Systems and methods for coupling information handling resource disposed in information handling system bezel
View Patent ↗In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a bezel configured to mechanically couple to a housing for housing components of an information handling system may include one or more mechanical features for mechanically coupling the bezel to the housing, an information handling resource mechanically coupled to a mechanical structure of the bezel, and a bezel connector having a plurality of pins communicatively coupled to the information handling resource. The bezel connector may be configured to communicatively couple the information handling resource to a second information handling resource of the information handling system housed within the housing when the bezel is mechanically coupled to the housing.
1. A bezel configured to mechanically couple to a housing for housing components of an information handling system, the bezel comprising:
one or more mechanical features for mechanically coupling the bezel to the housing and configured to mechanically couple to an ear of the housing;
an information handling resource mechanically coupled to a mechanical structure of the bezel; and
a bezel connector having a plurality of pins communicatively coupled to the information handling resource, the bezel connector configured to communicatively couple the information handling resource to a second information handling resource of the information handling system housed within the housing when the bezel is mechanically coupled to the housing, and configured to couple to a corresponding connector within the ear.
2. The bezel of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of conductive elements coupled between the information handling resource and the bezel connector.
3. The bezel of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of conductive elements comprise conductive traces of a flexible circuit board coupled between the information handling resource and the bezel connector.
4. The bezel of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of conductive elements comprise wires of a cable coupled between the information handling resource and the bezel connector.
5. The bezel of claim 1 , wherein the pins comprise spring-loaded pins, each spring-loaded pin configured to electrically couple to a corresponding contact of a second connector mechanically coupled to the housing, wherein the contacts are each communicatively coupled to the second information handling resource.
6. The bezel of claim 1 , wherein the information handling resource comprises a wireless communication module.
7. The bezel of claim 6 , wherein the wireless communication module comprises a wireless network interface and an antenna.
8. The bezel of claim 7 , wherein the wireless network interface and the antenna are integral to a circuit board.
9. An information handling system, comprising:
one or more information handling resources; and
a housing configured to house the one or more information handling resources, the housing comprising:
one or more mechanical features formed in an ear of the housing for mechanically coupling a bezel to the housing; and
a housing connector mechanically mounted to the ear and communicatively coupled to at least one of the one or more information handling resources and configured to engage with a corresponding connector of the bezel in order to communicatively couple a second information handling resource mechanically coupled to the bezel to the at least one of the one or more information handling resources.
10. The information handling system of claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of conductive elements electrically coupling the housing connector to the at least one of the one or more information handling resources.
11. The information handling system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of conductive elements comprise conductive traces of a flexible circuit board coupled between the information handling resource and the bezel connector.
12. The information handling system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of conductive elements comprise wires of a cable coupled between the information handling resource and the bezel connector.
13. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the housing connector comprises a plurality of contacts, each contact configured to electrically couple to a corresponding pin of a bezel connector electrically coupled to the second information handling resource.
14. The information handling system of claim 9 , the at least one information handling resource comprising an access controller and the second information handling resource comprising a wireless communication module.
15. A method comprising:
mechanically coupling a bezel to an ear of housing for housing components of an information handling system, the ear comprising one or more mechanical features formed for mechanically coupling the bezel to the housing; and
during mechanical coupling of the bezel to the housing, communicatively coupling a first information handling resource mechanically mounted within the bezel to a second information handling resource internal to the housing.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first information handling resource comprises a wireless communication module.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second information handling resource comprises an access controller.