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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Junfeng Xu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Albert Dennes, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory M. Ketterer, Tucson, AZ (US);
Dave Bach, Phoenix, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment includes instructing a light source to emit light within a hardware socket configured to disengage a hardware component from a mounting surface. Emitted light received at a detector while a first portion of the hardware component is in contact with the mounting surface is detected. One or more instructions are sent to cause a relative rotation between the hardware component and the mounting surface. The embodiment further includes detecting that the first portion of the hardware component is no longer in contact with the mounting surface, and recording an extent of relative rotation that occurs in response to the one or more instructions to disengage the first portion of the hardware component from the mounting surface until the detection that the first portion of the hardware component is no longer in contact with the mounting surface. The extent of relative rotation is stored.