US 11,917,779 B2
Cover assembly with damping hinge
Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Cedar Park, TX (US); Alice Aigin Liu, Shanghai (CN); Sam Shang, Shanghai (CN); Anthony Sanchez, Pflugerville, TX (US); and Yuxin Chen, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/194,945.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287194 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [H05K 7/1494 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular information handling system, comprising:
one or more information handling resources; and
an enclosure configured to house the one or more information handling resources, the enclosure comprising a topside cover comprising:
a fixed portion mechanically fixed to a remaining portion of the enclosure;
a movable portion;
a damping hinge configured to rotatably couple the movable portion to the fixed portion about an axis of rotation defined by the damping hinge, wherein the damping hinge is configured to dampen mechanical rotation of the movable portion relative to the fixed portion when the movable portion mechanically moves towards a closed position relative to the fixed portion; and
a spring assembly configured to exert a mechanical spring force on the movable portion relative to the fixed portion to force the movable portion toward the closed position when the movable portion is opened relative to the fixed portion.