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US 7,478,889 B2Granted
Latch system and method for an information handling system
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMarco A. Marroquin, John D. Revell
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Abstract
A rotating door panel is coupled to a chassis. A pair of arms extend from a base connected to the chassis. The arms are movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. A latch is connected to the chassis, and a stryker connected to the door panel is engageable with the arms. The stryker is operable to angularly approach the latch for engagement with the latch.
Claims7
An information handling system comprising:
- a chassis having a base;
- a door panel movably coupled to the chassis;
- a latch striker coupled to the door panel and having a striker face disposed at a non-orthogonal angle with the door panel and including a beveled end adjacent the striker face;
- a latch, connected to the base and including a pair of flexible arms forming an opening having tapered latch faces, the opening being disposed at an angle with the base for matched engagement with the angle of the striker face, the flexible arms being operable to move apart from an at rest position in response to the tapered faces receiving the beveled end of the latch striker and subsequently return to the at rest position to retain the latch striker;
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- an actuator mounted on the base adjacent the latch, the actuator being operable to flex the arms apart sufficient to release the retained latched striker.
3 more elements
An information handling system comprising:
- a chassis;
- a rotating and translating door panel coupled to the chassis;
- a base connected to the chassis;
- a latch striker coupled to the door panel and having a striker face disposed at a non-orthogonal angle with the door panel and including a beveled end adjacent the striker face;
- a latch, connected to the base and including a pair of flexible arms forming an opening having tapered latch faces, the opening being disposed at an angle with the base for matched engagement with the angle of the striker face, the flexible arms being operable to move apart from an at rest position in response to the tapered faces receiving the beveled end of the latch striker and subsequently return to the at rest position to retain the latch striker;
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- an actuator mounted on the base adjacent the latch, the actuator being operable to flex the arms apart sufficient to release the retained latched striker.
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A method comprising:
- providing a chassis having a base;
- coupling a movable door panel to the chassis;
- coupling a latch striker to the door panel and having a striker face disposed at a non-orthogonal angle with the door panel and including a beveled end adjacent the striker face;
- connecting a latch to the base and including a pair of flexible arms forming an opening having tapered latch faces, the opening being disposed at an angle with the base for matched engagement with the angle of the striker face, the flexible arms being operable to move apart from an at rest position in response to the tapered faces receiving the beveled end of the latch striker and subsequently return to the at rest position to retain the latch striker;
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- mounting an actuator on the base adjacent the latch, the actuator being operable to flex the arms apart sufficient to release the retained latched striker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.