ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,197, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).
"Break out module system" was invented by Augusto Panella (Naperville, Ill.), Daniel B. Mcgowan (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), Raymond Matyka (Plainfield, Ill.), Gregory B. Walz (Maumelle, Ark.) and Kirk B. Peloza (Lisle, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server rack with a plurality of compute nodes is positioned in a facility that includes a spine and the server rack includes a middle of rack ((OR) switch located near the middle of the server rack, vertically speaking. The MOR switch includes a plurality of ports that are connected via passive cables to the compute nodes p...