IP Library Granted Patent US 11,841,750
Granted Patent B2
US 11,841,750 · App. 17/224,932 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Interchangeable labeling strip in chassis hem

Inventors: Bernard D. Strmiska (Round Rock, TX); Eduardo Escamilla (Round Rock, TX); Matthew B. Gilbert (Austin, TX); Richard Crisp (Austin, TX)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
G06F1/181H05K7/1401
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Patent No.
US 11,841,750
App. No.
17/224,932
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chassis for housing information handling resources of an information handling system may include an enclosure, a plurality of bays formed within the enclosure, each bay of the plurality of bays configured to receive a corresponding modular information handling resource, and a hem comprising a ledge extending from the enclosure and running proximate to at least a portion of the plurality of bays. The hem may have formed therein a recess sized and shaped in accordance with physical dimensions of an interchangeable labeling strip and a plurality of retention features, each retention feature configured to receive a corresponding engagement feature of the interchangeable labeling strip, in order to retain the interchangeable labeling strip within the recess.

Claims (24)

1. A chassis for housing information handling resources of an information handling system, the chassis comprising:

an enclosure;

a plurality of bays formed within the enclosure, each bay of the plurality of bays configured to receive a corresponding modular information handling resource; and

a hem comprising a ledge extending horizontally from a bottom edge of the enclosure and running proximate to at least a portion of the plurality of bays, the hem having formed therein:

a recess sized and shaped in accordance with physical dimensions of an interchangeable labeling strip; and

a plurality of retention features, each retention feature configured to receive a corresponding engagement feature of the interchangeable labeling strip, in order to retain the interchangeable labeling strip within the recess.

2. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein the recess is sized and shaped such that the interchangeable labeling strip is seated flush within the recess when the interchangeable labeling strip is received in the recess.

3. The chassis of claim 1 , wherein the interchangeable labeling strip comprises labels comprising information regarding a configuration of the plurality of bays.

4. An interchangeable labeling strip, comprising:

a body sized and shaped in accordance with a recess formed in a hem of an information handling system chassis; and

a plurality of engagement features extending from the body, each engagement feature configured to engage with a corresponding retention feature formed in the hem, in order to retain the interchangeable labeling strip within the recess, wherein the plurality of engagement features include a first plurality of engagement features extending from a first edge of the body and a second plurality of engagement features extending from a second edge of the body.

5. The interchangeable labeling strip of claim 4 , wherein the interchangeable labeling strip is formed from plastic.

6. The interchangeable labeling strip of claim 4 , further comprising a tab extending therefrom to allow a user to apply a force to the tab to remove the interchangeable labeling strip from the recess.

7. The interchangeable labeling strip of claim 4 , wherein the body is sized and shaped such that the interchangeable labeling strip is seated flush within the recess when the interchangeable labeling strip is received in the recess.

8. The interchangeable labeling strip of claim 4 , wherein the interchangeable labeling strip comprises labels comprising information regarding a configuration of a plurality of bays proximate to the hem.

9. A method comprising:

inserting a body of an interchangeable labeling strip into a hem of an information handling system chassis, wherein the hem comprises a ledge extending horizontally from a bottom edge of an enclosure of the information handling system chassis and running proximate to at least a portion of a plurality of bays formed in the enclosure, the hem having formed therein:

a recess sized and shaped in accordance with physical dimensions of the body of the interchangeable labeling strip; and

a plurality of retention features; and

engaging each of a plurality of engagement features with a corresponding retention feature formed in the hem in order to retain the interchangeable labeling strip within the recess, wherein each of the plurality of engagement features extends from the body.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the interchangeable labeling strip is formed from plastic.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising applying a force to a tab extending from the body in order to remove the interchangeable labeling strip from the recess.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the recess is sized and shaped such that the interchangeable labeling strip is seated flush within the recess when the interchangeable labeling strip is received in the recess.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the interchangeable labeling strip comprises labels comprising information regarding a configuration of a plurality of bays proximate to the hem.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (056295/0280) Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 062022/0255 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (056295/0124) Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 062022/0012 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (056295/0001) Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 062021/0844 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 058297/0332 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 056295/0124 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 056295/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 056295/0280 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE MISSING PATENTS THAT WERE ON THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED SUBMITTED BUT NOT ENTERED PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 056250 FRAME: 0541. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 17, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
Reel/Frame 056311/0781 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 14, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
Reel/Frame 056250/0541 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2021
From: STRMISKA, BERNARD D.; ESCAMILLA, EDUARDO; GILBERT, MATTHEW B.; CRISP, RICHARD
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 055857/0787 →