ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,370, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Back interface for rack shelf" was invented by Carl D. Williams (Manitou Springs, Colo.) and Steven C. Miller (Livermore, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a rack shelf back interface. The rack shelf back interface has first and second flanges to mount to a rack's rear facing rack mounts. The rack shelf back interface has a power connector610 on an inside of a back face of the rack shelf interface, the power connector to mate with a corresponding power connector on an electronic system that is to be instal...