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6297954 Peripheral mounting system for a computer system  
A brace device can be inserted between the two lateral sides of the peripheral device and the lateral sides of the bay in a computer chassis. The brace device physically connects to the peripheral...
6297951 Hard diskdrive rack  
A hard diskdrive rack, which includes a mounting frame for holding a hard diskdrive in an electronic apparatus, and two elevation adjustable carrier devices mounted on the mounting frame at two...
6297950 Filter assembly for a memory storage device cooler  
An air filter assembly is useful with an external hard drive, a computer housing and memory storage device housings. The air filter assembly includes a frame, an air filter, and a retainer for...
6297949 Recessed bezel apparatus  
A recessed bezel and corresponding assembly are provided for internally mounting a data storage device in a computer system housing. The recessed bezel allows the removable data storage medium to...
6295204 Linear security mechanism for enclosure  
A lock assembly for retaining computer peripheral devices in a housing. The lock assembly includes a spring-loaded lock bar that is movable between an unlock and a lock position. The lock bar is...
6292360 Packaging system for mass memory units having uniform or mixed form factors  
In order to obtain mixed and space efficient use of mass memory units having different form factors into a single package, a specially configured connector plane module is provided. The connector...
6289401 Data storage system having a host computer coupled to bank of disk drives through interface comprising plurality of directors, two pairs of buses, and memory sections  
A data storage system wherein a host computer is coupled to a bank of disk drives through a system interface. The interface has a memory with a high address memory section and a low address memory...
6285563 Support bracket for a printed circuit board connectable to daughter boards  
A support bracket, which can be used in a method of reinforcing a printed circuit board, secures the printed circuit board, such as a backplane having a plurality of electrical connectors that...
6282087 Hard drive keying feature  
An assembly including a slot in a peripheral device carrier and a tab in a housing for peripheral devices, the assembly providing a structure for retaining compatible peripheral devices in a...
6282086 Card device receptacles  
An arrangement of a first receptacle and a second receptacle for separately receiving a card device in a portable computer. The first and second card receptacles are coupled to allow movement of...
6282085 Detachable face panel mounting arrangement for an electronic apparatus  
A detachable face panel mounting arrangement, which includes an apparatus housing, the apparatus housing having a receiving chamber and two raised portions bilaterally provided at a front doorstep...
6279861 Elevator clips for portable computer  
A pair of elevator clamps are used with a portable computer for tilting the main body and keyboard unit. The elevator clips fit onto rearward parts of the sides of portable computer body unit. The...
6275377 Rail assembly for a data storage device  
A rail assembly is adapted for mounting a data storage device to a computer enclosure. The rail assembly comprises a rail and a fastener. The rail comprises a body and a latch so connected with the...
6272008 Apparatus casing quick mounting arrangement  
An apparatus casing quick mounting arrangement, which includes a computer housing having an apparatus insertion slot and a plurality of locating holes at a top flange above the apparatus insertion...
6266239 Computer access panel having a biased cover latching mechanism and method  
A computer system includes a chassis having a biased slider device mounted thereon. The slider device includes a plurality of connectors positioned in openings in the chassis. When the slider is in...
6266235 Method for securing a laptop computer  
A method for operating a display housing relative to a base of a laptop computer. In one embodiment, the method can include stowing the display housing by folding the display housing toward the...
6262883 Portable computer  
A portable computer provided with a structure for mounting an auxiliary device with a front having a board connector and two opposite sides having symmetrical screw holes, including: a housing...
6256191 Card retention apparatus for a computer system  
A card retention apparatus has an enclosure including an attachable cover. A connector having a card seated in the connector is mounted in the enclosure. A card retaining member is connected to...
6252766 Computer with peripheral device mounting assembly  
A computer, including an carrier for mounting a peripheral device in the chassis of the computer. The carrier includes a plate disposed in the chassis and having two or more extensions. The...
6252765 Device bay retention mechanism  
A computer peripheral device retention apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a frame, a control arm slidably coupled to the frame, and first and second locking arms...
6250553 Data card having a retractable handle  
A data card having a retractable handle is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the data card includes an electronic data storage medium contained within a two-piece protective housing. A...
6249430 Support for a data storage device  
A support for a data storage device having at least one slots provided on each side surface comprises two elongate plates provided on each of two opposite sides of the device having at least one...
6249429 PCT bracket mounted on drive instead of PCBA  
A head-disk assembly 200 is directly connected to a host computer by arm 120 and arm 130. A housing connector 100 which includes the arms 120 and 130 is directly connected to the host computer to...
6249428 Method and apparatus for mounting a component and heat sink  
A method and apparatus is described for mounting a component in a computer chassis. The present embodiment includes an embodiment in which the component is associated with a heat sink. A mounting...
6246576 Computer mother board multi-position chassis drawer latch and release mechanism  
A lock and release mechanism is disclosed which includes an elongated bendable member which engages a lock tab such that when the lock tab is disengaged with the chassis an electronics module can...
6233151 Mobile rack adapter  
A mobile rack adapter, which includes a box body, the box body having a back opening, a set of connection ports at a front side for connection to a computer and/or power supply, and a memory slot...
6233142 Mechanical architecture of supporting a hard disk drive into a feature card slot in a network computer  
A small network computer has a chassis which is mounted within a housing. A variety of electronic components are mounted to the chassis and a pair of feature card slots are located in a tailstock...
6229699 Packaging apparatus and method for networks computer chassis  
A network computer has a chassis with four wall-like frame members located at its rectangular perimeter. A motherboard having a variety of electronic components is mounted to the chassis within the...
6219231 Card-shaped storage medium and information processing apparatus having guide portion for the same  
An information processing apparatus which employs a card-shaped storage medium includes guide portions having a plurality of temporarily fastening portions for temporarily fastening the card-shaped...
6219227 Portable computer assembly  
A portable computer assembly is provided. The portable computer assembly comprises a main outer casing and an operable computer system mounted with the outer casing with the computer system being...
6215666 Giga-bit interface convertor bracket with enhanced grounding  
A giga-bit interface convertor module bracket assembly having upper and lower ground springs. The upper ground spring has upper wing-shaped springs in the upper part of the front opening of the...
6208508 Space-saving docking station for vertically supporting an opened notebook computer  
A space-saving docking station is usable to support a notebook computer docked thereto in a generally vertical, hinge-side up opened orientation on a desktop area with the computer lid display...
6202110 Memory cards with symmetrical pinout for back-to-back mounting in computer system  
Memory cards for a computer system are placed back-to-back on an active backplane, using wiring topology where the memory address and data busses are wired to pairs of symmetrical connectors. This...
6198636 Semiconductor device socket, assembly and methods  
A socket that secures bare and minimally packaged semiconductor devices substantially perpendicularly relative to a carrier substrate. The socket includes intermediate conductive elements and a...
6185093 Expansion card carrier and method for a computer system  
A computer system includes a chassis having a slot in a side panel. An expansion card carrier is removably mounted in the chassis by being inserted into and removed from the slot. The carrier...
6181551 Pin soldering enhancement and method  
A multi-layer circuit board includes several metallic layers. Each metallic layer includes a metallic ring surrounding a component pin hole formed through each layer of the board. The ring is...
6178084 Electronic apparatus  
A housing of a computer is provided with a mounting section in which first and second pack-type devices can be set alternatively. The mounting section is defined by a recess that opens continuously...
6166722 Portable electronic apparatus having pointing device  
Portable electronic apparatus is effectively provided with a pointing device and a memory card to allow it to be down-sized and made thinner. The portable electronic apparatus comprises an...
6157536 Retention module for receiving different CPU modules  
A retention module comprises a pair of first reception members each defining an inner channel formed by a vertical wall and a horizontal wall extending from the vertical wall for receiving a first...
6147862 Quick-detachable computer housing  
A quick-detachable computer housing includes a mainframe shell separated by an upright partition board into a mother board chamber for holding a mother board and a circuit board for interface card...
6147861 External storage device unit  
An external storage device includes an external storage device main includes a thin type external storage device module formed into a package sealed on one side from a storage element containing at...
6147860 External storage device  
An external storage device includes an external storage device main includes a thin type external storage device module formed into a package sealed on one side from a storage element containing at...
6145023 Information storage and information processing system utilizing state-designating member provided on supporting card surface which produces write-permitting or write-inhibiting signal  
In a small and thin memory module for sharing data among electronic devices such as information processing apparatuses, a write prohibit state can be visually recognized. A conductive seal is...
6141210 External storage device  
An external storage device includes an external storage device main includes a thin type external storage device module formed into a package sealed on one side from a storage element containing at...
6137694 Integral EMI shielding for computer enclosures  
A computer has a chassis with a variety of electronic components mounted to it. The chassis is generally rectangular and slidably mounted within a sheet metal enclosure. The enclosure closely...
6137678 Configuring a computer system  
A computer system includes a chassis, a tray and a motherboard. The tray is configured to form a detachable connection with the chassis, and the motherboard is mounted to the tray.
6122173 Drive latch mechanism for computer selectively configurable in both desktop and tower orientations  
A computer may be easily user re-configured between desktop and tower housing orientations, with a group of the computer's front side drive units being horizontally disposed in each orientation,...
6122165 Computer with improved hard drive assembly and method for assembling same  
A computer and a hard drive assembly for use therein according to which a drive unit is disposed on a carrier and engages a flexible wall of the carrier. The wall is adapted to flex to accommodate...
6115244 Engaging and outward pushing mechanism for expansion module/cell of portable computer  
An engaging and outward pushing mechanism for expansion module/cell of portable computer is disclosed. The mechanism includes at least one pushing member pivotally disposed in the portable computer...
6115243 Portable electronic apparatus  
A housing of a personal computer is provided with a pack holding portion for alternatively holding a CD-ROM drive or a floppy disk drive. The pack holding portion is defined by a recess opening in...