System and method for mechanically fastened information handling system foot
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsKevin Mundt, Patrick Illingworth
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Abstract
A support foot is mechanically fastened to an information handling system chassis with a coupling device partially embedded in the support foot through injection molding of the support foot over the coupling device. For instance the coupling device is a staple made of ductile metal having a body embedded in the support foot and two legs extending outward towards the chassis side of the support foot. The legs insert in openings at a chassis attachment point and bend to secure the support foot to the chassis. For instance, the staple legs are formed from a ductile metal, such as brass, aluminum or steel, that is bent by hand or by a machine to a closed staple shape.
Claims20
An information handling system comprising:
- a chassis sized to contain processing components that process information, the chassis having one or more support foot openings;
- plural processing components disposed in the chassis and operable to process information;
- and
- at least one support foot coupled to the chassis through the support foot opening, the support foot having a ductile metal coupling device partially embedded in a support material, the ductile metal coupling device bent at the support foot opening to couple to the chassis.
An information handling system support foot comprising:
- support material having a chassis side sized to couple against an information handling system chassis and an opposing support side shaped to rest on a work surface;
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- a ductile coupling device partially embedded in the support material and having one or more legs extending outward from the support material towards the chassis side, the legs operable to bend around an attachment point of an information handling system chassis to couple the support material to the chassis.
A method for coupling a support foot to an information handling system chassis, the method comprising:
- embedding a coupling device in the support foot, the support foot having a support side and a chassis side, the coupling device having at least one leg extending outward towards the chassis side;
- inserting each leg into an opening of the chassis so that the chassis side of the support foot rests proximate the chassis;
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- bending each leg at the chassis opening to secure the chassis side of the support foot against the chassis.
A method for manufacture of information handling system chassis support feet, the method comprising:
- forming plural interconnected staples, each staple having a body and at least two ductile legs;
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- molding a support foot around each staple body, the support foot have a support surface and a chassis surface, the ductile legs extending past the chassis surface and operable to bend back towards the chassis surface around a chassis attachment point to couple the support foot chassis surface against the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.