Patents by Inventor Yvan Eckert

Yvan Eckert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Computer with mounting arrangement for optional unit
    Patent number: 6058007
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Yvan Eckert, Richard Allirot, Yves Bonfort