US 12,156,365 B2
Powering electronic devices in a data center
Varun Sakalkar, San Carlos, CA (US); Jyoti Sastry, Santa Clara, CA (US); James Kennedy, San Jose, CA (US); Eduardo Lao, Fremont, CA (US); Christopher Gregory Malone, Mountain View, CA (US); and Pascal Kam, Union City, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/046,055.
Application 18/046,055 is a continuation of application No. 16/659,288, filed on Oct. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,503,735.
Application 16/659,288 is a continuation of application No. 15/395,323, filed on Dec. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,492,329, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064855 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1492 (2013.01) [G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H05K 7/1497 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data center power system, comprising:
an electrical power conductor that comprises a rail that includes a live conductor surface and carries electrical power from a power source through a human-occupiable workspace of a data center, the rail mounted to a floor of the data center such that the live conductor surface is at least partially exposed in the human-occupiable workspace through a top surface of the rail;
a grounded conductor embedded in the floor of the data center parallel to the rail conductor and positioned in the human-occupiable workspace apart from the electrical power conductor;
a first electrical connector configured to mount to a data center rack that supports a plurality of electronic devices, the first electrical connector moveable to electrically contact the live conductor surface of the electrical power conductor; and
a second electrical conductor positioned on the rack and configured to electrically contact the grounded conductor.