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US 2016/0252935 A1Published application
Locking bar for a computer
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsGEORGE HRISTOV GUEORGUIEV, JONATHAN SHEA ROBINSON
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Abstract
A locking system is disclosed. The locking system comprises a locking bar rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A locking feature on the locking bar engages a tab when the locking bar is rotated into the locked position.
Claims15
rotating the display into the A locking system for a computer, comprising:
- a locking bar mounted in a first side of a first component of the computer, the locking bar rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the first component having a second side opposite the first side;
- at least one locking feature located along a length of the locking bar
- a second component of the computer having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, the first edge of the second component rotationally coupled to the second edge of the first component thereby allowing the second component to be rotated between an open position and a closed position along the first edge of the second component;
- at least one tab attached to a bottom side of the second edge of the second component, the at least one tab mating with the at least one locking feature when the second component is in the closed position and the locking bar is rotated into the locked position thereby locking the second component to the first component.
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A computer, comprising:
- a case having a floor and four side walls where the four side walls and the floor form an enclosure, a first one of the four side walls is opposite a second one of the four side walls;
- a locking bar located inside the enclosure at the first side wall, the locking bar rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- at least one locking feature located along a length of the locking, bar;
- a display having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, the first edge coupled to the second side wall, allowing the display to be rotated between an open position and a closed position:
- at least one tab attached to the bottom side of the second edge of the display, the at least one tab mating with the at least one locking feature when the display is in the closed position and the locking bar is rotated into the locked position thereby locking the display to the case.
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A method of manufacturing a computer, comprising:
- providing a case comprising a floor and four side walls where the four side walls and the floor form an enclosure, a first one of the four side walls is opposite a second one of the four side walls;;
- installing a locking bar into the enclosure at a first side wall, the locking bar rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position wherein the locking bar has at least one locking feature located along a length of the locking bar;
- installing a display, having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, into the case where the first edge is coupled to the left side wall of the case thereby allowing the display to be rotated between an open position and a closed position, the second edge of the display having at least one tab attached to a bottom of the second edge;
- closed position where the at least one tab is mated with the at least one locking feature;
- rotating the locking bar into the locked position thereby locking the display to the case.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.