Cable holder for an information handling system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsTung Yu Chien, Chi-Chang Fu
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for removably coupling a tray bracket to a cable holder of an information handling system includes: receiving, by an open slot of a lock ring receiver of the cable holder, a closed end of a lock ring of the tray bracket, the lock ring receiver disposed on a surface of the cable holder, the closed end of the lock ring removably coupled to the lock ring receiver; applying, by two or more guiding structures of a lock ring neck receptacle of the cable holder, a compression force on a neck of the lock ring; and causing, by the compression force, the neck of the lock ring to be received by a recessed area of the lock ring neck receptable to removably couple the tray bracket to the cable holder.
Claims20
An information handling system, comprising:
- a tray bracket including a lever;
- a lock ring coupled to the tray bracket, the lock ring including:
- an open end coupled to the lever of the tray bracket;
- a neck;
- and
- a closed end disposed opposite the open end;
- and
- a cable holder including:
- a lock ring receiver disposed on a surface of the cable holder, the lock ring receiver having an open slot configured to receive the closed end of the lock ring, the closed end of the lock ring removably coupled to the lock ring receiver;
- a lock ring neck receptacle disposed on the surface of the cable holder, the lock ring neck receptacle having a recessed area including two or more guiding structures configured to apply a compression force on the neck of the lock ring causing the neck of the lock ring to be received by the recessed area to removably couple the tray bracket to the cable holder.
A method for removably coupling a tray bracket to a cable holder of an information handling system, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an open slot of a lock ring receiver of the cable holder, a closed end of a lock ring of the tray bracket, the lock ring receiver disposed on a surface of the cable holder, the closed end of the lock ring removably coupled to the lock ring receiver;
- applying, by two or more guiding structures of a lock ring neck receptacle of the cable holder, a compression force on a neck of the lock ring;
- and causing, by the compression force, the neck of the lock ring to be received by a recessed area of the lock ring neck receptacle to removably couple the tray bracket to the cable holder.
A cable holder for an information handling system, comprising:
- a lock ring receiver disposed on a surface of the cable holder, the lock ring receiver having an open slot configured to receive a closed end of a lock ring of a tray bracket of the information handling system, the closed end of the lock ring removably coupled to the open slot;
- and
- a lock ring neck receptacle disposed on the surface of the cable holder, the lock ring neck receptacle having a recessed area including two or more guiding structures configured to apply a compression force on a neck of the lock ring causing the neck of the lock ring to be received by the recessed area to removably couple the tray bracket to the cable holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.