US 12,439,567 B2
Front-to-rear airflow assembly for an equipment casing mounted on a rack
Mitchell O'Leary, Ottawa (CA); Simon J. E. Shearman, Carleton Place (CA); Daniel Rivaud, Ottawa (CA); and Marc Leclair, Gatineau (CA)
Assigned to Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US)
Filed by Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/538,170.
Application 18/538,170 is a continuation of application No. 17/362,393, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,997,829.
Prior Publication US 2024/0114665 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20563 (2013.01) [H05K 7/1417 (2013.01); H05K 7/1489 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20572 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network element comprising:
a rack or shelf assembly, and
a filler card disposed in the rack or shelf assembly, wherein the filler card has no electrical connectivity for carrying traffic, wherein the filler card is adapted to receive and retain one or more pluggable device connectors and cables at a faceplate of the filler card,
wherein the filler card comprises one or more cages disposed at the faceplate of the filler card adapted to receive and retain the one or more pluggable device connectors plugged through and into one or more holes of the faceplate and the one or more cages of the filler card or comprises one or more hook or finger structures disposed externally on the faceplate of the filler card, the faceplate having no holes, and adapted to receive and retain the one or more pluggable device connectors at the faceplate of the filler card.