International Business Machines Corporation

Mark John Lawrence

William Laird Dungan

Timothy Andreas Meserth

Pat Gallarelli

Ravi Shankarnarayan Adapathya

Todd W Justus

William Burrell Nunnery

Lisa Michele Vizer

Dean Frederick Herring

Brian Hargrove Leonard

John David Swansey

Timothy Samuel Farrow

James Stephen Rutledge

Bruce Wayne Rasa

A method and structure for managing computer hardware cable media is provided, featuring a support having a frontal face, at least one flange, and at least one curved surface projecting from the support frontal face for receiving and guiding cable media. The curved surface has a radius sufficiently large enough to receive and redirect cable media by bending the cable media without cracking or causing other damage to the cable media. The flange is connected to a computer rack system rail so that support is overlapping at least one hardware component connected to the computer rack system, thereby allowing a portion of the rack space occupied by the flange and the support to be utilized by other hardware components, increasing the effective usable space of the rack system. Cable media are received onto the curved surface, redirected by bending along the curved surface, and ultimately distributed in discrete bundles of cable media to hardware devices. The discrete bundles of cable media are spaced from any other cable media, so that the bundle of cable media may be disconnected from its associated hardware device or otherwise manipulated by hand without disturbing any other cable media.

Cable management device for mixed media

A unitary personal computer system in information handling elements of the system such as the central processor, associated memory, drives and options such as modems or network interface cards are housed in a common housing with the display or monitor. Provision is made for access to the information handling elements of the system by release of manually actuable latches and the like and for mounting of the information handling elements in ways which facilitate orderly and attractive use, such as by providing smooth transitions between stowed and active positions and ready adjustment of positions.

All-in-one personal computer with tool-less quick-release features for various elements thereof including a reusable thin film transistor monitor

A radio frequency (RF) local area network (LAN) adapter card for a personal computer conforms to the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) standard 2.0 (extended), providing a credit-card sized RF LAN communications terminal that plugs into the side of a personal computer, a laptop computer, a palmtop computer, and the like. The RF LAN adapter card includes a minimum height, broadband integrated antenna that provides a vertically polarized RF signal with good horizontal range. The combination of the antenna and its surrounding radome provide a high gain, omnidirectional radiation pattern that overcomes the parasitic distortions imposed by the close proximity of the personal computer housing. The adapter card housing includes internal RF shielding structures that shield the antenna from noise radiated by radio frequency signal circuits within the housing. A conductive adhesive coating is provided on the conductive layer of the ground plane of the antenna, for mechanically and electrically connecting the ground plane to the adapter card housing. This enables the antenna to be assembled to the housing at a later time after testing of the internal circuits in the adapter card.

Radio frequency LAN adapter card structure and method of manufacture

Radio frequency local area network adapter card structure and method of

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Cary, NC, United States of America

Mark John Lawrence