Phillip Ting, Age 33Lakeland, FL

7064957, Jun 20, 2006

Jul 8, 2003

10/614908

Michael Chern - San Jose CA, US
Hong Huynh - Fremont CA, US
Phillip Ting - San Jose CA, US
Saeed Seyed - Los Altos Hills CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H05K 7/20

361719, 361709

A heat sink attachment mechanism includes a fastener having an associated compressible member. The fastener defines a flange that, as the fastener secures a heat sink to a circuit board component, is configured to contact a circuit board surface associated with the circuit board component. Contact between the flange and the circuit board minimizes the travel of the fastener relative to the circuit board component and limits the stress generated on the circuit board component or on the solder balls of a ball grid array associated with the circuit boards component by the heat sink. Also, as the fastener secures the heat sink to the circuit board component, the fastener compresses the compressible member against the heat sink, thereby causing the compressible member to expand. Expansion of the compressible member allows the compressible member to absorb changes in the stress applied by the fastener to the heat sink and circuit board component over time.

7173822, Feb 6, 2007

Oct 28, 2004

10/975179

Sridevi Iyengar - San Jose CA, US
Phillip Ting - San Jose CA, US
Saeed Seyed - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Jim Chiappe - Walnut Creek CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H05K 7/20

361695, 361690, 361719, 361818, 454184

A panel member attaches to a frame that supports electronic circuitry. The panel member includes a mounting portion configured to mount to the frame, and a face portion coupled to the mounting portion. The face portion defines a plane and multiple openings within the plane. The panel member further includes multiple brimmed portions coupled to the face portion. Each brimmed portion (i) extends around an opening defined by the face portion and (ii) projects from that opening in a direction which is away from the plane. The use of such a panel member provides improved airflow and stagnation pressure as well as robust electromagnetic interference protection.

7292458, Nov 6, 2007

Dec 1, 2005

11/291229

Michael Chern - San Jose CA, US
Saeed Seyed - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Phillip Ting - San Jose CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H05K 7/02

361807, 361759, 361785, 361790, 361754, 361774, 174138 D, 174250, 108152, 439 74, 439567

A circuit board assembly includes a motherboard defining a motherboard plane, and a daughter board defining a daughter board plane which is substantially parallel to the motherboard plane. The motherboard and the daughter board electrically connect to each other through a set of circuit board connectors. The circuit board assembly further includes a set of edge clips. Each edge clip extends outwardly from the daughter board along the daughter board plane and is configured to operate as a mounting platform through which to physically secure the daughter board to the motherboard.

7390976, Jun 24, 2008

Jun 16, 2006

11/454396

Phillip S. Ting - San Jose CA, US
Jim C. Chiappe - Walnut Creek CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H05K 9/00
H02B 1/56

174383, 174394, 174386, 361816, 361693, 454184

Methods and apparatus for shielding an object from relative high electromagnetic radio frequencies while allowing airflow to pass to and from the object are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a shield arrangement that shields a chassis includes at least a first plane and a second plane. The first plane has a thickness and defines a first plurality of openings that include a first opening and a second opening that are separated by at least a distance that is a function of the thickness. The second plane defines at least a third opening, and is approximately parallel to the first plane. The second plane is spaced apart from the first plane by a spacing that is a function of at least the thickness.

8270171, Sep 18, 2012

May 25, 2010

12/787171

Susheela Nanjunda Rao Narasimhan - Fremont CA, US
Hong Tran Huynh - Fremont CA, US
Toan Nguyen - San Jose CA, US
Duong Cu Lu - Hayward CA, US
Phillip S. Ting - San Jose CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H05K 7/20

361713, 36167951, 361692, 361710, 174 151, 181198, 181202

To increase air flow, an air intake/outtake (i. e. , intake, outtake, or both) is positioned on a front surface of a housing, such as a rack-mounted computer network switch housing. The front surface includes jacks, controls, plugs, receptacles or other input/output for connection with the processor in the housing. The air intake/outtake is one or more openings on the front surface with the input/output components. In one embodiment, to avoid interference with the input/output components and increasing the height of the housing, the air intake/outtake is a slot extending most of or all of the distance between the sides of the housing and being above or below the input/output. An intermediate plate may be used to form and support the air intake/outtake.

8545246, Oct 1, 2013

Jan 9, 2012

13/346079

Gary L. Myers - Morgan Hill CA, US
Kamran Esmaily - Sunnyvale CA, US
Upendranadh Reddy Kareti - Union City CA, US
Phillip S. Ting - San Jose CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H01R 33/94

439247, 439638, 439 65, 370389, 370419, 370351

An apparatus, in accordance with particular embodiments, includes a shell comprising two substantially parallel surfaces. The apparatus further includes a plurality of connector housings mounted between the two substantially parallel surfaces. The apparatus also includes a plurality of connectors coupled to the plurality of connector housings. Each connector is configured to move along at least one axis within its respective connector housing. The apparatus further includes a plurality of cables. Each cable is configured to couple together at least two connectors. The plurality of cables are arranged between the two substantially parallel surfaces.

8611103, Dec 17, 2013

Oct 27, 2011

13/282726

Sean Thomas - San Francisco CA, US
Saeed Seyed - Los Altos CA, US
Hong Tran Huynh - Fremont CA, US
Phillip S. Ting - San Jose CA, US
Toan Nguyen - San Jose CA, US

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

H05K 7/18

361801, 361754, 36167958, 361726, 361798, 361802

A latching apparatus provides selective injection and ejection of an electronic module relative to a chassis that includes a support member. The apparatus includes a housing to be coupled to the electronic module, and a handle pivotably coupled to the housing and movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. A catch in a first position retains the handle in the latched position. An actuator is coupled to the handle and operable to move the catch to a second position. In response to movement of the actuator in a direction the same as the direction of the handle toward the unlatched position, the catch is moved to its second position. As a result, the handle is movable between the latched and unlatched positions to permit the electronic module to be injected or ejected relative to the chassis.

5975659, Nov 2, 1999

Apr 21, 1998

9/063881

Andy K. Yang - Hayward CA
Phillip Ting - San Jose CA

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. - Taipei Hsien

H05K 500

3122232

An enclosure for a computer system comprises a base frame, a side panel and a bezel. The base frame comprises a top cover, a front panel, a rear panel, a base panel and a tray which forms an open box for receiving subsystems of the computer such as a mother board, a switching power supply, disk drives, a CD ROM etc. The side panel is pivotably mounted to the base frame for covering an opening of the box and is fixed to the rear panel by only one screw. The bezel has locating legs extending through alignment holes of the front panel and the side panel for mounting thereto.