Information handling system housing lock
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJason S. Morrison, Nicholas D. Grobelny
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Abstract
An information handling system housing is secured against unauthorized access with a security device integrated in the housing that selectively enables and disables screw movement relative to threads disposed in the housing. For instance, a freewheeling nut in the housing interfaces with an actuator that selectively releases or holds the freewheeling nut relative to the housing. When released, a screw coupled to the freewheeling nut cannot rotate relative to the threads of the freewheeling nut so that the screw maintains the housing secured until the freewheeling nut is held in position to allow removal of the screw.
Claims9
An information handling system comprising:
- a housing having at least first and second portions, the first portion having an opening sized to accept a screw, the second portion having threads aligned with the opening;
- a screw inserted in the opening to engage the threads, the screw coupling the first and second portions together;
- a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions to process information;
- a memory interfaced with the processor and operable to store the instructions and information;
- a controller disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the controller operable to execute instructions stored in non-transient memory;
- an actuator interfaced with controller and the threads, the actuator operable to selectively disable and enable movement of the screw relative to the threads;
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- security instructions stored in the non-transient memory to command the actuator to enable or disable movement of the screw relative to the threads based upon a predetermined condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.