Patent ID: 9338922
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A rack adapter apparatus, comprising: a shelf configured to be mounted in a rack frame having a front opening of a first width and a rear opening of the first width, the shelf being further configured to support a computing device thereon, the computing device having a second width less than the first width and having a back-side port disposed thereon, the back-side port facing the rear opening when the computing device is supported by the shelf and the shelf is mounted in the rack frame; a pass-through plate coupled to the shelf, the pass-through plate facing the front opening; and a pass-through jack disposed within the pass-through plate, the pass-through jack having a front port facing the front opening and a rear port facing the rear opening, the front and rear ports being electrically coupled, and the rear port being configured to be communicatively coupled to the back-side port of the computing device such that electrical signals input into the front port are passed to the back-side port.