Jose Luis Huerta - Austin TX Nathan Daniel Gruber - Rochester MN Bruce Edwin Baker - Round Rock TX
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
H01R 2400
US Classification:
439629, 439297, 361727
Abstract:
An automatic power docking mechanism for establishing a power connection between a computer electronic subsystem and a power distribution board within a computer chassis is provided. In one embodiment, the power docking mechanism includes power pads electrically coupled to a power distribution board and a housing with slotted openings secured over the power pads. The housings slotted openings are configured to receive power bus bars from a computer subsystem and hold the bus bars in contact with the power pads.
- Beloit WI, US Michael A. Logsdon - Wausau WI, US Laura Michelle Reamer - Wausau WI, US James P. Johnson - Valparaiso IN, US Simon Andrew Odland - Aberdeen SD, US Larry Gene Anderson - Aberdeen SD, US Christopher Andrew Carrigan - Brooksville KY, US Nathan Daniel Gruber - Wausau WI, US
International Classification:
B65G 17/32 B65G 47/61
Abstract:
A carriage assembly for a transport system includes a first body and a second body configured to moveably couple to a beam defining a transport path. The carriage assembly also includes a carrier coupled to the first body and the second body. The carrier is configured to support a container such that the carriage assembly transports the container along the transport path. The carriage assembly further includes a drive system coupled to at least one of the first body and the second body. The drive system is configured to move the carriage assembly along the transport path.