Patent ID: 7898117

Claim:
A structural configuration, comprising: a support structure that includes at least one module, each module of said at least one module supporting a computer server disposed therein, said each module comprising at least one support member separating said each module from each adjacent module, said at least one support member configured to transmit simultaneously both power and data to said computer server; wherein said at least one module comprises a plurality of modules; wherein the at least one support member comprises a plurality of sets of multiple support members; wherein corresponding support members in successive sets of multiple support members are aligned directly above or below each other and are mechanically coupled to each other, and wherein each support member of the multiple support members in each set comprises a plurality of data cables and at least one power cable such that each data cable of said plurality of data cables is configured to transmit data and each power cable of said at least one power cable is configured to transmit power, wherein the support structure further comprises a plurality of interconnect adapters; wherein the corresponding support members in successive sets of multiple support members that are aligned directly above or below each other are mechanically coupled to each other by being in direct mechanical connection with respective opposite ends of an interconnect adapter of the plurality of interconnect adapters, wherein each interconnect adapter has an axis of rotation; wherein each interconnect adapter to which corresponding support members are connected at opposite ends thereof comprises a first half and a second half in mechanical connection with said corresponding support members; wherein the first half of each interconnect adapter is configured to be rotated in a first direction with respect to the axis of rotation; wherein the second half of each interconnect adapter is configured to be rotated in a second direction with respect to the axis of rotation; and wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction.