Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.p.

Steve S Homer

Stacy L Wolff

Mark C Solomon

Paul J Doczy

Earl W Moore

Keith A Sauer

Ronald E Deluga

Mitchell A Markow

David E Gough

Ken Reddix

A notebook computer comprises a base casing, a display casing hingeably coupled to the base casing, and a plurality of support members disposed in each of said base casing and said display casing around a perimeter of the casings. When the display casing is closed, the support members in the display casing align with the support members in the support members in the base casing.

Notebook computer with support member

Tablet personal computer

A portable electronic device having a rigid chassis. The portable electronic device utilizes a reinforcement structure within the chassis. The structure is designed for application in a space constrained area by incorporating one or more speaker mounts and speakers for audio output.

Portable electronic device having chassis reinforcement system

A generic mounting structure is provided between a hard disk drive (HDD) and a computer. The structure includes a plurality of nubs disposed on a brace that can be fitted onto a HDD. The nubs are preferably cylindrical members having an enlarged diameter head. The computer includes, either internally or externally, a bay having a boot interface that closely receives the nubs. The boot interface includes a tapered slotted recess that closely receives the enlarged diameter head of the nubs. In a preferred embodiment, at least two different computer platforms incorporate a substantially identical bay design. Likewise, a brace having nubs oriented in a manner complementary to the bay design is fitted onto at least two different HDDs. Because the HDDs and computer platforms have common mechanical connection by virtue of the brace and bay designs, the HDDs may be exchanged between these computer platforms. In a different embodiment of the present invention, the nubs may be formed directly onto the HDD itself.

Hard disk drive mounting system and method

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Tomball, TX, United States of America

Steve S Homer