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 includes a filler panel body. The present embodiment also includes 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.
Claims13
A keyed filler panel with integrated recessed region for a captive screw comprising:
- a filler panel body having a first end, a second end and a middle portion;
- a handle element formed as a layer on said filler panel body, said handle element protruding outwardly from the middle portion of a top of said filler panel body to provide a grasping surface for removably coupling said filler panel body with respect to a chassis of a computer system;
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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 having said captive screw therein for removably coupling said filler panel body with respect to said chassis.
A keyed filler panel with integrated recessed region for a captive screw comprising:
- a filler panel body having a first end, a second end and a middle portion;
- a recessed portion integral with said filler panel body, said recessed portion fixedly coupled with said filler panel body, said recessed portion having said captive screw therein for removably coupling said filler panel body with respect to a chassis of a computer system;
- a handle element formed as a layer on said filler panel body, said handle element protruding outwardly from the middle portion of a top of said filler panel body to provide 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 configured 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.