Dell Products Inc.

Joel Jaramillo

Corey Dean Hartman

Laurent Andrew Regimbal

Andrew T Junkins

Raymond Dewine Heistand, Ii

Vibora Sim

Richard Daniel Trotta

Alex Z Rodriguez

Andrew Harman Frisch

Joshua M Boggs

Kenneth Alan Hass

An electrical coupler mating system includes a chassis having a plurality of walls, wherein a chassis housing is defined between the plurality of walls. At least one of the plurality of walls defines a first guide channel and houses a cam member that is located adjacent the first guide channel. A first electrical coupler is located in the chassis housing. An enclosure includes a second electrical coupler and a cam follower that is moveably coupled to the enclosure, wherein with the cam follower located in the first guide channel, the second electrical coupler is aligned with the first electrical coupler and the movement of the cam follower mates the first electrical coupler and the second electrical coupler.

Electrical coupler mating system

Systems and methods for retaining a card in an information handling system are disclosed. A retainer for use in an information handling system may include a body, at least one mounting feature coupled to the body, and a retention flange coupled to and protruding from the body. The at least one mounting feature may be configured to couple the retainer to a card. The retention flange may have a top edge configured to engage with a bottom edge of a retention ledge associated with a connector to secure the card to the connector. At a least a portion of the top edge of the retention flange of the retainer may be situated in a substantially non-parallel manner relative to the bottom edge of the retention ledge associated with the connector when the retention flange is engaged with the retention ledge.

System and method for retaining a card

A modular component and blank coupling apparatus includes a chassis having a wall. A component bay is defined by the chassis and is located adjacent the wall. A plurality of guide channels are defined by the wall and are located adjacent the component bay. A single securing member is moveably coupled to the wall adjacent the plurality of guide channels, wherein the single securing member is operable to move into engagement with a modular component and a blank in order to secure the modular component and the blank to the chassis, and wherein the single securing member is operable to move out of engagement with the modular component and the blank in order to allow the modular component and the blank to be removed from the chassis. The single securing member provides one apparatus that may be used to couple both blanks and modular components to the chassis, and provides a single release mechanism to release those modular components and blanks from the chassis.

Modular component and blank coupling

According to some embodiments, a method of connecting a first and second mateable connector to each other may comprise (a) grossly aligning a first connector piece (e.g., male or female) and a lever unit (or cam platform) fixed to a first information handling system component with a second connector piece (e.g., male or female) and a cam platform (or lever unit), respectively, fixed to a second information handling system component, (b) inserting at least a portion of a guide pin into a guide receptacle, (c) moving at least a portion of a camming end of a cam lever across a camming surface of a cam shaft, and (d) translating the lateral movement across the camming surface into vertical movement to press together the first and second connector pieces.

Integrated guiding and camming system for board

A method and system couples first and second circuit boards, such as a daughterboard coupled to a motherboard, in a parallel configuration by aligning connectors disposed on each circuit board's surface, inserting a retention post from the first circuit board through an opening in the second circuit board, and compressing the circuit boards together with a retaining member that couples at adjustable points of the retention post and presses against the second circuit board at the connectors. For instance a bow spring accepts a threaded retention post and has arms extending from a raised portion so that the arms align with the connectors. A compressing force applied to the bow spring by a thumbscrew tightened on the threads is spread substantially evenly to each connector so that the connectors insert into each other along the retention post axis.

Method and system for coupling circuit boards in a parallel configuration

A system and method for using one or more anemometers to detect and regulate unfavorable conditions inside a computer system. The anemometer or anemometers, along with other sensing devices are electronically connected to system management software which alerts the system administrator when the measurements collected from the anemometer and other sensing devices indicate that an unfavorable condition, such as overheating, is affecting one or more components inside the computer system. The apparatus and method thus allows the system administrator to quickly and accurately identify unfavorable conditions inside the computer system in a timely manner.

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Round Rock, TX, United States of America

Joel Jaramillo