US 11,703,649 B2
Modular networking hardware platform
Daniel Rivaud, Ottawa (CA); Anthony Mayenburg, Carp (CA); Fabien Colton, Kars (CA); and Nicola Benvenuti, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US)
Filed by Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/839,619.
Application 17/839,619 is a continuation of application No. 16/778,041, filed on Jan. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,372,180.
Prior Publication US 2022/0308299 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H01R 13/6592 (2011.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4277 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4292 (2013.01); G02B 6/4432 (2013.01); H01R 13/6592 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H05K 7/1425 (2013.01); H05K 7/1438 (2013.01); H05K 7/20572 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular hardware platform for networking, computing, and/or storage functions comprising:
one or more units each having a first plurality of connectors on a rear side, wherein collectively the one or more units are configured to operate as a network element in a network; and
a cassette system including one or more cassette units each having cabling therein and a second plurality of connectors located along the length to connect to corresponding connectors of the first plurality of connectors, wherein an orientation of the second plurality of connectors is orthogonal to an orientation of the one or more units;
wherein a dimension of the cassette system is based on a bandwidth of the network element.