Torque sensitive fastener assembly for use with information handling system components
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJayendrasingh Pardeshi, Eduardo Escamilla, Walter R. Carver, Owen Kidd
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Abstract
A fastener assembly for use with an information handling system. The fastener assembly includes a housing component, the housing component comprising a clutch housing portion and a threaded portion and a torque sensitive clutch mechanism, the torque sensitive clutch mechanism being rotatably mounted within the clutch housing portion of the housing component, the torque sensitive clutch mechanism providing the fastener assembly with a torque control function.
Claims18
A fastener assembly for use with an information handling system, comprising:
- a housing component, the housing component comprising a clutch housing portion and a threaded portion;
- and,
- a torque sensitive clutch mechanism, the torque sensitive clutch mechanism being rotatably mounted within the clutch housing portion of the housing component, the torque sensitive clutch mechanism providing the fastener assembly with a torque control function.
An information handling system component system comprising:
- an attachable component;
- and,
- a fastener assembly for attaching the attachable component, the fastener assembly comprising:
- a housing component, the housing component comprising a clutch housing portion and a threaded portion;
- and,
- a torque sensitive clutch mechanism, the torque sensitive clutch mechanism being rotatably mounted within the clutch housing portion of the housing component, the torque sensitive clutch mechanism providing the fastener assembly with a torque control function.
A system comprising:
- a chassis;
- a processor contained within the chassis;
- a data bus coupled to the processor;
- and,
- an attachable component;
- a fastener assembly for attaching the attachable component to the chassis, the fastener assembly comprising:
- a housing component, the housing component comprising a clutch housing portion and a threaded portion;
- and,
- a torque sensitive clutch mechanism, the torque sensitive clutch mechanism being rotatably mounted within the clutch housing portion of the housing component, the torque sensitive clutch mechanism providing the fastener assembly with a torque control function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.