Information handling system with retractable input/output port component
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsOwen Kidd, Walter R. Carver
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Abstract
A retractable input/output port component for a server type information handling system. The retractable input/output component includes 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; 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.
Claims12
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.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a data bus coupled to the processor;
- and,
- a retractable input/output port component, the retractable input/output port component
- 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 system, the front facet of the housing being flush with a faceplate of the system when the housing is retracted into the volume of the 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.