公开(公告)号：US10037782B1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-31

申请号：US15614899

申请日：2017-06-06

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Odie Banks Killen, Jr. ,  David Dick Anderson, Jr. ,  Kevin Van Pelt ,  David Michael Davis

IPC: H05K7/14 ,  G11B33/04 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G06F1/18

CPC classification number: G11B33/0466 ,  G06F1/185 ,  G06F1/187 ,  G06F12/0623 ,  G11B33/128

Abstract: An enclosure has a sidewall with a step that results in an upper part of the sidewall extending over a slide mounting region. A backplane is located at a base of the enclosure and is configured to receive a plurality of data storage drives. A circuit carrier extends from the backplane to the step in the side of the enclosure. The circuit carrier has one or more connectors proximate an upper surface of the step and is configured to receive one or more expansion modules that expand a functionality of the backplane.

公开(公告)号：US11467997B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US15439024

申请日：2017-02-22

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Odie Banks Killen, Jr. ,  David Dick Anderson ,  John Davis Schnabel

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G11B33/12 ,  G11B33/14

Abstract: A data storage array has a backplane at the base of an enclosure. A plurality of data storage drives are coupled to connectors of the backplane. A hot-swappable protocol expander module is coupled between the drives and the backplane through a top of the enclosure or to the backplane through a side of the enclosure.