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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
David T. Byargeon, Houston, TX (US);
Keith A. Sauer, Spring, TX (US);
Kevin P. Bold, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin D. Conn, Montgomery, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 96/06 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); F16B 2/18 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/183 (2013.01); A47B 96/06 (2013.01); F16B 2/18 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2013.01); H05K 7/1489 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rail for mounting a rack-mountable component can include a longitudinal member having a first flange, a spring located proximal to the first end and having an uncompressed state and a compressed state, and a latch having a trigger arm and a cam arm, wherein moving the trigger arm toward the first flange engages the cam arm with the spring to transition the spring from the uncompressed state to the compressed state.