Low profile latch activator
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHenry C. Coles, Hector Vidales, Joseph R. Allen, Tri Nguyen
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Abstract
A technique is provided for coupling and uncoupling modular devices with electronic and computing devices. A latch is coupled to a release member, which operates to release the latch from a mate latch by bending the release member to move the latch laterally away from the mate latch. The release member also may have grips for tool-lessly bending the release member to release the latch from the mate latch, and for removing the desired device. The technique also may embody a modular device having the latch and release member, or it may embody an overall system having the modular device disposed in a receptacle.
Claims16
An attachment system for a modular component of an electronic device, comprising:
- a latch member configured for securing the modular component to the electronic device;
- and
- a flexible release member movably coupled to the latch member, wherein the latch member comprises a flexible portion that is inwardly bendable with bending of the flexible release member, and the flexible release member comprises a grip configured for bending the flexible release member to effectuate a movement of the latch member to a released position.
A method of forming a tool-free connector for modular computing components, comprising:
- providing a first flexible member having a latch;
- providing a second flexible member having a finger grip;
- and
- rotatably coupling free ends of the first and second flexible members to facilitate release of the latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.