IP Library Granted Patent US 11,432,417
Granted Patent B2
US 11,432,417 · App. 17/137,886 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Assembly latch release

Inventor: Matthew Sean Hilliard (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H05K5/0221E05B5/006E05B13/002E05B65/006G06F1/181E05C9/047E05Y2900/606
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Patent No.
US 11,432,417
App. No.
17/137,886
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly can include a chassis that includes a chamber and an opening; a cover movable for access to the chamber via the opening; a cover latch; and a cover latch release that includes a push panel operatively coupled via a linkage to a pull panel that includes a finger grip surface, where the linkage rotates the pull panel responsive to rotation of the push panel to expose the finger grip surface, and where further rotation of the pull panel releases the cover latch.

Claims (24)

1. An assembly comprising:

a chassis that comprises a chamber and an opening;

a cover movable for access to the chamber via the opening;

a cover latch; and

a cover latch release that comprises a push panel operatively coupled via a linkage to a pull panel that comprises a finger grip surface, wherein the linkage rotates the pull panel responsive to rotation of the push panel to expose the finger grip surface, and wherein further rotation of the pull panel releases the cover latch.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the chassis comprises at least one processor and memory accessible to at least one of the at least one processor.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the linkage operatively couples a push panel lever arm and a pull panel lever arm.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , comprising a push panel axle and a pull panel axle, wherein movement of the push panel lever arm rotates the push panel about the push panel axle and wherein movement of the pull panel lever arm rotates the pull panel about the pull panel axis.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the linkage comprises a bar linkage.

6. The assembly of claim 5 , wherein the bar linkage comprises an elongated opening.

7. The assembly of claim 6 , wherein at least one of a push panel lever arm and a pull panel lever arm is received in part in the elongated opening.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , comprising a spring element operatively coupled to the pull panel.

9. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the spring element is operatively coupled to a pull panel lever arm of the pull panel.

10. The assembly of claim 1 , comprising a spring element that applies an outward bias force to the push panel.

11. The assembly of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of springs.

12. The assembly of claim 11 , wherein the push panel is biased by at least two of the plurality of springs.

13. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein a push panel mating edge contacts a pull panel mating edge for substantially flush alignment of an outer push panel surface and an outer pull panel surface.

14. The assembly of claim 1 , comprising a lock.

15. The assembly of claim 14 , wherein the pull panel comprises a lock opening that exposes a keyway of the lock.

16. The assembly of claim 14 , wherein the lock comprises a lock latch and wherein the pull panel comprises a lock latch keeper, wherein engagement of the lock latch and the lock latch keeper limits rotation of the pull panel.

17. The assembly of claim 16 , wherein engagement of the lock latch and the lock latch keeper limits rotation of the push panel.

18. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the linkage comprises an elongated opening that receives a portion of a push panel lever arm that contacts an end of the elongated opening and wherein engagement of a lock latch of a lock and a lock latch keeper of the pull panel immovably maintains contact between the portion of the push panel lever arm and the end of the elongated opening.

19. The assembly of claim 1 , comprising a lock, wherein the pull panel comprises a lock opening that exposes a keyway of the lock, wherein the lock comprises a lock latch and wherein the pull panel comprises a lock latch keeper, wherein engagement of the lock latch and the lock latch keeper limits rotation of the push panel.

20. The assembly of claim 19 , wherein engagement of the lock latch and the lock latch keeper limits rotation of the push panel via the linkage.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0028 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: HILLIARD, MATTHEW SEAN
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 060341/0417 →
Continuity (1)
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