US 12,232,249 B2
Systems and methods for visually identifying equipment in a data center
Kannan Karuppiah, Fremont, CA (US); and Shree Rathinasamy, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/224,907.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330419 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/0269 (2013.01) [G06F 1/16 (2013.01); H05K 5/0252 (2013.01); H05K 7/1498 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10053 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system, comprising:
a processor; and
a visual indicator assembly comprising:
a visual indicator;
an actuator mechanically coupled to the visual indicator and communicatively coupled to the processor, and configured to receive control signals from the processor to mechanically translate the visual indicator between:
an activated position in which the visual indicator is visually perceptible to a user external to the information handling system; and
a deactivated position in which the visual indicator is visually imperceptible to the user; and
an optically-transmissive casing for covering the visual indicator such that when the visual indicator is in the activated position, the visual indicator is visually perceptible to the user through the optically-transmissive casing.