US 12,075,578 B2
Preloaded flexible latch assembly
Adam Spiegelman, The Hills, TX (US); Kevin O'Connell, Mantorville, MN (US); Kenneth E. Lubahn, Oronoco, MN (US); Justin Christopher Rogers, Rochester, MN (US); and Eric J. Campbell, Rochester, MN (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/476,961.
Application 18/476,961 is a continuation of application No. 17/489,863, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/230,671, filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032225 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); E05C 3/14 (2006.01); E05C 5/02 (2006.01); E05C 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0221 (2013.01) [E05C 3/14 (2013.01); E05C 5/02 (2013.01); E05C 19/06 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system component bay comprising:
a frame comprising:
a lug; and
an input connector; and
a cassette configured to be inserted into the frame, the cassette comprising:
a housing;
an output connector communicatively connected to an electronic component and configured to connect with the input connector; and
a latch mechanism comprising:
a stop connected to the housing; and
a latch comprising:
a body;
a first spring integrally formed with and extending from the body; and
a second spring, an end of the second spring integrally formed with the body, wherein an opposite end of the second spring extends from the body and comprises a mounting portion rotatably connected to the housing.