Patent ID: 9213363
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G02B,G06F,H04Q,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A chassis for a bladed panel system, the chassis comprising: a chassis housing defining an interior accessible through an open front; a plurality of guides positioned along interior sides of the chassis housing, the guides extending between a front and a rear of the chassis housing, the guides being configured to facilitate sliding of blades through the open front of the chassis housing; a backplane positioned at an open rear of the chassis, the backplane including a plurality of blade ports facing the interior of the chassis housing and a processor port facing an exterior of the chassis housing; a chassis processor electrically coupled to the processor port of the chassis backplane, the chassis processor being coupled to a data network; and a rear cover configured to releasably couple to the chassis housing to at least partially enclose the open rear of the chassis housing, the rear cover cooperating with the rear of the chassis housing to define at least one routing opening through which media segments are routed to the blades from the rear of the chassis housing, the at least one routing opening being located rearward of the backplane.