Adaptor for storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10588237-B2
Application number	US-201815954656-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2018
Priority date	Apr 17, 2017
Publication date	Mar 10, 2020
Grant date	Mar 10, 2020

Abstract

Techniques involve use of an adaptor for a storage device. The adaptor includes a baseboard arranged to support an Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine card in the storage device; a connector coupled to the baseboard and arranged to connect with the storage device; and an adapting part coupled to the baseboard and including an insertion slot for receiving a first interface of the OCP mezzanine card.

First claim

We claim:

1. An adaptor for a storage device, comprising:
a baseboard arranged to support an Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine card in the storage device;
a connector coupled to the baseboard and arranged to connect with the storage device; and
an adapting part coupled to the baseboard and comprising an insertion slot for receiving a first interface of the OCP mezzanine card,
wherein the baseboard is constructed and arranged to include an opening formed at a middle position of one side of the baseboard corresponding to the adapting part, the opening being constructed and arranged to enable positioning of a main heating part of the OCP mezzanine card at the opening when the OCP mezzanine card is inserted into the adaptor.

2. The adaptor of claim 1 , further comprising: a framework at least partially surrounding the baseboard.

3. The adaptor of claim 2 , wherein the framework comprises a panel, the panel comprising a receiving part for receiving a second interface of the OCP mezzanine card.

4. The adaptor of claim 3 , further comprising:
a latching part operable to lock the framework on the storage device or unlock the framework from the storage device.

5. The adaptor of claim 3 , wherein the connector is disposed at another side of the baseboard and extends outward from the other side of the baseboard, the other side being parallel to the panel; and the adapting part is disposed at the one side of the baseboard perpendicular to the other side.

6. The adaptor of claim 1 , wherein the connector and the first interface follow a same peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) protocol.

7. The adaptor of claim 1 , wherein the OCP mezzanine card is detachably coupled to the baseboard via a clip.

8. The adaptor of claim 1 , wherein the OCP mezzanine card is removably attached to the adaptor via the insertion slot.

9. The adaptor of claim 1 , wherein the adapting part is constructed and arranged to enable hot-swapping of the OCP mezzanine card with the adaptor via the insertion slot.

10. An Input/Output (I/O) card, comprising:
an Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine card; and
an adaptor, wherein the adaptor comprises:
a baseboard arranged to support the Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine card in a storage device;
a connector coupled to the baseboard and arranged to connect with the storage device; and
an adapting part coupled to the baseboard and comprising an insertion slot for receiving a first interface of the OCP mezzanine card,
wherein the baseboard is constructed and arranged to include an opening formed at a middle position of one side of the baseboard corresponding to the adapting part, the opening being constructed and arranged to enable positioning of a main heating part of the OCP mezzanine card at the opening when the OCP mezzanine card is inserted into the adaptor.

11. The Input/Output card of claim 10 , wherein the adaptor further comprises:
a framework at least partially surrounding the baseboard.

12. The Input/Output card of claim 11 , wherein the framework comprises a panel, the panel comprising a receiving part for receiving a second interface of the OCP mezzanine card.

13. The Input/Output card of claim 12 , wherein the adaptor further comprises:
a latching part operable to lock the framework on the storage device or unlock the framework from the storage device.

14. The Input/Output card of claim 12 , wherein the connector is disposed at another side of the baseboard and extends outward from the other side of the baseboard, the other side being parallel to the panel; and the adapting part is disposed at the one side of the baseboard perpendicular to the other side.

15. The Input/Output card of claim 9 , wherein the connector and the first interface follow a same peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) protocol.

16. A method for manufacturing an adaptor, wherein the adaptor comprises:
a baseboard arranged to support an Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine card in a storage device;
a connector coupled to the baseboard and arranged to connect with the storage device; and
an adapting part coupled to the baseboard and comprising an insertion slot for receiving a first interface of the OCP mezzanine card,
wherein the baseboard is constructed and arranged to include an opening formed at a middle position of one side of the baseboard corresponding to the adapting part, the opening being constructed and arranged to enable positioning of a main heating part of the OCP mezzanine card at the opening when the OCP mezzanine card is inserted into the adaptor.

Assignees

• Emc Ip Holding Co Llc

Inventors

• Zhai Haifang
• Dong David
• Zhou Michael Hao
• Hao Sandburg
• Chen Sean Xu

Classifications

• G06F13/385 Primary

  for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices · CPC title

• H05K7/1411

  for securing or extracting box-type drawers · CPC title

• G06F2213/0026

  PCI express · CPC title

• H05K7/1487 Primary

  Blade assemblies, e.g. blade cases or inner arrangements within a blade · CPC title

• G06F13/4068

  Electrical coupling · CPC title