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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2022
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Yuxin Chen, Shanghai, CN;

Zhao Chen, Shanghai, CN;

Lizzy Yi Sun, Shanghai, CN;

Eric Thomas Graham, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/0221 (2013.01); G05B 23/0208 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01); H05K 7/1487 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus comprises an electronic equipment chassis comprising a housing and at least one lid, the housing comprising a control panel with a first set of one or more status indicators. The apparatus also comprises at least one latch configured for securing the at least one lid to the housing, the at least one latch comprising a second set of one or more status indicators. The apparatus further comprises a processing device configured to determine status information for electronic equipment housed in the electronic equipment chassis, the status information characterizing whether at least one of opening and removing the at least one lid is safe to perform at a given time, and controlling, based at least in part on the determined status information, at least one of the first set of indicators and at least one of the second set of indicators.


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