Dell Products Inc.

Mark Andrew Schwager

Kai-Yuan Cheng

Travis Christian North

Deeder M Aurongzeb

John Trevor Morrison

Austin Michael Shelnutt

Yu-Feng Huang

Stefan Peana

Nicholas G DiLoreto

David Michael Meyers

Jason Scott Morrison

Brian Hargrove Leonard

Laurent Andrew Regimbal

Lawrence Edward Knepper

Chi-Chou Cheng

Julian Spencer

HongJi Huang

Nicholas Diciurcio Grobelny

Changsoo Kim

Munif Farhan

Duck Soo Choi

Asim M Siddiqui

Kevin L Kamphuis

Joseph McDonald

Peng Lip Goh

Gerald Rene Pelissier

Priyank Gajiwala

Andrew P Tosh

Brandon Joel Brocklesby

Michael Miller

John K Bauer

Hong-Ji Huang

Benny J Bologna

Sumana Pallampati

Chao-Kai Huang

Jeff A Reed

Brian J Yates

Myungkee Yoon

Jason I Lee

Jeremy J Osborne

Charles Dennis Hughes

Zhong-Chao Lee

Yao Hsien Huang

Shu Hao Lu

John Albert Bauer, Jr

Ching Cheng Hsu

Disclosed is a covering of a fan unit of an information handling system. The covering contains a bottom covering and a top covering. The bottom covering contains i) copper and an first aluminum alloy, or ii) 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % of a thermally conductive plastic, and 50 wt. % to 90 wt. % of a post-consumer-recycled (PCR) plastic and/or biodegradable plastic. The top covering contains copper and a second aluminum alloy. The bottom covering houses a motor and blades of a fan of the fan unit, the top covering abuts against the bottom covering, and the fan is positioned in a space formed between the bottom and top covering. Fan unit containing the covering, and an information handling system containing the fan unit is also disclosed.

Fan covering with high recycle content and high thermal conductivity

A hinge for a portable information handling system. The hinge includes a cylindrical shaft, the cylindrical shaft including an axially extending substantially flat section and a coil portion, the coil portion having a largely cylindrical interior edge, the largely cylindrical interior edge including a substantially flat section, the substantially flat section of the coil portion and the substantially flat section of the cylindrical shaft being aligned when a relative rotation of the hinge is between zero and five degrees.

Portable information handling system hinge

A haptic touchpad may include a seamless layer of glass; a touchpad assembly, including: a capacitive touch printed circuit board (PCB) operatively coupled to a bottom side of the seamless layer of glass via a first adhesive; a contact foil operatively coupled to the bottom surface of the capacitive touch PCB via a second adhesive; a piezoelectric element array operatively coupled to a bottom side of the contact foil to receive an applied mechanical stress; and a controller of the information handling system operatively coupled to the piezoelectric element array to: receive electric actuation signals from the piezoelectric element array placed under the mechanical stress via the contact foil; and send an electrical response signal to the piezoelectric element array to cause the piezoelectric element array to generate haptic feedback; and a unibody C-cover support frame to support the touchpad assembly and the seamless layer of glass.

System and method for a single surface palmrest with localized haptics for touchpad and tactile feedback

A portable information handling system housing integrates a display having an edge-to-edge presentation of visual images at a housing portion with an inactive portion of a display panel along a perimeter of the display having a sensor region that provides access to underlying sensors through the display. A sealant and black matrix disposed in the inactive region limits illumination that escapes from an active region and provides an aesthetically appealing edge-to-edge appearance. Openings in the sealant and black matrix at the sensor locations provides access through the display, such as with index matching resin that passes illumination and a patterned covering of the black matrix.

Edge-to-edge display with a sensor region

A portable information handling system housing integrates a display having an edge-to-edge presentation of visual images at a housing portion with an inactive portion of a display panel along a perimeter of the display supported by a backplate flange extension region that extends from a backlight outer perimeter associated with an active area of the display panel to the perimeter of the housing portion. Openings formed in the backplate extension flange region provide access for sensors through the display panel inactive area with backlight illumination leakage to the opening blocked by optically dense adhesive.

Edge-to-edge display module

An antenna system for a portable information handling system. The antenna system includes an antenna radiating element and an antenna carrier assembly, the antenna radiating element being mounted to the antenna carrier assembly, the antenna carrier assembly comprising a first radiating slot and a second radiating slot, the first radiating slot providing a radiation path through a C-Cover of a base chassis of the portable information handling system in a lid open state of operation, the second radiating slot providing a radiation path through a D-cover of a base chassis of the portable information handling system in a lid closed state of operation.

Portable information handling system antenna system

Methods and systems for securing data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may be operably connected to other devices via ports. When operably connected, some devices connected via the ports may cause undesired actions to be performed. To limit physical access to the ports, a security apparatus may be used to lock the ports. The security apparatus may transition between states where it may be inserted into openings for the ports and may be locked to the openings for the ports. When so locked, physical access to the ports may be limited.

Security lock solution using the USB-C opening

A multi-state keyboard function row is provided. A plurality of representations can be formed on an insert of the multi-state keyboard function row. An assembly of the multi-state keyboard function row can be configured to cause either a first set of the representations or a second set of the representations to be visible to a user. A brightness of the representations may also be controlled based on a brightness of ambient light.

Multi-state keyboard function row

An antenna assembly for a portable information handling system. The antenna assembly includes an antenna bounding component, the antenna bounding component being electrically and physically connected to a top cover portion of the portable information handling system; and, an antenna, the antenna being mounted to the antenna bounding portion, radio frequency (RF) radiation radiating via an RF radiation path, the RF radiation path being provided by a radiation slot, the radiation slot being located within a bottom cover portion of the portable information handling system.

Antenna integration in a portable information handling system

A keyboard assembly for a portable information handing system. The keyboard assembly includes a plurality of keys, the plurality of keys being arranged in a typewriter style layout to allow a user to enter text content into the portable information handling system; and, a keyboard carrier, the plurality of keys being mounted to the keyboard carrier, the keyboard carrier determining when a key of the plurality of keys is actuated and generating information regarding the key of the plurality of keys, the keyboard carrier comprising a venting portion, the venting portion being located beneath a set of keys of the plurality of keys, the venting portion comprising a plurality of venting apertures.

Thermal venting in keyboard of a portable information handling system

A portable information handling system keyboard having infinity keys with a beveled bottom surface perimeter is provided enhanced rigidity with a hidden lattice have support lines of raised material, such as stainless steel, aligned below the beveled bottom surface perimeter of the keys. The lattice provides structural support while remaining substantially hidden from the upper key surface of an infinity keyboard.

Information handling system infinity keyboard with hidden lattice

A portable information handing system. The portable information handling system includes a base chassis, the base chassis comprising a motherboard, the motherboard comprising a processor and a bus coupled to the processor, the base chassis portion comprising a cable routing bracket; a display chassis, the display chassis being rotationally-coupled to the base chassis via a hinge, the hinge having a corresponding hinge axis, the display chassis comprising a display chassis component; and, a flexible printed circuit cable, the flexible printed circuit cable being coupled to the motherboard and the display chassis component, the flexible printed circuit cable being routed from the motherboard to the display chassis component via the cable routing bracket, the cable routing bracket causing the flexible printed circuit cable to pivot about the hinge axis of the hinge when the display chassis portion is rotated.

Cable routing in a portable information handling system

A display chassis for a portable information handling system. In various embodiments the display chassis includes a display cover portion, the display cover portion comprising a display and a bezel, the display comprising an infinity display and a rear cover portion, the rear cover portion comprising a timing controller (TCON), the timing controller comprising a first printed circuit board portion and a second printed circuit board portion, the first printed circuit board portion having a corresponding height, the second printed circuit board portion having a corresponding height, the corresponding height of the second printed circuit board portion being taller than the corresponding height of the first printed circuit board portion, the second printed circuit board portion being located within a dome center height area of the rear cover portion.

Display assembly with gradient tethered design for an ultrathin portable information handling system

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Cedar Park, TX, United States of America

Mark Andrew Schwager