Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Dell Products Inc.

Palm, Incorporated

Sunrise Technologies International Inc.

Nicolas A Denhez

Max K Yoshimoto

Gil Y Wong

Troy Hulick

Scott D Lincke

Steven J Shiozaki

Kenneth A Jenks

May Tsoi

Mindy Chahal

Bradley Lawrence

George H Hines

Nigel P Newby-House

Hugh D Brogan

Paul N Stead

Glenn A Wong

Tom J Searby

David W Laituri

Satish Herekar

Gary C Ricco

Keith A Kozak

A portable information handling system includes a top cover, a base, and an electronic latch. The top cover is connected to the base. The top cover has a gesture sensitive surface configured to receive a trace. The electronic latch is in communication with the gesture sensitive surface, and is configured to latch the top cover and the base together. The electronic latch is further configured to unlatch the top cover from the base in response to receiving a signal representing that the trace received on the gesture sensitive surface is proper.

Gesture based electronic latch for laptop computers

Electronic device

Information handling system housing

Portable information handling system

A ruggedized, compact personal information appliance apparatus and process of manufacture is disclosed. The apparatus discloses an information appliance surrounded by an encapsulation element. The encapsulation element isolates predetermined exterior portions of the appliance from a predetermined set of environmental conditions. The process of manufacturing discloses: identifying a predetermined set of environmental conditions; identifying a predetermined set of structures on the appliance, which are to be protected from the environmental conditions; selecting an encapsulation element which can protect the appliance from the environmental conditions; and surrounding the set of structures with the encapsulation element.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Nicolas A Denhez