Drive cage and wires

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9756756-B2
Application number	US-201213430363-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2012
Priority date	Mar 26, 2012
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Martin-Otto William Fred
• Farrow Timothy Samuel
• Makley Albert Vincent
• Pamley Marc Richard
• Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Martin-Otto William Fred
• Farrow Timothy Samuel
• Makley Albert Vincent
• Pamley Marc Richard

Classifications

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• H05K7/1491 Primary

  having cable management arrangements (management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06) · CPC title

• G06F1/189

  Power distribution · CPC title

• G06F1/187

  Mounting of fixed or removable disk drives · CPC title