Patent ID: 7425685
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An electronics system comprising: a chassis housing a plurality of disk drives, the chassis having a back end, and an electrical plug and an electrical signal connector at the back end; a rack having opposing sidewalls and a compartment for receiving the chassis; a cable conduit mounted to one of the sidewalls of the rack adjacent the compartment for receiving the chassis, the cable conduit having a panel portion that abuts the back end of the chassis; and first and second cable assemblies coupled to the panel portion of the cable conduit facing the chassis, the first cable assembly including an electrical plug receptacle and a first cable that extends through a length of the cable conduit for conducting power from a power source to the electrical plug receptacle, the second cable assembly including a data signal connector and a second cable that extends through a length of the cable conduit for conducting data signals to and from the data signal connector, the electrical plug receptacle receiving the electrical plug and the data signal connector receiving the electrical signal connector of the chassis, concurrently, when the chassis fully slides into the compartment in the rack, thereby supplying power to and establishing data signal communications with the chassis.