US 11,696,416 B2
System and method for facilitating movement of components in a chassis
Liang-Chun Ma, Taoyuan (TW); Matthew Bryan Gilbert, Austin, TX (US); Richard A. Crisp, Austin, TX (US); and Kevin R. Garrett, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/903,359.
Prior Publication US 2021/0390985 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1408 (2013.01) [G06F 1/185 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chassis for housing a computing device of an information handling system, comprising:
a receiving portion of an expansion card receiver adapted to:
receive an expansion card, and
operably connect the expansion card to another component of the computing device while the expansion card is received by the receiving portion; and
a management portion of the expansion card receiver, wherein the management portion is adapted to:
receive a force from a user;
in response to receiving the force:
transition the management portion from a first state to a second state,
wherein when the management portion is in the first state:
a handle, adapted to enable the expansion card to be removed from the chassis, is disposed completely inside of the management portion in a first position,
wherein the handle is orthogonal to the expansion card when the expansion card is received in the receiving portion,
the expansion card receiver is locked to the chassis using a chassis latch,
wherein when the management portion is in the second state:
the handle is disposed outside of the management portion in a second position that enables the user to utilize the handle,
the expansion card receiver is unlocked from the chassis,
wherein the management portion comprises:
an actuator comprising a control surface disposed on an exterior surface of the expansion card receiver,
a rotational mount upon which the handle and the chassis latch are disposed, and
a rotational mount latch release,
wherein the actuator is mechanically coupled to the rotational mount by the rotational mount latch release,
wherein the force comprises of pressure applied to the control surface of the actuator, which causes the rotational mount latch release to release rotational tension applied to the rotation mount when the force is received using the control surface,
wherein the rotational mount is adapted to rotate about a pivot when the rotational tension is released, wherein the pivot is located in the center of the rotational mount; and
wherein when the rotational mount rotates about the pivot, the handle rotates about the pivot from the first position to the second position.