Computer housing with a detachable cap covering an operation speed display mounted in a recess with a through hole

• US 5,495,390 A
• Filed: 07/15/1994
• Issued: 02/27/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chi T. Yu
• Original Assignee: Chi T. Yu
• Inventors: Yu, Chi T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Michael W.
• Application Number:
  US08/275,397
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• Field of Search: 40/448, 40/663, 40/668, 368/296, 364/708.1, 312/223.2, 359/83, 348/787, 348/790, 348/794, 348/832, 348/834-836, 348/841, 348/844, 235/1 D, 361/679, 361/685, 361/681-683, 361/724
• US Class Current: 361/679.37
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1638 Computer housing designed to operate in both desktop and tower orientation

Abstract

A computer housing including a holder frame for mounting diskdrives when the housing is disposed in the vertical position, a locating frame for holding down diskdrives when the housing is disposed in the horizontal position, a detachable display cap detachably covered on a display mounting recess on the front panel to protect the display, which shows the operation speed of the computer, a hole through the recess for pushing out the cap with a tool, and two sliding side panels detachably fastened at two opposite sides through hooked joints.

Claims

1. A computer housing comprising a display mounting recess on a front panel thereof, a rack disposed inside said display mounting recess to hold a circuit board and a display for showing the operation speed of the computer, a cap fastened to said display mounting recess through hooked joints and covered over said display to seal out dust and having a window, through which the display is seen from the outside, a through hole through said display mounting recess for inserting a tool from the inside of the computer to push said cap away from said display mounting recess during a repair work.

2. The computer housing of claim 1 further comprising a holder frame inserted into a diskdrive slot on said front panel to hold a plurality of diskdrives in a stack.

3. The computer housing of claim 1 further comprising a holder frame inserted into a diskdrive slot on said front panel to hold a plurality of diskdrives in a stack, and a loop-like locating frame mounted around said diskdrives and fastened to the periphery of said diskdrive slot to hold said diskdrives in place, said loop-like locating frame having a plurality of backward hooks respectively hooked on an inside edge around the border of said diskdrive slot.

4. The computer housing of claim 1 further comprising two opposite side panels each having a plurality of L-shaped retaining rods angled in the same direction and engaged into respective retaining holes on two opposite side frames of the computer housing and a pull strip for moving the respective side panel backwards away from each side frame.