CACI International has been granted a patent for a carrier system consisting of ruggedized drawers with fans, power supply, and card connectors. The system allows communication with external parties through a processor, enhancing data exchange capabilities. GlobalData’s report on CACI International gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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According to GlobalData’s company profile on CACI International, was a key innovation area identified from patents. CACI International's grant share as of May 2024 was 33%. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
Rack-mountable system with drawers for plugin cards
A carrier system patent (Publication Number: US11978978B2) has been granted for a system comprising a plurality of drawers, each with a main body, fans, power supply, and a card connector. The card connector's processor communicates with an external third party to represent the drawers, prioritize information output, control functionality for plugin cards, and orchestrate other drawers for tasks like boot-up sequences and power consumption priorities. The processor also monitors system information, obtains reconciliatory information from the third party to disable system portions if needed, and determines the state of other drawers for safe or disabled states.
Additionally, the patent includes a method for load balancing with integrated drawers in a rack, each housing plugin cards. The card connectors include multiple PCBs with ruggedized connectors for external systems, with the processor mounted on a dedicated manager PCB determining drawer states based on sensor outputs, input signals, and internally determined data values. The state determination includes operational, maintenance needs, and repair requirements, with input signals from external transceivers and sensor outputs from various sensors like light, temperature, and audio sensors. Furthermore, the patent covers a carrier system with a drawer orchestrating others, each with a card connector and backplane for plugin cards, where the processor predicts orchestration using a machine learning model based on sensor outputs from the main body and within the drawer itself.
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