Abstract: 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 in a bottom wall and a side wall of the housing. The first pack-type device includes a first device body and a first cover removably attached to the first device body, and has a thickness substantially equal to the depth of the recess. The first pack-type device is set in the recess in a manner such that the first cover closes an the of the recess and is flush with the bottom wall. The second pack-type device includes a second device body and a second cover removably attached to the second device body, and has a thickness greater than the depth of the recess. The second pack-type device is set in the recess in a manner such that the second cover closes the opening of the recess and project from the bottom.

Abstract: The viscoelastic spacer is made of a layer of viscoelastic material and a layer of wear-resistant, low coefficient of friction material which together form a unitary structure for damping vibration. Spacers are placed at the top and bottom of a storage module containing a disk drive. Upon slidable insertion of the storage module into an enclosure, features on the inner surface of the enclosure engage with the spacer in a way which subjects the spacer to both compression and shear forces generated by vibration of the disk drive and of other vibration sources in the environment of the storage module.

Abstract: An apparatus for an adjustable display for a portable computer results in ergonomic viewing angles for the display. The adjustable display for the portable computer comprises a main computer enclosure, a support slab coupled to the main computer enclosure, and a flat panel display slidably coupled to the support slab configured to slide along the support slab to raise and lower the flat panel display with respect to the main computer enclosure.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus such as a portable computer includes a box-shaped housing body and a display unit supported on the housing body. A circuit board on which a cable connector is mounted is contained within the housing body. The display unit has a display housing containing a display device. A cable extending between the inside of the housing body and the inside of the display housing has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is electrically connected to the cable connector. The second end portion is electrically connected to the display device. The housing body has an opening portion for exposing the cable connector. The opening portion is covered by a detachable cover.

Abstract: A computer docking station has a disk drive module incorporated therein which is capable of operatively receiving a disk drive therein. The disk drive module is also capable of being operatively installed within a desktop computer or other enclosure having a half-height bay therein. Security features of the docking station include preventing access by unauthorized persons to the disk drive, and preventing ejection of the disk drive from the disk drive module. Additionally, multiple disk drive modules may be cooperatively linked in the docking station so that the security features relating to each of the disk drive modules may be simultaneously actuated.

Abstract: An apparatus for securing a board in a connected position includes at least a first edge and a second edge, the apparatus including at least a first retention arm capable of holding in a connected position a first edge of the board, wherein the board is chosen from a plurality of circuit board cards, a heatsink thermal plate coupled to a circuit board card, and a heatsink thermal plate. A computer system includes at least one processor; a memory coupled to the processor and an apparatus for securing a board in a connected position, the device having at least a first edge and a second edge, the apparatus having at least a first retention arm capable of holding in a connected position a first edge of the board, wherein the board is chosen from a plurality of circuit board cards, a heatsink thermal plate coupled to a circuit board card, and a heatsink thermal plate.

Abstract: A wearable computing device includes computing-device component modules and flexible circuitry passing into the modules. The modules can include a top module portion and a bottom module portion, the flexible circuitry passing between the top and bottom portions. Wireless communication, e.g. by radio frequency, with a peripheral and/or a local area network is also contemplated.

Abstract: A portable computer is provided that has hand grips on both sides of the main body of the computer. The hand grips allow the computer to be carried with two hands when the display screen is in an open position and allow the computer to be carried with one hand when the display screen is in a closed position. Additionally, a rubber bumper may be installed around the hand grips and the side of the main body of the computer to increase the ability of the computer to withstand impacts with foreign object. Furthermore, the computer may be designed with any one of an elliptical prism shape, a circular prism shape, and an oblong prism shape to further reduce the stress experienced by the computer when the computer undergoes an impact with a foreign object.For situations when a user wishes to transport the laptop computer without holding the computer in either hand, a shoulder strap may be fastened to the hand grips to allow the computer to be carried over a shoulder.

Abstract: A semi-mobile desktop personal computer incorporating the features of a desktop personal computer with the mobility of a mobile personal computer. The computer includes a system enclosure attached to a storage enclosure, the storage enclosure extends outside the system enclosure and provides stability for the system enclosure by engaging the surface on which the system enclosure has been placed for use.

Abstract: A notebook computer with folded dual-display wherein the computer body is pivoted with a first display and the first display is pivoted with a second display thereby the first and the second displays can be folded to each other or be expanded and the first display can cover the computer body, and the computer body is provided to a case body having a rack inside it thereby, after the first and the second displays are opened, a margin of the second display can be placed against the rack to adjust simultaneously the tilt angles of the first and the second displays is disclosed. According to the invention, plural persons can see the image on the displays at the same time.

Abstract: A portable computer docking base has incorporated therein a plug-in cooling system used to provide auxiliary operating heat dissipation for a portable notebook computer moved through a docking path along the base into a docked relationship therewith. The docking base cooling system has a fan-cooled heat sink member disposed within its housing, with a thermal plug structure projecting outwardly from the heat sink into the docking path. As the computer reaches its docked orientation on the base, the thermal plug is received in a socket within a heat sink portion of the computer's internal cooling system. The mated plug and socket portions of the two cooling systems form a thermal link therebetween that permits computer operating heat to be transferred to the docking base heat sink for dissipation therefrom. In one embodiment thereof the thermal plug structure is partially defined by an outwardly projecting evaporating end portion of a thermosyphoning heat pipe.

Abstract: A mounting structure of a magnetic disk drive into a main body of computer is disclosed. The mounting structure comprises a lower frame of the magnetic disk drive including a bottom plate and a pair of side walls, and four cantilevered arms provided near front and rear ends of the pair of side walls, each of the cantilevered arms includes a continued portion connecting with each of the side walls at one point, a plurality of bent portions, a free end portion, and at least one screw hole for fixing onto the main body of computer by screws, the cantilevered arms are arranged so as to be that directions of bending stresses derived from screw-tightening torques and acting to the continued portions of the cantilevered arms are accorded with each other.

Abstract: A manually activated docking station that readily receives a generally horizontally inserted mobile computing device. Movement of a manual activation member causes engagement fingers to positively engage a mobile computing device and pull the port of the computing device onto the port of the docking station. Also disclosed are a unique locking method that impedes movement of the manual activation member and an uninterrupted power supply.

Abstract: To provide a peripheral device and a computer system, each being arranged to allow both of external and internal attachments of the peripheral device to the computer system such that, in case of the external attachment, the peripheral device can be attached to the computer system in a manner compatible with the conventional attachment method and yet it does not require any dedicated attachment device as before. A computer system 100 comprises a container 140 for containing a peripheral device 130 as an internal device, a cable 410 for attaching the peripheral device 130 to the system 100 as an external device, and a connector 434 for connecting the cable 410. Also, the peripheral device 130 has a connector 132 for internal attachment and a connector 310 for external attachment. When the peripheral device 130 is contained in the container 140, it is electrically connected to the system 100 and operates as a part thereof.

Abstract: A computer, and a hard drive assembly for use in the computer, according to which a mounting member, having a plurality of light sources mounted thereon, is disposed in the chassis of the computer. One or more hard drive assemblies are provided, each including a carrier mounted in the chassis, a plurality of light pipes mounted on the carrier and extending through the carrier, and a hard drive unit mounted in the carrier. One end of each light pipe registers with a corresponding light source to transfer the light from the light sources through the light pipes and the carrier for providing a visual indication at the other end of each of the light pipes.

Abstract: A docking station that has vertical restraints that are pressed down by the bottom surface of the portable computer. This causes the vertical restraints to engage receptacles that are formed in the bottom side of the portable computer. To disengage the portable computer from the docking station the computer must be moved laterally to release the vertical restraints from the portable computer. This prevents the portable computer and the docking station from being damaged by a user when the portable computer is lifted off of the docking station in an improper manner.

Abstract: A computer has a mounting arrangement for enabling the same general internal space of the computer to be used either as a drive bay or as an expansion card slot. In one embodiment, the drive unit is mountable on the mounting arrangement by means of a mounting tray. In this case, the tray is preferably formed such that is serves as a blanking plate for blanking the access aperture provided in a housing wall of the computer for accessing external connectors of an expansion card when the latter is mounted in the mounting arrangement. The same fixing element used for securing the expansion card to the housing wall can also be used to secure the mounting tray to that wall.

Abstract: The present invention is a system for direct docking of a storage device/carrier to a back plane of a support frame. The system includes a storage device/carrier including guidance tracks. Guidance rails are connected to the support frame, engage the guidance tracks respectively and guide and support the storage device/carrier into a mating engagement with a connector on a backplane of the support frame. Each guidance rail includes at least one spring element which raises the storage device/carrier away from the support frame as it is inserted thereinto. Further, the storage device/carrier includes opposed, outwardly extending spring elements which bear against the support frame. In operation, the opposed spring elements on the storage device/carrier are compressed as the storage device/carrier is inserted onto the guidance rails and bias the storage device/carrier against the support frame.

Abstract: An insertion device for the hard disk drive of a portable computer is fixedly disposed in a base of the portable computer and includes hinged-together upper and lower covers for receiving the hard disk drive. The insertion device is secured to the base by adhesion to facilitate the procedure for assembling the insertion device to the base. The hard disk drive is inserted into the insertion device and the covers closed to secure the hard disk drive in the base. The hard disk drive can easily be taken out by pivoting the upper cover away from the lower cover and using a pulling member to remove the hard disk drive from the insertion member. The insertion device, which may be made of a relatively soft material, effectively minimizes shock forces and protects the hard disk drive from being damaged.

Abstract: A computer enclosure comprises a base frame, a mounting bracket, and a top cover. The base frame has a base panel, a front panel, a rear panel for mounting connectors and a power supply thereto, and a plate dividing the base frame into a first space for receiving and mounting a mother board on the base panel and a second space for containing and fixing other components such as a switching power supply, a floppy disk drive, or a CD ROM. The mounting bracket receives a hard disk therein and can be mounted in either the first space or second space. Alternatively, two mounting brackets can be mounted in both spaces, respectively. The mounting bracket is hooked onto the plate and fastened onto the front or rear panel with one screw. The base frame has a stopper located between the front and rear panels and pivotably mounted to the base panel. The mother board smoothly slides into the first space without obstruction by engaging the stopper the base frame.