IP Library Granted Patent US 10,349,547
Granted Patent B1
US 10,349,547 · App. 15/992,171 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Quick release chassis cover

Inventors: Julio Cesar Ayala Vera (Apodaca, MX); Oswaldo Enrique Linares Rivas (Guadalupe, MX); Carlos Gonzalez Inda (Guadalupe, MX); Sergio Antonio Delon Canseco (Guadalupe, MX); Luis Lopez Moreno (Apodaca, MX)
Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
H05K7/1401G06F1/1624H05K7/1488B65D2543/00092Y10T292/0894
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Patent No.
US 10,349,547
App. No.
15/992,171
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A chassis cover includes a cover member having a first edge and a second edge. The cover member also includes at least one latch member. The latch member or members include a cantilever arm extending distally outward from an interior of the cover member beyond the first edge by a first distance, and terminating at a loop. A latch arm extends distally inward from the loop a second distance, which may be greater than the first distance. A latching tab extends distally from an end of the latch arm.

Claims (35)

1. A chassis cover, comprising:

a cover member having a first edge and a second edge;

at least one latch member comprising:

a cantilever arm extending distally outward from an interior of the cover member beyond the first edge by a first distance, the cantilever arm terminating at a loop;

a latch arm extending distally inward from the loop a second distance, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance; and

a latching tab extending distally from an end of the latch arm;

wherein the cantilever arm defines a dovetail protuberance extending distally from the cantilever arm toward the latching tab to a nadir.

2. The chassis cover of claim 1 , wherein the cover member is substantially planar.

3. The chassis cover of claim 1 , wherein the latch arm comprises a major latch arm and a minor latch arm, wherein the major latch arm and the minor latch arm define a first L-shape.

4. The chassis cover of claim 3 , wherein the latching tab is shorter in length than the minor latch arm.

5. The chassis cover of claim 3 , wherein the latching tab and the minor latch arm define a second L-shape.

6. The chassis cover of claim 5 , wherein the major latch arm and the latching tab are substantially parallel.

7. The chassis cover of claim 5 , wherein the major latch arm is bendably connected to the cantilever arm by the loop.

8. The chassis cover of claim 7 , wherein a junction bend defined by an intersection of the major latch arm and the minor latch arm abuts the cantilever arm.

9. The chassis cover of claim 8 , wherein the loop biases the junction bend against the cantilever arm.

10. The chassis cover of claim 1 , wherein the dovetail protuberance defines a base at the cantilever arm having a triangular cross section.

11. The chassis cover of claim 10 , wherein a first side of the triangular cross section is substantially parallel with the first edge.

12. The chassis cover of claim 1 , wherein the dovetail protuberance is situated interior of the first edge.

13. The chassis cover of claim 1 , wherein the first edge is situated to a first side of the at least one latch member, wherein a portion of the cover member situated to a second side of the at least one latch member is folded over the cover member to define an abutment surface extending substantially orthogonally from the cover member.

14. A latch for a chassis cover, the latch comprising:

a cantilever arm extending distally in a first direction by a first distance to terminate at a loop;

a latch arm extending distally in a second direction, opposite the first direction, from the loop by a second distance, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance; and

a latching tab extending distally from an end of the latch arm;

wherein the cantilever arm defines a dovetail protuberance extending distally from a major face of the cantilever arm toward the latching tab to a nadir.

15. The latch of claim 14 , wherein the latch arm is bendably connected to the cantilever arm by the loop.

16. The latch of claim 15 , wherein the latch arm comprises a major latch arm and a minor latch arm, the loop preloading a junction bend defined by an intersection of the major latch arm and the minor latch arm causing the junction bend to abut the cantilever arm.

17. The latch of claim 14 , wherein a portion of the cantilever arm, the loop, and a portion of the latch arm define a teardrop cross section.

18. A system, comprising:

a chassis; and

a cover for the chassis, the cover comprising a first latch and a second latch, each of the first latch and the second latch comprising:

a cantilever arm extending from a major face of the cover beyond a first edge of the major face to a loop;

a latch arm extending toward the first edge from the loop; and

a latching tab extending distally from an end of the latch arm;

wherein the cantilever arm defines a dovetail protuberance extending distally from the major face of the cantilever arm toward the latching tab to a nadir.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein a second edge of the cover defines an offset extension that is parallel, but non-coplanar, with the major face of the cover.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 049905/0504 Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (F/K/A ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC.); ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; RUCKUS WIRELESS, LLC (F/K/A RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.)
Reel/Frame 071477/0255 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE INC., OF NORTH CAROLINA; OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC; RUCKUS IP HOLDINGS LLC
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 069889/0114 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST
Reel/Frame 060752/0001 →
ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049892/0396 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049820/0495 →
TERM LOAN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049905/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2018
From: AYALA VERA, JULIO CESAR; LINARES RIVAS, OSWALDO ENRIQUE; INDA, CARLOS GONZALEZ; DELON CANSECO, SERGIO ANTONIO; LOPEZ MORENO, LUIS
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Reel/Frame 045926/0832 →