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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6459571 | Packaging system for mass memory units A mass memory storage unit includes a cabinet and one or more drawers incorporated into the cabinet. Each drawer is movable between closed and open positions to permit access to the interior for service. Inside each drawer, there is a connector plane disp... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6456486 | Computer system and chassis A computer system having electronic components housed in a central unit having a protective enclosure and a cover. The cover is moveable to provide access to electronic components housed in the central unit. The cover allows access to certain electronic c... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6456489 | Device retention apparatus The present invention is directed to a device retention apparatus. A device retention apparatus includes a housing suitable for mounting an information handling system device and a retaining portion disposed on the housing, the retaining portion suitable ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6456490 | Engagement securing device for a heat sink An engagement securing device includes a support member disposed below a motherboard and having supporting and surrounding portions. The supporting portion is disposed closer to the motherboard than the surrounding portion. A first spacer member is dispos... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6456501 | Quick release mechanism for sliding rail A drive unit quick release apparatus is provided on one guide rail of a pair of guide rails mounted to the drive unit for engaging and releasing a drive unit from a chassis. The apparatus includes a resilient cantilevered arm mounted to the drive unit, an... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6452787 | Engaging and ejecting device for expansion module/cell of portable computer An engaging and ejecting device for expansion module/cell of portable computer, including a control member and a switch member pivotally disposed on one side of a housing of the portable computer. The control member and the switch member drivingly coopera... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6452792 | Computer enclosure incorporating drive bracket A drive bracket (10) includes a support base (20), a side plate (30) extending from one edge of the support base, and a retaining plate (40) extending from one edge of the side plate to be opposite to the support base. The support base has a flange (27) e... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6445587 | Disk drive vibration/shock attenuation system and method A mechanism and a method for damping shocks and vibrations between a drive tray and one or more media drives mounted within the drive tray are disclosed. The mechanism comprises one or more resilent layers disposed between the drive tray's housing and a d... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6442037 | Adjustable expansion board securing structure The invention provides for an apparatus that secures one or more expansion boards to a motherboard. A single type of adjustable retention block can be used to engage and secure expansion boards of various sizes. The retention block secures an expansion bo... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6442044 | 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 member which moves the intermediate conductive elements betwe... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6430040 | Foldable bicycle computer A bicycle computer includes a base member structured to mount to a structural member of a bicycle. A cover having an inner surface is swingably coupled to the base so that the inner surface may be moved from a closed position where the inner surface faces... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6421250 | Multi in-line memory module and matching electronic component socket A multi in-line module and an electronic component socket for the multi in-line module are provided. One embodiment of a multi in-line memory module includes a printed circuit board having at least two protrusions formed along one edge of the printed circ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6407913 | Removable carrier for hard disk drive Disclosed is a hard disk drive carrier adapted to be housed in a disk drive chassis comprising a drive bay for receiving and holding a hard disk drive; an integrated locking mechanism including a handle for carrying the disk drive carrier and for providin... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6404647 | Solid-state mass memory storage device The present disclosure relates to a solid-state mass memory storage device which comprises a printed circuit assembly and a plurality of nonvolatile, high density storage devices mounted to the printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto. ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6400668 | Control button mounting structure A control button mounting structure includes a press member suspended behind the face panel of a computer in front of a disk player. for example, a CR-ROM or DVD player, and a button knob mounted in the face panel of the computer and depressed to force th... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6400562 | Portable computer with detachable decorative piece A portable computer includes a computer housing, a decorative piece and a mounting unit. The computer housing includes an upper housing part that is provided with a display unit, and a lower housing part that is connected to the upper housing part and tha... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396689 | Computer mainframe cooling structure A computer mainframe cooling structure includes a mounting plate adapted for fastening to the bottom side wall of a hard diskdrive in a computer mainframe, the mounting plate having at least one suction hole and a plurality of retaining holes spaced aroun... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392892 | Network attached data storage system The present invention is directed to a network attached data storage system. In one embodiment of the invention, the system provides high data density by providing the capability to mount four data storage devices, such as disk drives, in a row that exten... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392879 | Disk drive mounting device for a portable computer A drawer-type mounting device is adapted to mount a disk drive in a computer housing. The mounting device includes a lower case, an upper case, and a pulling member. The lower case has a first base plate with a first front end and a notch that extends rea... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6388876 | Computer enclosure incorporating pivotable drive bracket A computer enclosure includes a housing (200) and a drive bracket (10). The housing has a pair of opposite side panels (260). Each side panel defines a guiding slot (266) and a retaining recess (268). The drive bracket has a base (20) from which a pair of... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6388874 | Securing device of computer data storage A device for securing a computer data storage device in a computer enclosure includes a support frame having a top wall for supporting the data storage device and two side walls for supporting the support frame in the enclosure. Aligned openings are defin... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6388875 | Retaining device of computer data storage device A retaining device is mounted to a computer data storage device for supporting and retaining the data storage device in an enclosure comprised of opposite side walls. The retaining device includes an elongate body having a first face and an opposite face.... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6385038 | Electronic device The electronic device has a first mounting portion with an engaging portion and a second mounting portion with an engaging portion in the housing. A first connector is arranged in the first mounting portion, and a second connector or other member is arran... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6385040 | 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 storage medium at their respective locations, one of whic... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6381140 | Memory module A memory module includes parallel first and second printed circuit boards, each having a mounting edge, a chip mounting side with a set of memory chips mounted thereon, and signal traces that extend from the mounting edge and that are connected to the set... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6381128 | Ergonomic portable computer A portable computer having a main computer body and a keyboard unit slidably attached to the main computer body and movable to various positions in front of the main computer body. A display unit is also slidably attached to the main computer body and mov... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6377451 | Door mechanism having spring that urges first and second door panels toward closed positions A door mechanism comprises a frame having an insertion port and first and second door panels. The first and second door panels have respective pivot shafts rotatably connected to the frame. These door panels are supported by the frame such that they can s... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377449 | Drive bracket for computer data storage device A drive bracket (8) for a data storage device includes a body (10) and a lever (50). The body includes a bottom panel (12) and two side walls (14, 16) extending from opposite side edges of the bottom panel. The body has a pair of sliding slots (18) for re... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377447 | Quick release disk drive to chassis mounting apparatus and method The invention provides for an apparatus and method for quickly attaching a disk drive to a computer chassis and for quickly removing a disk drive from a computer chassis. The sliding of a slide member that is slidably coupled to a bracket is employed to s... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6373691 | Interface card mounting structure for a computer mainframe An interface card mounting structure includes a computer mainframe, the computer mainframe having plug holes and a horizontal positioning flange disposed at top and bottom side of a rear opening thereof, a support frame mounted in the computer mainframe a... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6373694 | Fastening device for hard disk A fastening device is configured on a frame to have a plurality of pairs of opposed grooves, a block member on one side of the frame with grooves disposed thereon, and a plurality of latched members disposed on the block member each corresponding to the g... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6373695 | Mobile rack mounting structure for computer A mobile rack mounting structure includes a mounting frame fixedly mounted in a computer mainframe, and a plurality of CD-ROM player carriers detachably mounted in the mounting frame, the mounting frame having guide plates, supporting plates and retaining... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6366470 | Device for locking cards or caches into place in the frame of a computer central unit A device for locking cards or caches into place in the frame of a computer central unit A device for locking cards into place in the frame of a computer central unit, comprising latch windows (21-24) in the form of slots provided in the rear face of the f... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6362957 | External storage device An comprises an external storage device and an external storage device unit, wherein an external storage device main includes, a thin type external storage device module formed into a one-side sealed package from a storage medium series element containing... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6359778 | Removable-type hard disk drive bi-directional ingress and egress structure A removable-type hard disk drive bi-directional ingress and egress structure consisting of a connecting rod conjoined to the lower extent of a rotating shaft, with the other end conjoined to upper extent of another rotating shaft and thereby enabling oppo... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359775 | Accessible desktop computer A computer is disclosed having a flat panel display device and a disk drive unit, each pivotable between a closed position wherein they serve as covers for the housing of the computer, and an open position, wherein access is provided to the internal compo... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6356457 | Circuit card support mechanism and method A support mechanism for a part of a circuit card includes a support member (slide) which forms a fixed part. The support member defines a guide. It also includes a slideable member for engaging the circuit card. The slideable member (slider) is slideable ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6353870 | Closed case removable expansion card having interconnect and adapter circuitry for both I/O and removable memory Methods and apparatus for closed-case removable expansion cards having a removable memory enhance the utility of portable computer hosts, such as PDAs. In both a first and second embodiments the closed-case removable expansion cards preferably use a Type ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6353534 | Network interface card frame A network interface card (NIC) frame contains a plastic frame, an upper cover, two metal plates and two lateral metal bars. A PC board is mounted into the plastic frame first and then the two metal plates are covered on the top and bottom of the PC board ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6353535 | Portable computer having deformation function A portable computer has a first housing portion having a main body and a second housing portion which is reconfigurable. In the first configuration, the second housing portion is flat and in the second configuration, the second housing portion forms a rec... | 03/05/2002 |
