US 12,481,311 B2
Information handling system with retractable input/output port component
Owen Kidd, Cedar Park, TX (US); and Walter R. Carver, 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. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/138,044.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353892 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/16 (2013.01) [H05K 7/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retractable input/output port component for a server type information handling system, comprising:
a housing, the housing having a front facet and a side facet, the housing being configured to be retracted into a volume of the server type information handling system, the front facet of the housing being flush with a faceplate of the server type information handling system when the housing is retracted into the volume of the server type information handling system, the front facet filling a front edge of the volume of the server type information handling system when the housing is retracted into the volume of the server type information handling system such that the front facet extends continuously with the faceplate of the server type information handling system when the housing is retracted into the volume of the server type information handling system;
an ever present feature port, the ever present feature port being mounted to the front facet of the housing; and,
a temporary use feature, the temporary use feature being mounted to the side facet of the housing, the temporary use feature being accessible when the housing is in an extracted configuration.