Computing devices having slots and components for receipt of different types of peripherals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10248602-B2
Application number	US-201514859252-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2015
Priority date	Sep 19, 2015
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

Computing devices having slots and components for receipt of different types of peripherals are disclosed. According to an aspect, a computing device includes a body that defines an interior and comprises a rear wall defining a slot that extends into the interior. The slot is sized and shaped for receipt of two or more different types of peripherals. The computing device includes a motherboard that defines another slot being sized and shaped for receipt of the different types of peripherals. The other slot is substantially coplanar with the second slot. The computing device includes a connector operably interfaced with the motherboard and configured to interface with the different types of peripherals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing device comprising:
a body with a top wall, a side wall, and an interior, wherein the interior comprises a rear wall with a first slot that extends within a first horizontal plane and into the interior and enables a connection with a plurality of peripherals of a first protocol,
wherein the rear wall comprises a plurality of openings that extend within a first vertical plane;
a motherboard comprising a second slot, a third slot, and a rear edge, wherein the second and the third slots are of a same size that extends out of the interior at a second protocol,
wherein the motherboard is housed within the interior of the body and the rear edge of the motherboard is oriented such that the second slot, and the third slot is aligned co-planarly with the first slot; and
a connector, operatively interfaced with the motherboard and positioned at the rear edge of the motherboard, that provides a direct connection to a second plurality of peripherals of the second protocol.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of peripherals comprise at least one of an expansion card, an adapter card, a network interface device, a custom form-factor PCIe adapter card, and a small form-factor SFF-8201 hard drive disk module.

3. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of openings comprises an opening for providing ventilation.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the second slot of the motherboard allows nesting of the plurality of peripherals.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a server rack chassis.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the second slot is based on a predetermined orientation comprising a dimension of at least one of the plurality of peripherals.

7. A method comprising:
placing a motherboard within an interior of a body of a computing device, wherein the body comprises a top wall, a side wall, and the motherboard comprising a first slot, second slot, a third slot, and rear edge, wherein the second and the third slots are of a same size that extends out of the interior at a second protocol,
wherein the interior comprises a rear wall with the first slot extending within a first horizontal plane and into the interior and enables a connection with a plurality of peripherals of a first protocol;
enabling a connection with a plurality of peripherals at a co-planar alignment of the first slot with a second slot and a rear edge of the motherboard situated in the interior of the body that extends into the rear wall of the interior of the body to receive a peripheral aligned co-planarly,
wherein the rear wall comprises a plurality of openings that extend within a first vertical plane;
and
interfacing, by a connector positioned at a rear edge of the motherboard, a second plurality of peripherals at a second protocol.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second slot of the motherboard is based on a predetermined orientation comprising a dimension of the peripheral.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the body comprises a server rack chassis.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the peripheral comprises at least one of an expansion card, an adapter card, a network interface device, a custom form-factor PCIe adapter card, and a small form-factor SFF-8201 hard drive disk module.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of openings comprises an opening for providing ventilation.

Assignees

• Lenovo Entpr Solutions Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Artman Paul
• Junkins Andrew T
• Li Jiabing
• Samper Rodrigo
• Vinante Marcelo

Classifications

• G06F13/4282

  on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus (on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247) · CPC title

• G06F13/4081

  Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging (current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004) · CPC title

• G06F13/4068 Primary

  Electrical coupling · CPC title