Fujitsu Siemens Computers Gmbh

Ingbert Kornmayer

August Scherer

Christoph Mayer

Bernd Seidel

J&uuml;rgen Geiger

Due to the limited capacity of secondary batteries, the operating period of notebooks is short. A fuel cell () in connection with a hydride storage unit allows for significantly longer periods of operation. The arrangement of the fuel cell () within a display unit () allows for the flexible use of the traditionally two module installation bays () of the main unit () of a portable computer system. Even if one of the module installation bays is occupied by one of the insertable hydride storage tanks in the form of a module, another module installation bay () is available to the user for insertion of drives, such as CD-ROM. The flat arrangement of the fuel cell () in the display unit () folded open into a vertical position ensures a high efficiency of the fuel cell ().

Portable computer system

A notebook computer has a basic body comprising a bottom shell and a top shell. A display unit is arranged in a pivotable lid housing and a keyboard is detachably mounted on the top shell. A cutout is provided in the top shell and an outwardly directed electrical contact configuration is secured on an assembly that is attached to the basic body such that the contact configuration is secured in the cutout. The contact configuration is for electrically contacting the keyboard, which has a corresponding mating contact configuration.

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Ingbert Kornmayer