DRIVE CAGE AND WIRES

• US 20130250508A1
• Filed: 03/26/2012
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Martin-Otto, William Fred, Farrow, Timothy Samuel, Makley, Albert Vincent, Pamley, Marc Richard
• Granted Patent: US 9,756,756 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.33
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/189 Power distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1491 having cable management arrangements management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

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.

Claims

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.

19. A method comprising:

positioning, on a server chassis, a power supply that comprises a wire bundle and a fan;

positioning, on the server chassis, a drive cage a distance in front of the power supply to create an air flow gap for the fan;

extending the wire bundle from the power supply to the drive cage;

ordering at least some of the wires in the wire bundle according to a motherboard power supply connector specification;

bending the wire bundle to seat against a side of the drive cage; and

bending the wire bundle to seat on the top of the drive cage.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising clipping the wire bundle to the drive cage.