International Business Machines Corporation

Sterett Baxter Schanze

Camillo Sassano

Arthur J Higby

Nathan Lee Dunfee

Khaalid Persaud Juggan Mcmillan

Franklin Gurney

John W Campbell

IT rack enclosure door

Embodiments are disclosed for a latch assembly apparatus. The latch assembly apparatus includes an effort arm, latch housing, a fulcrum, and a torsion spring. The latch housing includes a resistance arm having a claw portion, and an ejection arm. The torsion spring is configured to provide a rotational force around the fulcrum, and on the resistance arm, resulting from a tensioning of the torsion spring between a first end of the torsion spring fixed to the effort arm, and a second end of the torsion spring fixed to a predetermined preload hole disposed on the latch housing. Further, when the latch assembly apparatus is mounted to a removable element, and the removable element is placed in a connection with a drawer element by the latch assembly apparatus, the resistance arm applies a preload to the connection.

Latching a removable element with tolerance-stack compliance

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Morrisville, NC, United States of America

Sterett Baxter Schanze