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US 9,460,605 · App. 13/989,877 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Housing for a computer system and use of a housing

Inventors: Friedrich Köhler (Augsburg, DE); Lorenz Schelshorn (Augsburg, DE)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
G08B21/18G06F1/181
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Patent No.
US 9,460,605
App. No.
13/989,877
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A housing for a computer system includes at least one first and one second housing opening, at least one first housing cover and one second housing cover, wherein the first housing opening can be closed by the first housing cover and the second housing opening can be closed by the second housing cover, and a switching element having a switching contact, wherein the switching element is arranged such that, both when opening the first housing cover and when opening the second housing cover, the switching contact is triggered to indicate that the housing has been opened.

Claims (20)

1. A housing for a computer system comprising:

at least one first and one second housing opening that are separate from one another, each opening bordered by a wall of the housing,

at least one first housing cover and one second housing cover, where the first housing opening can be closed by the first housing cover and the second housing opening can be closed by the second housing cover, and

a switching element having a switching contact, wherein the switching element is arranged such that, both when opening the first housing cover and when opening the second housing cover, the switching contact is triggered to indicate that the housing has been opened, and

a switch housing of the switching element is mounted such that it can move, part of the first housing cover acting on the switching contact and part of the second housing cover directly acting on the switch housing, so that a relative movement between the switching contact and the switch housing is effected both when opening the first housing cover and when opening the second housing cover.

2. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the switch housing is rotatably mounted on a rocker in a region between the first and the second housing opening.

3. The housing according to claim 2 , wherein a spring element acts on the rocker, which spring element exerts a force toward the second housing cover.

4. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing cover is a flap arranged on a front side of the housing to close one or more drives accessible from the front side.

5. The housing according to claim 1 , wherein the second housing cover forms a removable side wall of the housing to close an access to internal components of the computer system.

6. An arrangement comprising at least one computer to be monitored arranged in the housing according to claim 1 , and at least one monitoring device connected to the switching element to provide a control signal and, on the basis of the control signal, indicates whether at least one of the two housing covers has been opened.

7. The arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the monitoring device comprises a system monitoring module.

8. The housing according to claim 2 , wherein the first housing cover is a flap arranged on a front side of the housing to close one or more drives accessible from the front side.

9. The housing according to claim 3 , wherein the first housing cover is a flap arranged on a front side of the housing to close one or more drives accessible from the front side.

10. The housing according to claim 2 , wherein the second housing cover forms a removable side wall of the housing to close an access to internal components of the computer system.

11. The housing according to claim 3 , wherein the second housing cover forms a removable side wall of the housing to close an access to internal components of the computer system.

12. The housing according to claim 4 , wherein the second housing cover forms a removable side wall of the housing to close an access to internal components of the computer system.

13. An arrangement comprising at least one computer to be monitored arranged in the housing according to claim 2 , and at least one monitoring device connected to the switching element to provide a control signal and, on the basis of the control signal, indicates whether at least one of the two housing covers has been opened.

14. An arrangement comprising at least one computer to be monitored arranged in the housing according to claim 3 , and at least one monitoring device connected to the switching element to provide a control signal and, on the basis of the control signal, indicates whether at least one of the two housing covers has been opened.

15. An arrangement comprising at least one computer to be monitored arranged in the housing according to claim 4 , and at least one monitoring device connected to the switching element to provide a control signal and, on the basis of the control signal, indicates whether at least one of the two housing covers has been opened.

16. An arrangement comprising at least one computer to be monitored arranged in the housing according to claim 5 , and at least one monitoring device connected to the switching element to provide a control signal and, on the basis of the control signal, indicates whether at least one of the two housing covers has been opened.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 039362 FRAME: 0380. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 9, 2016
From: FUJITSU TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 039634/0264 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2016
From: FUJITSU TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS GMBH
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 039362/0380 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2013
From: KOHLER, FREIDRICH; SCHELSHORN, LORENZ
To: FUJITSU TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
Reel/Frame 031023/0277 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 052 931 · Nov 30, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130321162A1 · Dec 5, 2013