Patent · US Expired

Computer enclosure

US6313983A · kind A · utility

7Cited by
3References
14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 1999
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/188
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer enclosure includes an outer casing receiving an inner casing therein. The inner casing includes a bottom panel and a front panel extending upright from the bottom panel. A disk drive rack is arranged above the bottom panel and attached to the front panel. A main board support panel supporting a main board is attached to the front panel, the bottom and the disk drive rack on a first side of the inner casing. A support member is connected between the disk drive rack and the bottom panel on an opposite second side of the inner casing for enhancing mechanical stability of the structure of the inner casing. The support member has an upper end pivotally attached to the disk drive rack whereby the support member is movable between an open position where the support member is substantially located outside the inner casing for facilitating maintenance and a closed position where an lower end of the support member engages with the bottom panel to releasably secure the support member to the bottom panel. The support member defines three sets of openings for selectively and interchangeably engaging with pawls of three receptacles that contain power supplies of different specificatio…

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