Portable computer enclosure

• US 20060164802A1
• Filed: 12/23/2005
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Hsuan-Chen
• Application Number:
  US11/317,449
• Publication Number:
  US 20060164802A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.550
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203

Abstract

A portable computer enclosure includes a base unit (10), a pair of slide rails (50), a side panel (30) and a cover unit (20). The base unit includes a bottom panel (11) and two side walls (13). The slide rails are slidably attached to the bottom panel of the base unit. The side panel is pivotally attached to the slide rails and locked on the side walls of the base unit. The cover unit is pivotally connected to a rear portion of the base unit.

Claims

1. A portable computer enclosure comprising:

a base unit comprising a bottom panel and two side walls;

a pair of slide rails slidably attached to the base unit; and

a side panel pivotally attached to the slide rails and locked on the side walls of the base unit.

2. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the slide rails comprises a pivot hole, each of opposite ends of the side panel defines a pivot hole, and a shaft extends through the pivot hole of the side panel and the pivot hole of the corresponding slide rail, thereby the side panel is pivotally attached to the slide rails.

3. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the slide rails defines a slideway therein, a pair of threaded holes is defined in the bottom panel of the base unit corresponding to the slideways, a pair of screws extends through the slideways and then engages in the threaded holes respectively to slidably attach the slide rails to the base unit.

4. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a pair of resilient members is respectively secured to the side walls of the base unit, a locking portion protrudes outwardly from a free end of each of the resilient members, and a pair of through holes is defined in opposite ends of the side panel for engagingly receiving the locking portions of the resilient members, respectively.

5. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base unit comprises a top panel placed on the side walls of the base unit.

6. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base unit comprises an interface of connecters, and the side panel covers or exposes the interface.

7. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a cover unit, wherein the cover unit is pivotally connected to a rear portion of the base unit.

8. A portable computer enclosure comprising:

a base unit comprising an interface;

a side panel attached to the base unit and pivotable relative to the base unit between a first position in which the side panel is secured to the base unit and covers the interface, and a second position in which the side panel is released from the base unit and exposes the interface; and

a cover unit pivotally connected to a rear portion of the base unit.

9. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 8, wherein the base unit comprises two side walls, and a pair of resilient members is respectively secured to the side walls of the base unit for locking the side panel.

10. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 9, wherein a locking portion protrudes outwardly from a free end of each of the resilient members, and a pair of through holes is defined in opposite ends of the side panel for engagingly receiving the locking portions of the resilient members, respectively.

11. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a pair of slide rails, wherein the base unit comprises a bottom panel, and the slide rails are slidably attached to the bottom panel of the base unit.

12. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the slide rails defines a slideway therein, a pair of threaded holes is defined in the bottom panel of the base unit corresponding to the slideways, a pair of screws extends through the slideways and then engages in the threaded holes respectively to slidably attach the slide rails to the base unit.

13. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the slide rails comprises a pair of pivot holes, each of opposite ends of the side panel defines a pivot hole, and a shaft extends through the pivot hole of the side panel and the pivot holes of the corresponding slide rail, thereby the side panel is pivotally attached to the slide rails.

14. The portable computer enclosure as claimed in claim 8, wherein the base unit comprises a top panel placed on the side walls of the base unit.

15. An electronic apparatus comprising:

an enclosure of said electronic apparatus defining a space therein for receiving, an interface defined along a side of said enclosure so as to allow removable devices installable into said space and removable out of said space via said interface along a predetermined path; and

a side panel removably attachable to said side of said enclosure in order to completely cover said interface, said side panel movable between a first position thereof where said side panel is attached to said side of said enclosure for covering and a second position thereof where said side panel moves aside to avoid interference in said path for installation and removal of said devices.

16. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein said side panel is pivotally connected to a selective one of said side of said enclosure and a pair of rails installable to said side of said enclosure to guidably slide along said path.