A modular monitoring-and-control drawer (138) for an electrical connection enclosure is configured to be connected to an electricity source and to an electrical load. The drawer comprises functional elements dimensioned so as to be adapted to the electrical power delivered to the electrical load. The drawer comprises a base (328), the functional elements being attached to the base, the height of the base, measured along an axis (Z) perpendicular to the base, being constant. The drawer comprises a frontal part (300) and a cover (330). The heights of the frontal part and of the cover, measured along an axis perpendicular to the base, are adapted to the dimensions of the functional elements. The monitoring-and-control drawer is configured to operate in a first orientation in which its base is located at the bottom of the drawer and its cover is located at the top, and in a second orientation in which its base is located at the top and its cover is located at the bottom.

An I/O system including an I/O base, and at least one I/O module mechanically and electrically coupled with the I/O base. The I/O module includes a locking actuator assembly having a locking actuator movable from a first unlocked position to a second locked position, the locking actuator configured to interlock with the I/O base to secure the I/O module to the base when in the second position, and a sensor for sensing a position of the locking actuator and generating a signal indicative of the position of the locking actuator.

A chassis for electronic equipment, comprising a front panel, a slot disposed in the front panel and a first computer card latch disposed in the slot, the first computer card latch configured to hold a computer card having a first predetermined height.

A method and latch for use with mounting a panel mount module to a panel. The latch includes a housing with a module receiving cavity. The module receiving cavity has cavity walls with projections extending from the cavity walls into the module receiving cavity. The projections are configured to be positioned in openings provided in side walls of the module when the latch is mounted on the module. Securing openings extend through the housing. Mounting hardware is positioned in the securing openings. The securing openings and mounting hardware are configured to be positioned in line with mounting openings in the panel. With the mounting hardware properly secured in the mounting openings of the panel and the projections properly secured in the openings of the module, the module is prevented from movement relative to the panel and any forces applied to the module will be transferred through the latch to the panel.

An I/O system including an I/O base having a first connector component, an I/O module selectively attachable to the I/O base and having a second connector component adapted to mate with the first connector component, and a locking actuator assembly for securing the I/O module to the I/O base. The locking actuator assembly includes an actuator supported for axial and rotational movement by the I/O module, the actuator movable from an unlocked position having a first end of the actuator extending from a housing of the I/O module to a locked position wherein a second end of the actuator extends from the housing. The second end of the actuator includes a flange adapted to pass through a corresponding slot in a surface of the I/O base such that when the actuator is rotated the at least one flange restricts withdrawal of the actuator from the slot in the I/O base.

A circuit module is provided, including: a substrate, having a PCI-E or PCI strip, the PCI-E or PCI strip for being inserted into and electrically connected with a PCI-E or PCI slot; at least one LED, disposed at a side of the substrate opposite to the PCI-E or PCI strip, electrically connected with the PCI-E or PCI strip; a light guide member, being pervious to light, at least corresponding to the at least one LED.

Example embodiments of the present invention provide a method of manufacture and an apparatus for optimized server design using dense DIMM spacing, wide heatsink, improved routing channels, and improved air delivery to rear devices. The method of manufacture comprise providing a plurality of compliant pin memory sockets on a first side of a circuit board at a pitch less than that specified in a reference layout requiring solder tail memory sockets and providing a plurality of surface mount capacitors on the second side of the circuit board enabling at least one pair of the plurality of compliant pin memory sockets to be provided at the pitch less than that specified in the reference layout.

Certain embodiments may relate to configuring a memory drive device. An apparatus may be provided. The apparatus may include an enclosure having at least one open side, a plurality of memory cards secured within the enclosure, an indicator in communication with the plurality of memory cards, and a motherboard connected to the plurality of memory cards. The plurality of memory cards may be exposed to the at least one open side, and may be suspended over each other. Further, the indicator may be configured to indicate an operating status of each of the plurality of memory cards.

A computing apparatus adapted for rear access installation of a computer card with blind mating. The apparatus includes an enclosure with a rear access opening and a circuit board mounted in an interior space of the enclosure with an upward facing connector. The apparatus includes a guide assembly comprising a guide mounted within the interior space, and the guide includes a travel surface extending over the upward facing connector of the circuit board. The apparatus includes a card carrier with a frame that houses a computer card, e.g., a PCIe card, which includes a connector extending outward from the card carrier frame. The card carrier rides upon the travel surface when the card carrier is inserted into the enclosure and then pivots about a contact surface in the guide assembly when the computer card connector is proximate to the upward facing connector to provide vertical insertion of the computer card.

A locking mechanism for a computing device controls movement of a removable module within a computer chassis. The locking mechanism comprises a lock pin, a head, and a spring stopper. The lock pin includes an elongated shaft and a head. The spring stopper is disposed on the elongated shaft. The spring is disposed about the elongated shaft such that the spring extends from the spring stopper toward an end of the elongated shaft. As the lock pin moves along a longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft from a first position to a second position, the spring is configured to compress between the spring stopper and a fixed bracket in the computer chassis. The opposite second end extends through a hole in the removable module, thereby preventing the removable module from being removed from the computer chassis.