US 11,678,454 B2
Modular floating mechanism design for cable blind mating at server infrastructure
Chih Hsien Chang, Taipei (TW); and Yi Chang Chen, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/938,246.
Application 16/938,246 is a continuation of application No. 16/159,846, filed on Oct. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,743,433.
Prior Publication US 2020/0359518 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1401 (2013.01) [H05K 7/142 (2013.01); H05K 7/1489 (2013.01); H05K 7/1491 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first structure;
a second structure;
a circular damper within a penetration of the second structure, wherein the second structure fits within a first spacer of the circular damper;
a plurality of second spacers disposed axially through a penetration of the circular damper and radially on the damper;
a bolt disposed in the penetration of the circular damper and attached to the first structure; and
wherein the plurality of second spacers are configured to allow the bolt to move within the penetration in a plane of the second structure, a first portion of the first structure is coplanar with a first portion of the second structure, the bolt is parallel to the plane of the first portion of the first structure and the first portion of the second structure, the second structure includes a first portion extending in a second plane that is perpendicular to a third plane of the second structure and a second portion extending in a fourth plane that is perpendicular to the third plane and the second plane, and a second damper is disposed in a penetration of the first portion of the second structure.