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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6862172 | Hinged mounting for multiple storage drives A mounting mechanism for multiple computer storage drives mounts at least one drive so that it may be swung out for easy access to the drive and to its cable connectors. The mechanism comprises a drive cage mounting bracket, a hinge, and appropriately adapted chassi... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6859361 | Flash media reading devices with integrated storage compartments A memory card interface apparatus including a bay to receive a memory card for accessing data stored on the card, and a separate storage cavity configured to store a memory card. In one embodiment, the cavity includes an aperture providing access to remove a card fr... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6856518 | Assembly for supporting a short printed circuit card An assembly for supporting a short printed circuit card includes a card slot separator disposed in a card bay of a computer system and at least one card support block. The at least one card support block couples to the card slot separator and can be selectively posi... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6850409 | Shim assembly for hardware module The present invention comprises a shim assembly for supporting a hardware module flush with a bottom side of a printed circuit board. A bottom side of the shim assembly is attached to a top side of the printed circuit board and generally conforms to the shape of a s... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6847523 | 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 components a... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6831830 | Digital storage element in a host device and method A digital storage arrangement is interfaceable with a host device which defines a cavity. The digital storage arrangement includes a housing receivable in the cavity, with a movement margin between the housing and host device, while a resilient support arrangement i... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6831698 | Card slot door locking mechanism A card slot door locking mechanism including a pair of doors, each of the pair of doors being rotatable between a closed position and an open position, and being biased to the closed position; a pair of open guide surfaces which are formed on each respective door of... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6813164 | Low height USB interface connecting device and a memory storage apparatus thereof A connecting device with a low height comprises a connector part, and a set of metal terminals. The connector part has a height compatible with the height of an inner space in a standard USB interface slot socket so as to be inserted into the standard USB interface ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6813145 | Multistage undocking assembly and system and method incorporating same The present technique provides a multistage undocking mechanism for a system having a portable computing device dockable with a docking device. The multistage undocking mechanism may be disposed in either the portable computing device or the docking device. In a fir... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6812958 | Storable digital camera associated with a computer system A digital camera may include a portion that is translatable into and out of a computer system housing. The camera portion may be mounted such that when pushed inwardly into the housing from a stored position, the camera portion automatically springs outwardly from t... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6809921 | Mechanism for attaching a detachable panel to a housing of a PDA A PDA includes a housing and a detachable panel. An exterior surface of the housing has an engaging sink and a dimple. The detachable panel has a hook for locking onto the engaging sink and a cylindrical shaft protruding from the detachable panel for engaging with t... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6804123 | Computer mainframe with superposed architecture A computer mainframe includes a housing, a motherboard, an intermediate circuit board, and a supporting bracket. A CD-ROM and a hard disk are attached to upper and lower sides, respectively, of the intermediate circuit board to sequentially superpose on and electric... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6804111 | Locking mechanism for disk drive carrier enclosure system In a disk drive enclosure system having carriers fitting into slots in the enclosure, each carrier has a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism has a part which rotates between locked and unlocked positions, and the part has a feature that blocks removal of the carrier ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6804112 | Assembly with a base board and at least one daughter board The present invention relates to an assembly with a base board and at least one daughter board, which base board includes at least a first attachment means for attaching the base board to a mainframe, with the front of the assembly which remains accessible from the ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6791829 | Disk drive bracket A disk drive bracket (1) includes a connecting bracket (10), a first bracket (20), and a second bracket (30). A first supporting member (14) and a second supporting member (16) sequentially extend from one side of the connec... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6788531 | Panel mounting apparatus A panel mounting apparatus includes a chassis (10) and a panel (20). The chassis includes a front wall (11) defining two symmetrical arcuate slots (15). Two cutouts (17) are defined in the front wall at ends of the slots respective... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6778384 | On-vehicle card holding mechanism for accommodating cardholder to hold memory card According to this invention, when a user presses a manipulation part, a slider is pressed to a cardholder integrated with the manipulation part to move against a spring force of coil springs, which releases engagement of a protruding part at a center of a heart-shap... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776345 | Multifunctional extractable card reading modular cartridge connectable to wireless broadband network router A multifunctional extractable card reading modular cartridge connectable to a wireless broad band network router comprises an adapter box; an extractable wide band router modular cartridge installed in the adapter box and having two connecting terminals. The two con... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6768637 | Information processing unit and batteries An information processing unit and batteries which can be carried with ease even if the batteries have been attached. Includes a main body division for executing given information processing; a first battery division which is attached to the first surface on the rea... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6765803 | Semiconductor device socket 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 between an inser... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6762933 | Method and apparatus for selective card insertion A selective card insertion apparatus includes a carrier having a first card slot and a second card slot formed therein. The first card slot is separated from the second card slot. The first card slot includes a first end and a second end. A connector is provided at ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6757163 | Computer having an auxiliary memory unit removably fastened on a fixing bracket A computer including a casing mounted with an auxiliary memory unit having at least one fixing hole. The computer also comprises a fixing bracket accommodating and supporting the auxiliary memory unit, and having a through hole corresponding to a fixing hole of the ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6754767 | Self managing fixed configuration raid disk in headless appliance A headless computer entity comprises a RAID array data storage device. The headless computer entity contains a management application, capable of configuring said RAID data storage device from a blank unformatted condition into a plurality of RAID volumes, and maint... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6747868 | IC card connector An IC card connector is provided for connecting an IC card having a terminal array and ejecting the card from the connector. A support structure has a receptacle for receiving the IC card for movement to a connecting position. An elongated push rod is linearly movab... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6744622 | Slidable cover mechanism for main unit A slidable cover mechanism for a notebook computer's main unit is disclosed, wherein the cover can be separated from the main unit by the method of sliding. The cover mechanism comprises: a top housing, a cover metal plate and housing fixing elements, wherein there ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6728111 | Interface plastic housing assembly An interface plastic housing assembly for memory cards includes a plastic housing in shape of a planiform rectangular body, a plurality of terminals that are disposed in the plastic housing and have connection legs adhered to a circuit board of a memory card. The ch... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6728109 | Computer drive anchoring apparatus without using screws An anchoring apparatus for computer drives without using screws includes an anchor plate coupling on two struts located on an installation rack of the drives. The anchor plate pivotally and respectively engages with an actuating member on the left side and the right... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6728108 | Access device of memory card An access device of a memory card comprises a substrate for providing a receiving space. The substrate is positioned in an expanding slot of a system mainframe. The receiving space of the substrate has a control panel. The control panel has a control IC for accessin... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6724622 | Computer with a removable add-on card fixing mechanism The computer includes a chassis, a motherboard, and an add-on card fixing mechanism. The motherboard is fastened to the chassis. The add-on card fixing mechanism is attached, yet removable from, the motherboard by first and second couplers located on the motherboard... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6724618 | Housing for a portable electronic device An improved housing configuration for a portable electronic device is provided. The housing includes a flash card slot configured within a battery compartment of the portable electronic device to protect a flash card from outside contaminants. The housing also inclu... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6718408 | Interchangeable and configurable input/output module for a computing deviceco An input/output module for a computer having one, or multiple, input/output connectors that interface external devices with components in a computer. The input/output module is removable from the computer and interchangeable with a different input/output module havi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6717805 | Tray-type connecting module for electronic memory cards The tray-type connecting module for electronic memory cards of the present invention is comprised of a base placed on an electric circuit board and a tray openable and closable by sliding on the base for opening and closing. Wherein the bottom of the base is provide... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6711010 | Memory card ejecting structure A memory card ejecting structure includes an electrically insulative frame base, the frame base having a receiving unit mounted with a set of terminals for receiving a memory card and two arms forwardly extended from two opposite lateral sides of the receiving unit,... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6697894 | System, apparatus and method for providing maintenance instructions to a user at a remote location An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing a user with task-specific information that includes a portable instruction system that may be worn by a user, and includes, a computer sufficiently lightweight and designed to be worn by a user to which a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6691196 | First-level removable module having bar code I/O and second-level removable memory Computer hosts, such as PDAs, are customized for use in bar code scanner applications through use of a first-level removable expansion module having bar code related circuitry and a slot and internal connector for a second-level removable memory. In combi... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6665190 | Modular PC card which receives add-in PC card modules A modular and user configurable PC Card which removably receives one or more add-in modules that provide selected functionality. The user inserts and removes selected modules in the PC Card to configure the PC Card to the desired functionality. The PC Car... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6661411 | Device and method for repeatedly updating the function of a monitor A device and a method for updating the function of a monitor according to the invention. By using the USB signal lines directly for data transmission and recording the data of a monitor controller to the erasable programmable read only memory, data update... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6657855 | Portable information processing apparatus The invention provides a portable information processing apparatus such as a notebook personal computer which is improved in operability for an operation element which can be rotated and pushed in. A lid member having a display screen is mounted for pivot... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6658516 | Multi-interface memory card and adapter module for the same A multi-interface memory card and an adapter module for the memory card are described to enable convenient transfer of data between the memory card and a computer. The multi-interface memory card has a micro controller, a memory unit, a USB interface, an ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6654238 | Fastening device for securing a data storage device A fastening device for securing a data storage device (40) includes a bracket (10) and a locating plate (12). The bracket includes first and second side panels (14, 15). The first side panel forms a pair of hooks (16), and defines a pair of through holes ... | 11/25/2003 |
