Patent · US Expired

Personal computer with an upstanding structure

US5124885A · kind A · utility

39Cited by
4References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateAug 22, 1991
Grant dateJun 23, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 22, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/181
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A personal computer with an upstanding structure comprises a U-shaped base frame and a support bracket, wherein the base frame constituted by a bottom plate, a front plate, and a rear plate; the support bracket is fixed between the front and rear plates of the base frame to install a conventional 51/4" floppy disk drive bracket and a power supply thereon, to install a 31/2" floppy disk drive bracket and a hard disk drive bracket thereunder. A card guide bracket which is used to install a speaker and a fan, and to guide interface cards is attached on the inner surface of the front plate of the base frame. A mother board mounting plate having a slidable snap-on fastener to secure on the support bracket is guided and positioned by a pair of guiding blocks formed on a lateral side of the bottom plate of the base frame and pushed into be secured by the snap-on fastener to a vertical disposition.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.