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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422460 | Adjustable connection mechanism for use in uninterruptible power supply apparatus An adjustable connection mechanism of an uninterruptible power supply apparatus includes a first connector, a second connector, a supporting member and a carrier plate. The first connector is arranged on a battery module and electrically connected to the battery mod... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408769 | Fiber containment system The present invention relates to a telecommunications termination panel with a housing including a front opening and a rear opening. Pivotably mounted within the housing is a tray within the front opening, pivoting about a vertical axis located adjacent a first side... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7381099 | Equipment door perforation penetrating connector A door penetrating connector assembly for providing electrical connectivity through a perforated equipment rack door includes a first connector that includes first electrical contacts configured and disposed to fit through corresponding holes in the equipment rack d... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7359190 | Interface for expansion module and expansion module bay An expansion module including a housing having an interior, an end cap connected to the housing at one end, and an interface device positioned in the housing interior is described. The end cap includes at least two throughholes to the housing interior and at least t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322842 | Modular plug connector For a modular plug connector in which different, replaceable modules can be inserted in a hinged retaining frame of two halves, it is proposed to insert modules in the form of sealed enclosures. At least one module is provided with electronic, optoelectronic or pneu... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322838 | Memory card connector A memory card connector includes an insulating housing, an ejector, a plurality of first electric terminals, a plurality of second electric terminals, a detected apparatus and a cover. The insulating housing includes a base, a left wall, a right wall and a front wal... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7306491 | Chip card retaining mechanism and electronic device therewith A chip card retaining mechanism (200) used in an electronic device (100) includes a sliding seat (20) and a sliding member (30). The sliding seat includes a main body (22) and two vertical portions (242) extending, respectiv... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7281940 | Removable electrical interface device and electronic apparatus having the same A removable electrical interface device insertable into an electronic apparatus having a slot and two first coupling portions includes a body and a lid. The body is adapted to be inserted into the slot and electrically connected to the electronic apparatus. The lid ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258554 | Structure for preventing incorrect insertion of an interface module A foolproof structure for preventing incorrect insertion an interface module is a PCI-Express (PCI-E) interface structure having at least one module stand disposed in a casing and a corresponding fixing frame. The fixing frame includes a first structure correspondin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7153144 | Module connector A module connector has a simple module base connector capable of being used instead of a module socket, thereby allowing connection to wiring members such as an inexpensive flexible flat cable. The module base connector, formed as a thin plate, is interposed between... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150644 | Docking apparatus for PC card devices A carrier and docking assembly in combination for removeably interconnecting a PC card device with a computer. The docking assembly is configured in size to be fixed in a memory storage device bay of a computer housing, or a memory storage device housing. The dockin... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137855 | Mechanical adapter for circuitry modules In some embodiments, a mechanical adapter may be used to couple a first circuit board (e.g., a motherboard) to a second circuit board (e.g., a daughtercard) in a module. The mechanical adapter may have a mounting portion and a configurable portion. In some embodimen... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131871 | Chip card retaining mechanism A chip card retaining mechanism for retaining a chip card (30) mounted in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing (10) having a battery compartment (12) defined therein. The chip card retaining mechanism includ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114994 | Computer connections A modular computer system includes at least one information processing module removably received at a first face of a housing, at least one computer support module removably received at a second face of the housing, at least one power supply module removably receive... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113392 | Integrated mechanical standoff and wall-mount apparatus An integrated standoff and wall mount apparatus is disclosed. A standoff is formed in the inner surface of a chassis backplane of an electrical device and comprises a conical shape extending generally upward from the inner surface of the chassis backplane. The integ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7021540 | Storage medium mounting/dismounting mechanism and information processing apparatus A storage medium can be mounted at and dismounted from an information processing apparatus without having to dismount a storage medium adapter from the information processing apparatus, and one of the storage medium and the storage medium adapter can be selectively ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6918177 | Method for mating a device with a substructure A device to be detachably attached to a mechanical substructure includes rails on opposed sides joined at the front by a cross member. A pair of guides mounted on the substructure slidably receives and retains the rails upon attachment of the device. An alignment pi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6882525 | Universal receptacles for interchangeably receiving different removable computer drive carriers A universal receiving frame to be mounted in a drive bay of a chassis or storage enclosure that is interfaced with a host computer. The universal receiving frame is capable of interchangeably receiving different removable computer drive carriers having respective re... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6856514 | Toolless thumb screw with adjustable height knob The present invention provides a mounting system for components in the housing of a computer server. The mounting system is preferably a height-adjustable thumb screw assembly, which allows for the components to be installed or removed without the use of tools. In a... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6840801 | Docking apparatus for PC card devices A carrier and docking assembly in combination for removeably interconnecting a PC card device with a computer. The docking assembly is configured in size to be fixed in a memory storage device bay of a computer housing, or a memory storage device housing. The dockin... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6831832 | Mating assembly with spring for electrostatic discharge A device to be detachably attached to a mechanical substructure includes rails on opposed sides joined at the front by a cross member. A pair of guides mounted on the substructure slidably receives and retains the rails upon attachment of the device. An alignment pi... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6819567 | Apparatus and system for functional expansion of a blade The functionality of a blade is expanded by the installation of an expansion unit including expansion components. The blade and expansion unit are provided with connectors allowing the blade components to access and utilize the expansion components when the connecto... | 11/16/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6798650 | Disk drive bracket A bracket having two parallel sides and an interconnecting crosspiece is attached to a disk drive or similar peripheral with the sides of the bracket extending longitudinally of the sides of the drive and the crosspiece extending across the front of the drive. A cha... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6788532 | Portable computer of multifunction type An apparatus (e.g. a portable computer) is provided which includes a peripheral device (e.g. a hard disk) and a bracket. The bracket maybe configured to rigidly attach the peripheral device to the apparatus. Further, the bracket may be configured to guide the periph... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785141 | Locking and ejecting device for removable module in a portable computer A locking and ejecting device for removable module in a portable computer, wherein the removable module is insertable into and removable from an internal bay of the portable computer. The locking and ejecting device includes a latch mechanism, a hot-plug controller,... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6781844 | Modular computer system mechanical interconnection A modular computer system mechanical interconnection includes a primary chassis having a first opening and a secondary chassis attached to the primary chassis and having a second opening, wherein the first opening and the second opening are generally aligned. The ap... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6778385 | Portable computer with removable bottom component housing A portable computer has pivotally connected base and display screen lid housings and is provided with a generally wedge-shaped auxiliary component housing which is releasably latchable to the bottom of the base housing and extends across only a rear underside portio... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6758692 | Heat sink assembly having retention module A heat sink assembly includes a CPU mounted on a socket connector (1) and a retention module (5). The retention module comprises a pair of metal frames (50), a pair of retaining claps (56) and a pair of stop bars (54) assembled tog... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6743054 | Adapter device assembly connecting with a hard disk drive and a backplane An electrical adapter assembly (1) for electrically connecting an electrical connector (52) mounted a backplane (5) to an electrical component (62) of a hard disk drive (6) includes a first adapter subassembly (10) adjacent ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6717802 | Computer communication port assembly A communication port device is mounted in a slot on the front side of computer for easily plugging/unplugging a peripheral device to the communication port device. The present device is in electrical connection with motherboard and includes various communication por... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6716035 | Mating assembly for an OEM device A device to be detachably attached to a mechanical substructure includes rails on opposed sides joined at the front by a cross member. A pair of guides mounted on the substructure slidably receives and retains the rails upon attachment of the device. An alignment pi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6661652 | Anti-vibration disk drive cage A disk system includes a disk cage having a spring and an interior wall that forms a disk drive chamber. The disk system also includes a disk drive removably coupled within the disk drive chamber. The spring in the disk cage preferably is coupled with the... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6643126 | Automatic temperature display and fan rotary speed adjusting device An automatic temperature display and fan rotary speed adjusting device having an operation display panel which is capable of being connected to a disk drive frame, a cover plate or a computer panel. The operation display panel is combined to the computer ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6639792 | Inner rack of a mobile rack in a computer An inner rack in a mobile rack of a computer has a rack chamber disposed at a central area thereof, a signal conversion circuit board disposed at a rear side thereof with a jut out inner signal connector at an outer side thereof. The inner signal connecto... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6628513 | Mass storage device mounting system A system is provided that may be used to mount mass storage devices so that they may be used in a mass storage system. The mass storage devices may include respective disk storage devices. Each of the disk storage devices may have a respective form factor... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6560099 | Double interface external box for a computer A double interface external box for a computer includes an upper and a lower lid and a control panel. The upper and a lower lid are oppositely joined to each other and form an external box with a storage device being received and fixed therein. The contro... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6544061 | Connector with slide In an electrical connector of the present invention, a cover is mounted on a main body in such a manner as to be rotatable around a shaft and is rotatably connected with a slider at a position thereof shifted from the shaft. A connection object, e. g., me... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6510051 | Docking apparatus for assembling and disassembling peripheral devices in and from a computer A docking apparatus for use in assembling and disassembling peripheral devices from a computer, disposed in a housing of the computer, including a unit for releasing a locking state, a unit for separating a connector of the peripheral device from a mating... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6510050 | High density packaging for multi-disk systems A substrate for packaging a storage or server system may include one or more sections of the substrate configured to hold a two-dimensional array of disk drives. Another section of this substrate may be configured to hold circuitry for accessing the array... | 01/21/2003 |
