second groove including pairs of contact strips on groove sides to be coupled to a power return bus bar, the plurality of electrical pins protruding axially from a surface of the connector, wherein a connection of each pair of the strips to the respective pins forms a half-ring;
- and
- coupling the circuit board to a line card power connector that receives a line card.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.