US 12,105,330 B2
Switch sub-chassis systems and methods
Kevin Leigh, Houston, TX (US); Everett Salinas, Pasadena, TX (US); and John Franz, Tomball, TX (US)
Assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/948,726.
Application 16/948,726 is a division of application No. 16/192,445, filed on Nov. 15, 2018, granted, now 10,809,466.
Prior Publication US 2021/0088735 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3897 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4452 (2013.01); G02B 6/4453 (2013.01); H01R 12/7005 (2013.01); H05K 7/1454 (2013.01); H05K 7/1492 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modularly blindmateable switch sub-chassis,
comprising:
a base pan;
a line-card cage assembly having a plurality of line-card slots for serviceably receiving a plurality of line-cards;
a fence bracket attached to the line-card cage assembly;
a liquid line assembly modularly installed within the base pan, the liquid line assembly having a liquid supply line and a liquid return line each terminated, at an interior end, at a liquid manifold that is modularly attached to a front-end bulkhead of the base pan and, at an exterior end, with a detachable leak-proof liquid coupler for liquid interface to rack liquid lines of a server rack; and
a fiber shuffle tray having a plurality of fiber shuffle assemblies that guide optical fibers between faceplate optical connectors and optical blindmate connectors on the fence bracket;
wherein the liquid manifold at the interior end of the liquid supply line and the liquid manifold at the interior end of the liquid return line each include a detachable leak-proof liquid coupler configured for liquid blindmate to one of the plurality of line-cards.