Patent ID: 6867966

Claim:
A computer component system, comprising: a plurality of computer components; at least one component bay for mounting the plurality of the components in a series of separate parallel vertical planes in a side-by-side configuration; each one of said components having a data output ports at the front thereof and a power input connector; a series of individual spaced apart connector ports mounted at the front of the component bay and extending transverse to the series of separate parallel planes of the components; a series of cables for interconnecting individual ones of said series of connector ports and individual ones of the data output pods to convey electrical signals therebetween; and plurality of intermediate distribution units disposed at an interior of the system and extending transversely between contiguous bays and transversely to the series of parallel planes of said components in the contiguous bays and operatively interposed between the opposing bays, each said distribution unit being adopted to interface with one or more of the rear portions of the components in both of its bays for energizing electrically the components.