Dell Products Inc.

Intel Corporation

Sunpower Corporation

Eduardo Escamilla

James Utz

Corey Dean Hartman

Juan Manuel Gonzalez

Bernard D Strmiska

Chris Everett Peterson

Sean P O'Donnell

Richard Mark Eiland

John Charles Donachy

Baomin Liu

Gilberto Hernandez

Matthew Dang

John Trevor Morrison

Richard Andrew Crisp

Matthew Bryan Gilbert

William J Morris

Marco A Marroquin

Robert G Bassman

Paul Allen Waters

Patrick Vincent Illingworth

Stephen P Wurmlinger

Thomas Paul Parker

Darin Lee Cepeda

Timothy Michael Lambert

Hasnain Shabbir

Philip M Seibert

Ralph V Miele

Jean Marie Doglio

Raymond Dewine Heistand, Ii

Johnny C Fraga

Andrew Larson

Amrita Sidhu Maguire

Hung-Pin Chien

Nicholas Lenn Poteracki

Tongyan Zhai

James M Yoder

Paul Bosveld

Meenakshi Gupta

Drew G Damm

Jyh-Yinn Lin

Chien-Hung Chou

Venkat R Gaurav

Brian R Peil

Noman Mithani

Eric Penman Bogner

Timothy M Evans

Zhen Huang

Megan C Wingfield

Juan Torres-gonzalez

Juan Torres-Gonzalez

Ricky O Branner

A modular device bay mounting system. The modular device bay mounting system includes a front bay component; a rear bay component; and, a mid bay component extending from the front bay component to the rear bay component, the mid bay component comprising a modular adapter component, the modular adapter component comprising: a mid bay adapter base structure, the mid bay adapter base structure being configured to be mounted to a base plate of the mid bay component; and, a mid bay latch device, the mid bay latch device being pivotally mounted to the mid bay adapter base structure; and wherein when the mid bay adapter base plate is not mounted to the base plate of the mid bay component, the modular device bay mounting system is configured to receive a double wide form factor device.

Server system drive mounting system including a network controller mounting bracket

A server cover latch system. The server cover latch system includes a top panel; and, a server cover latch coupled to the top panel; the server cover latch comprising a rotating bracket component; a receptor bracket component, the rotating bracket component pivoting about a portion of the receptor bracket component when the rotating bracket component pivots between a latch open orientation and a latch closed orientation; and a bottom housing portion physically coupled to the top panel, the receptor bracket component moving laterally within the bottom housing portion when the rotating bracket component pivots between a latch open orientation and a latch closed orientation.

Server system server cover latch system

A mounting rail for an input/output module of an information handling system is disclosed. The mounting rail includes a main portion, first and second railings, a non-threaded channel, and a threaded engagement. The main portion includes first, second, third, and fourth surfaces. The first and second surfaces intersect at a first edge of the first surface. The first railing extends from the first edge of the first surface. The second railing extends from a second edge of the first surface. The non-threaded channel extends from the second surface through the main portion to the third surface. The threaded engagement is secured to the second surface of the main portion, and is aligned with the non-threaded channel. The threaded engagement is located along a third edge at the intersection between the second surface and the fourth surface, and the third edge is distal from the first edge.

Space efficient rail design for rear input/output modules

A removable fixture may include a cover assembly, comprising a cover having a top surface which is generally planar and substantially void of any features formed thereon, one or more first alignment features mechanically coupled to a side of the cover, and a wing. The wing may have one or more keyholes configured to mechanically engage with one or more corresponding coupling structures on a physical object and one or more second alignment features configured to mechanically engage with the one or more first alignment features in order to, when the one or more first alignment features are mechanically engaged with the one or more second alignment features, constrain translation of the cover relative to the physical object to a linear translation.

Fixture for use with vacuum hoist

An air mover assembly may include an air mover, a circuit board electrically coupled to the air mover via a plurality of electrical wires, a housing configured to house the circuit board and including hard stops configured to mechanically engage with side edges of the circuit board to retain the circuit board in a fixed position relative to the housing, and a cover configured to mechanically engage with the housing such that the cover and the housing at least partially enclose the circuit board.

Air mover assembly

Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, data processing system may include hardware components. The hardware components may be positioned with an enclosure. A multifunctional handle may be used to facilitate both repositioning of the data processing system and securing of the hardware components with the enclosure.

System and method for managing positioning and access for data processing systems

Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer implemented services are disclosed. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware resources available to data processing systems may be customized. The hardware resources may be customized through addition or replacement of interchangeable hardware components. The interchangeable hardware components may include features that may improve the likelihood of successfully adding or replacing the interchangeable hardware components.

System and method for reversible connection of interchangeable components

A latch assembly may include a support, a handle for rotatably coupling to one of the support and the housing via a first axis and rotatable between unlatched and latched positions relative to the support, and a catch arm rotatably coupled to the handle via a second axis and arranged such that as the handle is rotated from the unlatched to an intermediate position between the unlatched and latched positions, the catch arm is translated in an arc from a first position in which it is disengaged from a post to a second position in which a retention feature of the catch arm positions itself under and proximate to a ledge of the post, and as the handle is rotated from the intermediate to the latched position, the catch arm and the retention feature move in a linear direction from the second to a third position.

Over-center latch for mechanically and electrically coupling information handling resource to circuit board

A card may include a circuit board, a cable configured to communicatively couple the circuit board to a motherboard, a connector configured to receive an expansion card to communicatively couple the expansion card to the motherboard, and a detent assembly configured to mechanically couple the card to the motherboard. The detent assembly may include a pin mechanically coupled to a surface of the circuit board and extending from the surface of the circuit board and configured to mechanically engage with a first feature of the mechanical post in order to align the card to the motherboard and a detent mechanically coupled to the pin and having an annular shape, the detent configured to mechanically engage with a second feature of the mechanical post in order to mechanically retain the card with the motherboard.

Detent for retention of information handling resource

An information handling system includes a processing system, a side wall, and a spring. The side wall includes a mounting stud and a capture mechanism to retain a second processing system. The capture mechanism includes a mounting bracket movably affixed to the side wall. The mounting bracket includes a mounting hole and a retention stud rigidly affixed to the mounting bracket. The retention stud engages with a retaining mechanism of the second processing system to couple the second processing system to the first processing system. The spring is attached between the mounting stud and the mounting hole.

Processor expansion module socket floating cam pin

An information handling system may include a backplane configured to couple at a first side thereof to a plurality of physical storage resources, an air mover configured to provide cooling to the information handling system, and a shelf coupled to the backplane at a second, opposite side thereof, wherein the shelf is disposed between the first side of the backplane and the air mover. The shelf may include an acoustically absorbent material.

Direct-mount acoustics damping shelf at backplane-identified devices

Storage device carrier

Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer implemented services are disclosed. To provide the computer implemented services, the quantity of hardware resources available may be modified. The quantity of hardware resources may be modified by adding removable cards. When the removable card is added, a retention element may be used to secure the removable card in place. The retention element may be adaptable to allow for removable cards of varying topology to be secured. The retention element may secure the removable cards automatically or in response to user intervention.

System, device, and method for securing removable cards with varying mechanical geometry

A chassis for housing information handling resources of an information handling system may include an enclosure, a plurality of bays formed within the enclosure, each bay of the plurality of bays configured to receive a corresponding modular information handling resource, and a hem comprising a ledge extending from the enclosure and running proximate to at least a portion of the plurality of bays. The hem may have formed therein a recess sized and shaped in accordance with physical dimensions of an interchangeable labeling strip and a plurality of retention features, each retention feature configured to receive a corresponding engagement feature of the interchangeable labeling strip, in order to retain the interchangeable labeling strip within the recess.

Interchangeable labeling strip in chassis hem

An alignment adapter is to be placed in physical communication with a connector of an information handling system. The alignment adapter includes an insert portion and a support wall. The insert portion is to be placed within the connector, and to provide a proper alignment of a device board within the connector. The support wall is to be placed in physical communication with an outside edge of the connector. The support wall is a particular distance from the insert portion. A chamfer of the connector is to be placed within the particular distance the support wall is from the insert portion when the insert portion is fully inserted within the connector.

Fine alignment adapter for a connector

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Round Rock, TX, United States of America

Eduardo Escamilla