Gateway, Inc.

Axxion Group Corporation

Jorge A Moriel

David R Davis

David D Williams

John J Daly

Daniel C Castillo

Dirk O Cosner

Vernon Dory Erickson

Richard A Gibson

Allan L Klink

Michael J Calvillo

Paul Hooper

James Foster Knutson

Jeff P Thompson

Francisco M Mercado

The present invention includes a mounting device for a computer drive that includes a flexible locking plate and one or more tabs for securing the drive. A contact point allows a portion of the locking plate to be reversibly flexed out of a plane that substantially corresponds to the plane of the flexible locking plate when not flexed is used to effect.

Computer drive mounting device and method

A card retention assembly for retaining one or more expansion cards within the chassis of an electronic device such as a computer system, server, photocopier, facsimile machine, printer, or the like includes a card retention assembly that engages the mounting bracket securing tab of an expansion card received in the chassis. In this manner, the card retention assembly at least partially restrains the tab for securing the expansion card in the chassis.

Card retention assembly

An electrical connector has an inner dielectric housing adapted for mounting a plurality of electrical contacts and including at least one forwardly projecting mating portion having opposite sides. The connector has a metallic shield surrounding a major portion of the inner dielectric housing. An outer dielectric cover has a front, a back, a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side. The outer dielectric cover surrounds a major portion of the metallic shield and includes first and second integrally formed spring latches. The first integrally formed spring latch extends forwardly from the back along the top and the second integrally formed spring latch extending forwardly from the back along the bottom. The first and second spring latches each comprise a spring portion and a distal grip, said distal grips being constructed and arranged to compress the spring latches when a user urges them inwardly toward each other to install the connector in a computer case. When the user releases the grip, the connector is securely held in the computer case by spring biasing provided by the spring latches until a user compresses the spring latch to quickly release the connector from the computer.

Computer cable connector providing quick assembly and removal

A device retention mechanism suitable for mounting a device in a chassis includes a chassis suitable for receiving a device. The chassis has a first side and a second side, the first side oriented generally perpendicular to the second side. A retention member is mounted to the first side of the chassis to enable the retention member to exert a force against a device, thereby applying the force from the retention member to the device and to the second side of the chassis, thereby securing the device in the chassis.

Method and apparatus for removal and assembly of a device within a chassis

The present invention discloses an accent panel incorporated with an aperture in the panel that allows access to a support member attached to a bezel. A person's hand may fit within the aperture and grasp the support member to allow easy transport of the computer. The panel may be installed and removed easily without the need for tools. A user of a computer equipped with an accent panel of the present invention may be able to match the color of the front of his or her computer to his or her surroundings while still allowing access to a support member to allow easier transport of a computer.

Quick removal accent panels on the computer case

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El Paso, TX, United States of America

Jorge A Moriel