US 12,432,871 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for locking a server in a rack
Rick Chun Kit Cheung, Lynwood, WA (US); and Luke Thomas Gregory, Mercer Island, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,355.
Prior Publication US 2023/0403812 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05B 63/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2025.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1408 (2013.01) [E05B 63/00 (2013.01); E05B 2063/0026 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server in a rack of servers, comprising:
a support structure;
a processor on the support structure; and
a means for locking the support structure to a busbar, the means for locking preventing removal of the support structure from the rack of servers through a connection to the busbar.