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US 2017/0286720 A1Published application
Secure device chamber
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsAlan Ladd Painter, Omar Ali Ali, George O. Diatzikis, Marc Richard Pamley, Bryan Loyd Young
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Abstract
For a secure device chamber, the device chamber is disposed in a chassis and includes a device port. A door latches to obstruct access to the device chamber. A logic circuit receives an uninterrupted power supply from a computer, stores a device access value, and unlatches the door in response to activation of a chamber eject button and a device access value not being a device secure mode.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a device chamber disposed in a chassis and comprising a device port;
- a door that latches to obstruct access to the device chamber;
- a chamber eject button;
- and
- a logic circuit that receives an uninterrupted power supply from a computer, stores a device access value, and unlatches the door in response to activation of the chamber eject button and a device access value not being a device secure mode.
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A method comprising:
- latching a door that obstructs access to a device chamber disposed in a chassis and comprising a device port;
- and
- unlatching, by use of a logic circuit, the door in response to activation of a chamber eject button and a device access value not being a device secure mode.
A system comprising:
- a computer disposed in a chassis;
- a device chamber disposed in the chassis and comprising a device port;
- a door that latches to obstruct access to the device chamber;
- a chamber eject button;
- and
- a logic circuit that receives an uninterrupted power supply from the computer, stores a device access value, and unlatches the door in response to activation of the chamber eject button and a device access value not being a device secure mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.