IP Library Granted Patent US 9,166,316
Granted Patent B2
US 9,166,316 · App. 14/072,596 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Data storage connecting device

Inventors: Richard S. Chen (San Jose, CA); Lawrence H. Liang (San Jose, CA); Lawrence K. W. Lam (San Jose, CA); Shen Ping (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
H01R12/724G11B25/00H01R27/02
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Patent No.
US 9,166,316
App. No.
14/072,596
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A data storage connecting device includes a circuit board, a first connector, a second connector and a third connector. The circuit board has a first connecting end and a second connecting end. The first connector and a second connector are both disposed on the first connecting end and respectively at two sides of a long axis of the circuit board, a location of the second connector connecting with a data storage device being opposite to that of the first connector connecting with another data storage device. The third connector is disposed on the second connecting end for transmitting data from two data storage devices connected to the first connector and the second connector, respectively, via the circuit to a server device, or vice versa.

Claims (12)

1. A data storage connecting device, comprising:

a circuit board ( 11 ), having a first connecting end ( 111 ) and a second connecting end ( 112 );

a first connector ( 12 ), disposed on the first connecting end ( 111 );

a second connector ( 13 ), disposed on the first connecting end ( 111 ), and the first connector ( 12 ) and the second connector ( 13 ) being respectively disposed at two sides of a longitudinal axis (L) of the circuit board ( 11 ) and arranged along a transversal axis, a location of the second connector's connection with a data storage device, with respect to the transversal axis, being opposite to that of the first connector's connection with another data storage device; and

a third connector ( 14 ) comprising a first storing unit pin set ( 142 ) and a second storing unit pin set ( 143 ), disposed on the second connecting end ( 112 ) for transmitting data from two data storage devices connected to the first connector ( 12 ) and the second connector ( 13 ), respectively, via the circuit board ( 11 ) to a server device, or transmitting data from the server device to the two data storage devices connected to the first connector ( 12 ) and the second connector ( 13 ), respectively.

2. The data storage connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board ( 11 ) has a middle part of an elongated shape formed between the first connecting end and the second connecting end, and a width of the first connecting end ( 111 ) and a width of the second connecting end ( 112 ) are larger than a width of the middle part ( 113 ) of the circuit board ( 11 ).

3. The data storage connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the third connector ( 14 ) is a male connector.

4. The data storage connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the third connector ( 14 ) is a female connector.

5. The data storage connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first storing unit pin set ( 142 ) is provided for the second connector ( 13 ).

6. The data storage connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second storing unit pin set ( 143 ) is provided for the first connector ( 12 ).

7. The data storage connecting device according to claim 6 , wherein the third connector ( 14 ) further comprises a power pin set ( 141 ), a ground pin set ( 147 ), and a power and ground pin set ( 145 ).

8. The data storage connecting device according to claim 7 , wherein the third connector ( 14 ) further comprises a mainboard pin set ( 146 ).

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2026
From: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 074447/0643 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2024
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
To: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
Reel/Frame 069436/0469 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2018
From: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, AS ADMINSTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 046029/0940 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2013
From: CHEN, RICHARD S.; LIANG, LAWRENCE H.; LAM, LAWRENCE K.W.; PING, SHEN
To: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
Reel/Frame 031549/0276 →
Continuity (1)
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