Hinged bezel having a portable display dock

• US 9,342,103 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: McClelland, Belgie B, Conn, Kevin D, Smith, Kelly K
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Tuan T
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, MUKUNDBHAI G
• Application Number:
  US13/173,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007329A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,783 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.02, 361/679.06, 361/679.09, 36167927-6793, 361/679.41, 710/303
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613

Abstract

A bezel includes a dock for a portable display device. The bezel also includes a hinge component that, when coupled to an enclosure, allows the bezel to be rotatably moved with respect to the enclosure.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an enclosure comprising a front side of the enclosure and an interior space, the interior space comprising electronic components that include a status reporting unit, wherein the front side comprises;

a bezel rotatably coupled to the front side;

vent openings; and

components that include an optical drive and a removable portable display device; and

a hinge connected to the bezel and the front side, wherein;

the bezel rotates between a first position parallel to the front side of the enclosure and a second position at an angle from the front side of the enclosure;

in the first position, the optical drive is covered by the bezel and the vent openings are exposed; and

in the second position, the optical drive is accessible; and

the bezel includes a portable display device dock that;

receives the removable portable display device, wherein the removable portable display device is removable from the portable display device dock of the bezel; and

retains the portable display device to the bezel when inserted; and

wherein the status reporting unit transmits the status of the electronic components inside the enclosure to the portable display device for displaying the status.

2. The system of claim 1 and further comprising:

a power connector associated with the removable portable display device dock and connectable to a component within the enclosure, for providing power to the removable portable display device when the removable portable display device is installed in the portable display device dock.

3. The system of claim 1 and further comprising:

a data connector associated with the removable portable display device dock and connectable to a component within the enclosure, for providing data to the removable portable display device when the removable portable display device is installed in the portable display device dock.

4. The system of claim 1 and further comprising:

an indicator light; and

a connection from the indicator light that is connectable to a component within the enclosure, for allowing a system within the enclosure to cause a status indication to be displayed by the indicator light.

5. The bezel of claim 1, wherein the portable display device dock is carried by the bezel such that the portable display device dock pivots with the bezel during rotation of the bezel as facilitated by the hinge component.

6. A system comprising:

an enclosure comprising a front side of the enclosure and an interior space, the interior space comprising electronic components that include a status reporting unit that reports a system status to a removable portable display device, and the front side comprising;

components that include an optical drive and a removable display device;

vent openings; and

a bezel comprising;

a face plate; and

a portable display dock that receives the removable portable display; and

wherein the status reporting unit transmits a status of the electronic components to the portable display to be displayed; and

a hinge coupling the bezel to the front side of the enclosure, wherein the bezel is rotatably coupled to the hinge in a first position parallel to the front side of the enclosure and a second position at an angle from the front side of the enclosure;

in a first position, the optical drive is covered by the bezel and the vent openings are exposed; and

in a second position, the optical drive is accessible.

7. The system of claim 6 and further comprising a power connection between the electronic components and the removable portable display dock.

8. The system of claim 6 and further comprising a data connection between the status-reporting unit and the portable display dock.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the data connection is an RS-232 serial connection.

10. The system of claim 6 and further comprising a power-over-Ethernet (PoE) connection between the status-reporting unit and the portable display dock.

11. The system of claim 6 wherein the bezel includes an indicator light, and the system includes a connection between the indicator light to the status-reporting unit.

12. The system of claim 6 and further comprising the removable portable display device installed in the portable display device dock.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the removable portable display device includes a battery.

14. The system of claim 6 wherein the electronic components comprising a computer system and the status-reporting unit comprises a management processor of the computer system.

15. The system of claim 6 wherein the electronic components comprise a computer system that includes a processor, an I/O hub, persistent non-transitory storage, and memory, the status-reporting unit comprises code stored on the persistent non-transitory storage and executed by the processor from the memory, and the portable display device dock is coupled to the I/O hub.

16. A method of displaying status information comprising:

sending the status information of electronic components from the electronic components of a server computer in an interior space of an enclosure to a bezel hingably coupled to the front side of the enclosure, wherein the front side includes;

components that include an optical drive and a removable portable display device; and

vent openings;

receiving the status information at the removable portable display device docked to the bezel, wherein the removable portable display device;

is removable from the bezel; and

receives power and data only from the enclosure and does not operate without being connected to the enclosure;

moving the bezel between a first position where the bezel is parallel to the front side of the enclosure and a second position where the bezel is at an angle from the front side of the enclosure, wherein;

in the first position, the optical drive is covered by the bezel and the vent openings are exposed; and

in the second position, the optical drive is accessible; and

displaying the status information on the removable portable display device.

17. The method of claim 16 and further comprising:

signaling an operator to connect the removable portable display device to the bezel; and

docking the removable portable display device to the bezel.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein sending the status information from electronic components within an enclosure to the bezel hingably coupled to the enclosure comprises sending the status information from a management processor within an enclosure to a bezel hingably coupled to the enclosure.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein sending the status information from electronic components within an enclosure to the bezel hingably coupled to the enclosure comprises sending the status information from a computer processor within an enclosure to a bezel hingably coupled to the enclosure.

20. The method of claim 16 wherein sending the status information from electronic components within an enclosure to the bezel hingably coupled to the enclosure includes sending power.

21. The method of claim 16 wherein the electronic components are connected to the bezel through a Power over Ethernet connection.