IP Library Granted Patent US 10,721,835
Granted Patent B2
US 10,721,835 · App. 15/714,709 · Granted Jul 21, 2020

Information handling system with an adjustable guide for peripheral cards

Inventors: Yu-LIn Chen (Taipei, TW); Chun-Cheng Lin (Taipei, TW); Kuang-Jye Tuan (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
H05K7/1489H05K7/1487
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Patent No.
US 10,721,835
App. No.
15/714,709
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information handling system includes a bracket in physical contact with a server compute module. The bracket includes an adjustable guide that can rotate between a first position and a second position within the bracket. The adjustable guide is in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and is in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket.

Claims (38)

1. A bracket to receive a peripheral card of an information handling system, the bracket comprising:

an adjustable guide rotatable between a first position and a second position within the bracket, the adjustable guide including a channel disposed in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and disposed in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, wherein the adjustable guide extends through a hole within a first side wall of the bracket and the adjustable guide channel engages a bottom of the second peripheral card when the adjustable guide is rotated from the first position to the second position, and wherein a length of a longest side of the adjustable guide is shorter than a length of a longest side of the first peripheral card or the second peripheral card.

2. The bracket of claim 1 , further comprising:

a mount in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket; and

a pin inserted within the mount and the adjustable guide to secure the adjustable guide to the first side wall.

3. The bracket of claim 1 , further comprising:

a spring to exert a first force on the adjustable guide to place the adjustable guide in the first position.

4. The bracket of claim 3 , wherein the adjustable guide rotates from the first position to the second position in response to a second force being exerted on the adjustable guide, wherein the second force is greater than the first force of the spring.

5. The bracket of claim 1 , wherein the channel aligns the second peripheral card when the adjustable guide is rotated from the first position to the second position.

6. The bracket of claim 1 , the adjustable guide comprising:

a tab to be placed in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket in response to the adjustable guide being located in the second position.

7. The bracket of claim 1 , the adjustable guide extends through the first side wall when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

8. The bracket of claim 1 , an entire length of the adjustable guide is in physical contact with the first side wall when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

9. The bracket of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the adjustable guide and a second side wall of the bracket is less when the adjustable guide is in the first position as compared to when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

10. An information handling system comprising:

a server compute module; and

a bracket in physical contact with the server compute module, the bracket including:

an adjustable guide rotatable between a first position and a second position within the bracket, the adjustable guide including a channel and disposed in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and disposed in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, wherein the adjustable guide extends through a hole within a first side wall of the bracket and the channel continuously engages a bottom of the second peripheral card when the adjustable guide is rotated from the first position to the second position, and wherein a length of a longest side of the adjustable guide is shorter than a length of a longest side of the first peripheral card or the second peripheral card.

11. The information handling system of claim 10 , the bracket further comprising:

a mount in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket; and

a pin inserted within the mount and the adjustable guide to secure the adjustable guide to the first side wall.

12. The information handling system of claim 10 , the bracket further comprising:

a spring to exert a first force on the adjustable guide to place the adjustable guide in the first position.

13. The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein the adjustable guide rotates from the first position to the second position in response to a second force being exerted on the adjustable guide, wherein the second force is greater than the first force of the spring.

14. The information handling system of claim 10 , wherein the channel aligns the second peripheral card via the bottom being placed within the channel.

15. The information handling system of claim 10 , the adjustable guide comprising:

a tab to be placed in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket in response to the adjustable guide being located in the second position.

16. The information handling system of claim 10 , the adjustable guide extends through the first side wall when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

17. The information handling system of claim 10 , an entire length of the adjustable guide is in physical contact with the first side wall when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

18. The information handling system of claim 10 , wherein a distance between the adjustable guide and a second side wall of the bracket is less when the adjustable guide is in the first position as compared to when the adjustable guide is in the second position.

19. An information handling system comprising:

a server compute module; and

a bracket in physical contact with the server compute module, the bracket to receive a peripheral card, the bracket including:

an adjustable guide rotatable between a first position and a second position within the bracket, the adjustable guide including a channel and disposed in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and disposed in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, wherein the adjustable guide extends through a hole within a first side wall of the bracket and the channel continuously engages a bottom of the second peripheral card when the adjustable guide is rotated from the first position to the second position, and wherein a length of a longest side of the adjustable guide is shorter than a length of a longest side of the first peripheral card or the second peripheral card;

a mount in physical contact with the first side wall of the bracket;

a pin inserted within the mount and the adjustable guide to secure the adjustable guide to the first side wall; and

a spring to bias the adjustable guide toward the first position.

20. The information handling system of claim 19 , where the adjustable guide channel receives a bottom of the second peripheral card and the channel aligns the second peripheral card via the bottom being placed within the channel.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (053546/0001) Recorded Jun 23, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL MARKETING L.P. (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC. AND WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.); EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 071642/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (044535/0109) Recorded May 20, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; DELL MARKETING CORPORATION (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.)
Reel/Frame 060753/0414 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 044535 FRAME 0001 Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 058298/0475 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053546/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: CREDANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DELL INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.; DELL MARKETING L.P.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; DELL USA L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; FORCE10 NETWORKS, INC.; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049452/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2018
From: CHEN, YU-LIN; LIN, CHUN-CHENG; TUAN, KUANG-JYE
To: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
Reel/Frame 045553/0262 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (CREDIT) Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 044535/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (NOTES) Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC CORPORATION; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC; WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 044535/0109 →