Abstract: A mechanism that automatically achieves alignment of the communications elements during assembly of a modular computer system, without the need for human intervention. The mechanism comprises an alignment frame provided with bumps and depressions. The bumps in the alignment frames mate with the depressions on adjacent alignment frames. Each depression comprises an entrance opening that is wider than the diameter of the bumps. The diameter of the entrance opening is determined by the expected accuracy of the alignment of subsystems or bricks within the modular electronic system. When it is desired to align the communication elements, the alignment frames are brought into engagement by causing alignment guides to slide past each other, and to guide the bumps in the alignment frames into the depressions in the adjacent alignment frames. The mechanism further comprises a set of springs that force the allow the alignment frames to be retained securely by the communications elements.

Abstract: A display includes a case having an opening provided therein, a holding portion provided on the case and having a frame shape provided around the opening, a display device accommodated in the holding portion, a circuit board accommodated in the case, a connector for connecting the display device to the circuit board, and an elastic portion provided at the holding portion for urging the display device. The holding portion has a side directing towards an inside of the frame shape. The display device includes plural electrodes arranged in a predetermined direction. The display device has a side contacting the side of the holding portion. The side of the display device faces the side of the holding portion in the predetermined direction. The circuit board includes plural conductors arranged in the predetermined direction. The connector connects the electrodes of the display device to the conductors of the circuit board, respectively.

Abstract: A panel, rotatably attached to a body of a telephone set, is provided with a rib having the first and second convex parts. A slide member, slidably held by a panel receiving portion of the body, is provided with a leaf spring which is in contact with a rib supporting portion and the panel receiving portion. When the panel rotates from the panel receiving portion to a position at a desired angle, the first or second convex part of the rib pushes the rib supporting portion, and the slide member then slides relative to the panel receiving portion while causing elastic deformation of the leaf spring. Once the first or second convex part of the rib passes through the rib supporting portion, the slide member is returned to an original position by the leaf spring, and the rib supporting portion supports the rib. Once the slide member slides, the panel rotates from the position at the desired angle to the panel receiving portion, and the slide member is returned to the original position by the leaf spring.

Abstract: A server blade may be provided. The server blade may comprise a processor and storage. The server blade can further comprise an enclosure that encloses said processor and storage. The server blade can be configured as a field replaceable unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling heat generating components within a compartment are disclosed. A cooling assembly isolates heat produced by a processor in a personal computer (“PC”) system and exhausts it from the PC prior to adversely affecting other components within the PC. A fan causes air to blow across the processor having an attached heat sink disposed within the cooling assembly, and the air exits the cooling assembly without adversely affecting the other components surrounding the processor. In one example, an alternative passage is provided for the air.

Abstract: A customizable portable computer system comprising a portable computer chassis. A door is detachably attached to the chassis so as to substantially cover an aperture through a wall of the chassis. The door is operable to support an electronic module. The portable computer system also comprises a cable having a first end that is coupled to the computer system and a second end that is accessible through the aperture and operable to couple to the electronic module.

Abstract: A cooling system for a computer includes a heat spreader that is in thermal contact with at least one component in the computer, a frame casting, and at least one heat pipe coupled to the heat spreader and coupled to the frame casting for passively dissipating heat generated from the at least one component in the computer. By coupling the heat spreader to the frame casting via the at least one heat pipe, the conductive and convective heat transfer characteristics of the frame casting are utilized to provide additional passive cooling for the at least one component.

Abstract: The present invention provides a small and thin electronic apparatus such as a tablet PC, which has a screen and an information processing function including an image display processing function for the screen. In the apparatus, a front cover is fixed to a LCD unit by screw-on fastening members, and a rear cover is fixed to the LCD unit by inserting screws through the screw-on fastening members into screw holes provided at positions where the screw holes overlap the LCD unit.

Abstract: A retainer device includes a bracket (40), a resilient member (60), and a fixing board (70). The bracket includes a pair of sidewalls (42) having a number of opening (421) for receiving shield plates (20). A block protrudes at one side of the opening. A front wall (44) and a middle wall (47) are disposed between the sidewalls. A hole (442, 47) is separately defined in front wall and the middle wall for the fixing board extending therethorugh. The fixing board comprises a number of fixing tabs and resilient tabs perpendicular to the fixing tabs for engaging with the shield plates. The fixing board is slideably held in the bracket by the resilient member to engagingly retaining the shield plates therein. A plurality of apertures is defined in the walls of the bracket for receiving screws.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a device for securely fastening a peripheral in a docking, wherein in response to turning a mechanism of a lock to lift one end of a pivot member in the docking, the other end thereof lowers to press a bar at one end of a lever-like link and lift a block member at the other end thereof respectively by turning about a fulcrum under a bottom of the link. Further, a multibay disposed in the docking has its inner end disposed above the block member and comprises a removing/positioning member having a sliding button and a projection on one side. While inserting a peripheral into a slot of the multibay, a tab thereof pushes the sliding button and the projection into a cavity thereof with an inner end of the peripheral being spaced from the inner end of the multibay by a predetermined distance. And in turn lifting the block member will cause it to urge against a rear end of the peripheral for prohibiting the peripheral from moving the predetermined distance and being withdrawn.

Abstract: A monitor having a monitor body and a base member supporting the monitor body includes a link member positioned between the monitor body and the base member, a base hinge connecting one end of the link member with the base member in a tiltable manner to control the link member to be tilted relative to the base member within a predetermined degree of angle, a monitor hinge connecting the other end of the link member with the monitor body in the tiltable manner, an assistant link member transmitting a tilting movement of the link member relative to the base member to the monitor body, a first torsion coil spring elastically biasing the base member and the link member in opposite directions when the link member is forwardly tilted relative to the base member, and a second torsion coil spring elastically biasing the link member and the monitor in opposite directions when the monitor body is forwardly tilted relative to the link member.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic device having dual adjustable press switches and its method, wherein two adjustable press switch components on an electronic device are used for pivotally coupling a main system and a LCD screen thereof, and the press switches are coupled to a power saving control unit and a screen switching unit in the main system by an electric wire. When one press switch is adjusted to an angle and pressed, a power saving signal will be sent to the power saving control unit to turn off the back light of the LCD screen and set the electronic device to the power saving mode. When the other press switch is adjusted to another angle and pressed, a screen switching signal will be sent to the screen control unit for switching the screen into a minimized screen mode.

Abstract: A device for cooling a computer, the device including a housing with a sidewall and a bottom forming an inner cavity, a horizontal board having a first end and a second end disclosed within the inner cavity, a motor connected to the horizontal board to rotate the horizontal board, a track disposed within the inner cavity with segments of the track at a higher elevation than other segments of the track, a first fan connected to a first end of the horizontal board displacing air vertically and nearly vertically connected to an end of the horizontal board and riding upon the track, a second fan fixed therethrough the sidewall to move air from outside of the housing to within the inner cavity, a third fan fixed therethrough the sidewall to move air from within the inner cavity to outside the housing; and a connection point to secure the computer to the device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a computer that includes: a system body having an input device; a display module having a display surface and a rear surface; a display case having a side wall surface; and a hinge pivotally coupling the body to the display module, the hinge including a hinge frame having first and second surfaces, the first surface coupled with the rear surface of the display module, the second surface coupled with the side wall surface of the display case.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a MultiBay with unplugging/positioning mechanism, in which the mechanism is installed over one side of a bay and equipped with an movable rod and a latch so that when a peripheral device is inserted in an insertion hole installed at one end of the bay, a brake column installed at bottom side of the peripheral device pushes against the movable rod. After the movable rod is pushed to a fixed distance, the bounced force will make the latch stick out to exactly insert in a positioning hole installed on the peripheral device, making the peripheral device be positioned at the location where another connector on top of the peripheral device and one connector installed inside another end of the bay are connected.

Abstract: For a data card unit (1), in which the data cards (68) are transported by motor into the reading/writing position, a two-armed rocker (13), on one arm of which a closing element (57) is arranged, is provided for closing the insertion opening. The other arm of the rocker (13) has a sensing element (66, 67). The distance between the closing element (57) and the sensing element (66, 67) is chosen to be equal to or greater than the length of the data card (68) and the assignment of the closing element (57) and the sensing element (66, 67) to the plane of movement of the data card (68) is set up such that, during the insertion/ejection of a data card (68), the rocker (13) is pivoted by the data card (68) and either the closing element (57) or the sensing element (66, 67) enters the plane of movement of the data card (68).

Abstract: A system for using a plenum to cool components of the system is described. The plenum distributes air to local hot spots of the system which are remote from a fan source. A central processing fan, a separate system fan, or an external air source may be used to generate the air to be distributed.

Abstract: An expansion card retention apparatus includes a rear panel (50), first and second retention brackets (10, 30), and a side panel (59). The rear panel defines a number of expansion slots (52) for receiving expansion cards (60) therein respectively, an opening, and a pair of hook openings adjoining the opening. The first retention bracket is rotatable in the opening between first and second positions, and includes a pair of hooks (16). The second retention bracket defines a number of flexible tongues (311). The first and second retention brackets are together rotated to the second position such that the flexible tongues engage corresponding expansion cards, and the hooks engages in corresponding hook openings of the rear panel. The side panel is attached to the rear panel for holding the first and second retention brackets in place. The expansion cards are thus securely attached to the rear panel.

Abstract: A protective enclosure is disclosed for an interactive flat-panel controlled device. The protective enclosure is watertight, crush-resistant, and impact-resistant. While providing protection, the protective enclosure simultaneously allows smooth and accurate interaction with the interactive flat-panel controlled device. The protective enclosure has a protective membrane that permits RF and touch screen stylus inputs, as well as capacitance, such as from a finger, to be transmitted accurately to the flat-panel control. The hardness and texture of the protective membrane allows a stylus or finger to glide smoothly along the surface of the membrane without catching or sticking. The protective enclosure is further adapted to allow infrared and other communication signals while the device is secured inside the case. Further, electrical connections can be made through the case without affecting the protection afforded the electronic device inside.

Abstract: A vehicle multimedia system having a safety interlock mechanism. The vehicle multimedia system comprising a portable multimedia unit having a support sensor for sensing support thereon and a docking station configured to interlock the portable multimedia unit therein. The docking station comprises a main frame having a receiving port to receive the portable multimedia unit. The main frame includes a locking assembly for securing the portable multimedia unit to the main frame and a microprocessor for communicating with the locking assembly and the support sensor.