Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-packard Company

Compaq Computer Corporation, Inc.

Burndy, LLC

Guy William Gladden

Robert L Johnson

Bryan David Bolich

Heinz Piorunneck

Francis A Felcman

Douglas Michael Thom

Geoffrey G Moyer

James P Paschal

Renato Ravanello

Daniel Ong Kwang Keen

Kong Wai Ki

Amos Ho Chee Hoong

Shahane Dhananjay

Kok Mam Lay

An enclosure securing apparatus including a handle housing disposed in a cover for an opening in an enclosure; a handle lever pivotably attached to the handle housing, the handle lever having first and second ends; a cam surface disposed at the first end of the handle lever for engagement with a lock housing; and a lock assembly integrated with the enclosure securing apparatus for locking the enclosure.

Enclosure securing apparatus

A card edge connector for printed circuit boards is disclosed which employs a double-decker design. The connector may have the same length and width as conventional connectors used on Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) personal computers but is deeper. Conventional 8- and 16-bit ISA accessory circuit boards may be plugged into a corresponding socket which is also disclosed herein until they reach a stop upon which they rest, working as they would in an ISA personal computer. 32-bit Extended Industry Standard Architecture accessory circuit boards have a second row of connectors and a notch so they slide farther down into the socket, lining up with a second row of contacts. This design uses less physical space for connectors, allowing more room for logic circuitry on the motherboard.

Extended card edge connector and socket

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Guy William Gladden