Cable connector release system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsShree Rathinasamy, Victor Teeter
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Abstract
A cable release system includes a handle. An elongated base extends from the handle and includes a length that allows the handle to be held adjacent a cable connector distal end of a cable connector that is connected to a computing device while the elongated base extends adjacent the cable connector and an elongated base distal end of the elongated base is located adjacent a securing latch on the cable connector. An actuating member is located on the elongated base distal end of the elongated base and is configured to actuate the securing latch on the cable connector when the elongated base distal end of the elongated base is located adjacent the securing latch on the cable connector.
Claims20
A cable release system, comprising:
- a handle;
- an elongated base that extends from the handle and that includes a length that is configured to allow the handle to be held adjacent a cable connector distal end of a cable connector that is connected to a computing device while the elongated base extends adjacent the cable connector and an elongated base distal end of the elongated base is located adjacent a securing latch on the cable connector;
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- an actuating member that is located on the elongated base distal end of the elongated base and that is configured to actuate the securing latch on the cable connector when the elongated base distal end of the elongated base is located adjacent the securing latch on the cable connector and an actuating element that is housed in the actuating member moves relative to and out of the actuating member and towards the securing latch on the cable connector to actuate the securing latch and allow the cable connector to be disconnected from the computing device.
An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
- a processing system;
- a system connector that is coupled to the processing system;
- a cable connector that is connected to the system connector and that includes a securing latch that engages the system connector to secure the cable connector to the system connector;
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- a cable release system that includes:
- a handle;
- an elongated base that extends from the handle and that includes a length that is configured to allow the handle to be held adjacent a cable connector distal end of the cable connector while the elongated base extends adjacent the cable connector and an elongated base distal end of the elongated base is located adjacent the securing latch;
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- an actuating member that is located on the elongated base distal end of the elongated base and that is configured to actuate the securing latch when the elongated base distal end of the elongated base is located adjacent the securing latch on the cable connector and an actuating element that is housed in the actuating member moves relative to and out of the actuating member and towards the securing latch on the cable connector to actuate the securing latch and allow the cable connector to be disconnected from the computing device.
A method for releasing a cable, comprising:
- positioning, using a handle, an elongated base that extends from the handle adjacent a cable connector that is connected to a computing device such that the handle is located adjacent a cable connector distal end of the cable connector and a length of the elongated base extends adjacent the cable connector such an elongated base distal end of the elongated base is located adjacent a securing latch on the cable connector;
- moving an actuating element, which is housed in an actuating member that is located on the elongated base distal end of the elongated base, relative to and out of the actuating member and towards the securing latch on the cable connector to actuate the securing latch on the cable connector when the elongated base distal end of the elongated base is located adjacent the securing latch on the cable connector;
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- disconnecting, while actuating the securing latch, the cable connector from the computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.