US 12,439,537 B2
Information handling system rack release latch having vertical movement in a latched state
Chen Zhao, Jiangsu (CN); John C. Donachy, Austin, TX (US); Nicholas Lenn Poteracki, Austin, TX (US); and Corbett B. Schoenfelt, West Lake Hills, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/199,485.
Prior Publication US 2024/0389250 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/023 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0221 (2013.01); H05K 7/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a rail;
a housing slidingly coupled to the rail;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions to process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and operable to store the instructions and information;
a handle coupled to and extending from a front side of the housing, the handle having a locked position that retains the housing in a rack and an unlocked position that releases the housing to slide out of the rack, the handle rotating vertically relative to the housing when in the unlocked position to provide access to the front side of the housing;
a latch actuator disposed in the handle and moving between an unlocked position and a locked position;
a pivot plate rotationally coupled to the handle; and
a cam lock interfaced with the latch actuator that engages the pivot plate when the latch actuator moves to the unlocked position so that the handle rotates the pivot plate when rotating vertically when the cam lock engages with the pivot plate.