Keyed filler panel with integrated recessed region for attaching device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSean A. Cerniglia, Michael J. Greenside
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Abstract
A keyed filler panel with integrated recessed region for attaching device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention is comprised of a filler panel body. The present embodiment is further comprised of a recessed portion integral with the filler panel body. The recessed portion is fixedly coupled with the filler panel body, and adapted to receive an attaching device for removably coupling the filler panel body with respect to a chassis.
Claims21
A keyed filler panel with integrated recessed region for attaching device comprising:
- a filler panel body;
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- a recessed portion integral with said filler panel body, said recessed portion fixedly coupled with said filler panel body, said recessed portion adapted to receive an attaching device for removably coupling said filler panel body with respect to a chassis.
A method for removably coupling a filler panel body with respect to a chassis comprising:
- a) integrating a recessed portion with a filler panel body, said recessed portion fixedly coupled with said filler panel body, said recessed portion adapted to receive an attaching device for removably coupling said filler panel body with respect to a chassis;
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- b) wherein said recessed portion is adapted to enable securing said filler panel body to said chassis using said attaching device.
A keyed filler panel with integrated recessed region for attaching device comprising:
- a filler panel body;
- a recessed portion integral with said filler panel body, said recessed portion fixedly coupled with said filler panel body, said recessed portion adapted to receive an attaching device for removably coupling said filler panel body with respect to a chassis;
- a handle element fixedly coupled with said filler panel body, said handle element being disposed above said filler panel body in a manner which provides a grasping surface for removably coupling said filler panel body with respect to said chassis;
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- a locating element coupled with said filler panel body, said locating element adapted to orient said filler panel body with respect to said chassis such that interference generating movement of said filler panel body is reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.