IP Library Granted Patent US 9,756,756
Granted Patent B2
US 9,756,756 · App. 13/430,363 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Drive cage and wires

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,756,756
App. No.
13/430,363
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive cage can include a base side and a top side that define altitude of the drive cage; a front end and a back end that define longitude of the drive cage; a lateral side disposed between the front end and the back end and between the base side and the top side; drive bays where each drive bay extends longitudinally; a first wire bundle clip fixed to the top side that extends longitudinally to a free end; and a second wire bundle clip fixed to the lateral side that extends altitudinally to a free end. Such an example may further include a wire bundle clipped to the drive cage via the first wire bundle clip and the second wire bundle clip. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Claims (34)

1. A drive cage comprising:

a base side and a top side that define altitude of the drive cage;

a front end and a back end that define longitude of the drive cage;

a lateral side disposed between the front end and the back end and between the base side and the top side;

drive bays wherein each drive bay extends longitudinally;

a first wire bundle clip fixed to the top side that extends longitudinally to a free end; and

a second wire bundle clip fixed to the lateral side that extends altitudinally to a free end.

2. The drive cage of claim 1 further comprising a wire bundle clipped to the drive cage via the first wire bundle clip and the second wire bundle clip.

3. The drive cage of claim 2 wherein the wire bundle comprises a taped wire bundle.

4. The drive cage of claim 2 wherein the wire bundle comprises a bundle width defined in part by a wire diameter of a wire in the wire bundle.

5. The drive cage of claim 2 wherein the wire bundle comprises a bundle height defined in part by a wire diameter of a wire in the wire bundle.

6. The drive cage of claim 2 wherein the wire bundle comprises at least twenty-four wires.

7. The drive cage of claim 2 wherein the wire bundle comprises a longitudinal to altitudinal bend.

8. The drive cage of claim 7 wherein a longitudinal portion of the bend contacts the lateral side.

9. The drive cage of claim 7 wherein a space exists between an altitudinal portion of the bend and the lateral side.

10. The drive cage of claim 2 wherein the wire bundle comprises wires for a motherboard.

11. The drive cage of claim 2 wherein the wire bundle comprises wires extending from a power supply.

12. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

memory;

a power supply;

a drive cage that comprises

a base side and a top side that define altitude of the drive cage,

a front end and a back end that define longitude of the drive cage,

a lateral side disposed between the front end and the back end and between the base side and the top side, and

drive bays wherein each drive bay extends longitudinally;

at least one drive disposed in one of the drive bays of the drive cage; and

a wire bundle that extends from the power supply towards the drive cage and that comprises a longitudinal to altitudinal bend along the lateral side of the drive cage for passage of the wire bundle to the top side of the drive cage.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the drive cage comprises another lateral side and wherein the lateral sides define latitude of the drive cage.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the wire bundle comprises an altitudinal to latitudinal bend for passage of the wire bundle over the top side of the drive cage.

15. The system of claim 12 further comprising a motherboard and wherein the wire bundle comprises at least some wires for connection to the motherboard.

16. The system of claim 12 further comprising a chassis that comprises a width in a range of approximately 420 mm to approximately 450 mm.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein the power supply comprises a fan and wherein a gap extends longitudinally between the fan and the drive cage.

18. The system of claim 12 wherein the wire bundle comprises wire in a range of 24 gauge to 14 gauge.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2019
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049693/0582 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2012
From: MARTIN-OTTO, WILLIAM FRED; FARROW, TIMOTHY SAMUEL; MAKLEY, ALBERT VINCENT; PAMLEY, MARC RICHARD
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 027992/0199 →