Floating bus bar connector
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsJon Brian Ehlen, Pierluigi Sarti
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Abstract
A floating bus bar connector connects a computing asset to bus bars using a connecting clip and a conducting terminal that is coupled to the connecting clip and to an electronic component inside the computing asset. To simplify connection to the bus bars, the floating bus bar connector is mounted to a chassis of the computing asset so that the entire connector is movable, relative to the chassis, in a direction perpendicular to the bus bar. Thus, if the floating bus bar connector and bus bars become misaligned when the computing asset is being connected to the bus bars, the floating bus bar connector may move to realign with the bus bars.
Claims23
An apparatus comprising:
- a rack holding a plurality of rack-mounted computing assets therein;
- a bus bar carrying power to a plurality of computing assets mounted in the rack, the bus bar extending along a side of the rack in a first direction;
- a computing asset comprising a chassis configured to be mounted in the rack;
- a carrier plate attached to the chassis of the computing asset and configured to move relative to the chassis in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- a connector clip mechanically coupling to the bus bar, the connector clip mounted to the carrier plate and moveable with the carrier plate in the second direction, the connector clip having at least one conducting surface configured to contact a surface of the bus bar to transmit electrical power therebetween;
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- a conducting terminal directly coupled to extending from a side of the connector clip, the conducting terminal coupled to an electronic component of the computing asset and the conducting terminal of the connector clip distal to the carrier plate curving away from a plane including the bus bar to form a gathering for engaging the connector clip with the bus bar.
An apparatus comprising:
- a chassis housing one or more electronic components;
- a carrier plate attached to the chassis and configured to move relative to the chassis in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction;
- a connector clip mechanically coupling to a bus bar carrying power and extending along the first direction, the connector clip mounted to the carrier plate and moveable with the carrier plate in the second direction, the connector clip having at least one conducting surface configured to contact a surface of the bus bar to transmit electrical power therebetween;
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- a conducting terminal coupled to extending from a side of the connector clip, the conducting terminal configured to be coupled to an electronic component housed in the chassis transmitting electrical power to the electronic component and the conducting terminal of the connector clip distal to the carrier plate curves away from a plane including the bus bar to form a gathering for engaging the connector clip with the bus bar.
An apparatus comprising:
- a carrier plate attached to a chassis and configured to move relative to the chassis in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction;
- a connector clip mechanically coupling to a bus bar carrying power and extending along a first direction, the connector clip mounted to the carrier plate and moveable with the carrier plate in the second direction, the connector clip having at least one conducting surface configured to contact with a surface of the bus bar to transmit electrical power therebetween;
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- a conducting terminal coupled to extending from a side of the connector clip, the conducting terminal configured to be coupled to an electronic component of a computing asset housed in the chassis for transmitting electrical power to the electronic component, and the conducting surface of the connector clip distal to the carrier plate curves away from a plane including the bus bar to form a gathering for engaging the connector clip with the bus bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.