IP Library Granted Patent US 11,809,244
Granted Patent B2
US 11,809,244 · App. 17/697,995 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Information processing apparatus

Inventor: Yuichi Saigan (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
G06F1/20H05K7/1457H05K7/20172
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Patent No.
US 11,809,244
App. No.
17/697,995
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A controller and a rectangular parallelepiped power supply apparatus are coupled to a rear surface of a midplane, to which a plurality of storage media drives are coupled in a front surface of the midplane. A plurality of interface connectors arranged in a left-right direction are provided at a front end of a controller substrate. The rear surface of the midplane includes a plurality of connectors for controller, which are a plurality of connectors arranged in the left-right direction to which interface connectors of the controller are respectively coupled, and a connector for power supply, which are connectors to which a power supply apparatus set horizontally is coupled. A part of a row of the connectors for controller is present below the power supply apparatus coupled sideways to the connector for power supply.

Claims (36)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a midplane, which is a circuit board;

a plurality of storage media drives coupled to a front surface of the midplane;

a controller coupled to a rear surface of the midplane; and

a rectangular parallelepiped power supply apparatus longest in a front-rear direction, wherein

the controller includes:

a controller board, which is a circuit board; and

a plurality of controller components provided on the controller board,

the plurality of controller components include a plurality of interface connectors arranged in a left-right direction along a front end of the controller substrate,

the front surface of the midplane includes a plurality of connectors for drive, the connectors for drive being connectors to which the storage media drives are respectively coupled,

the rear surface of the midplane includes:

a plurality of connectors for controller, which are a plurality of connectors arranged in the left-right direction to which the interface connectors of the controller are respectively coupled; and

a connector for power supply, which is a connector to which the power supply apparatus set sideways is coupled, and

a part of a row of the connectors for controller is present below the power supply apparatus coupled sideways to the connector for power supply.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover that covers the controller board, wherein

the plurality of controller components include two or more controller components having different heights,

the cover includes:

a first upper surface present at first height; and

a second upper surface present at second height lower than the first height, and

the power supply apparatus coupled to the rear surface of the midplane is present on the second upper surface.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the power supply apparatus is configured by a power supply unit and a battery unit set in series with the power supply unit and closer to the midplane than the power supply unit.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

a first apparatus set and a second apparatus set, which are same apparatus sets, are coupled to the rear surface of the midplane,

the first apparatus set and the second apparatus set are arrayed in an up-down direction,

the first apparatus set is an apparatus set including the controller, the power supply apparatus, and the cover, and

the second apparatus set is a vertically reversed apparatus set and is an apparatus set located on the first apparatus set.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of controller components include a plurality of fans that are arrayed in the left-right direction and respectively suck air in a front and exhaust the air to a rear,

the plurality of fans include a first fan and a second fan lower than the first fan,

the first fan is present under the first upper surface,

the second fan is present under the second upper surface, and

the cover includes a first side surface extending from one side edge of the first upper surface to another side edge of the second upper surface and a second side surface extending downward from one side edge of the second upper surface and guides cooling air generated by the plurality of fans.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of controller components include a plurality of fans that are arrayed in the left-right direction and respectively suck air in a front and exhaust the air to a rear,

the plurality of fans include a first fan and a second fan lower than the first fan, and

in a horizontal view of the controller board, the first fan is present in a position different from the power supply apparatus and the second fan is present in a position overlapping the power supply apparatus.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Aug 20, 2024
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI VANTARA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069518/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2022
From: SAIGAN, YUICHI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059301/0157 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-171605 · Oct 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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