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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
David Michael Meyers, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason Scott Morrison, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/0234 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for coupling a tape spring kickstand to a housing portion of an information handling system. The information handling system includes a housing portion, a kickstand base rotationally coupled to the housing portion, and a tape spring coupled to the kickstand base and the housing portion, the tape spring comprising a bi-stable structure having an engaged and a disengaged position, the tape spring configured to transition to the engaged position as the kickstand base is rotated from the housing portion.