Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett-packard Company

Vincent Tournadre

Jacques H Helot

Olivier Mache

Didier Lachieze

Stephane Lelong

A display for a computer system comprising a display screen and a support for supporting the display screen,

Support

The invention describes a USB expansion device which comprises a circuit adapted to provide a USB header output and at least one USB output and a connector adapted to connect the device to a USB header located on a motherboard. The device may be modified to include a connector which is adapted to connect with a motherboard USB header socket; two or more USB connectors; and a circuit adapted to manage the USB output and a USB header output. The invention is designed for use with internal USB devices and allows them to be connected to the USB without requiring that known conventional external USB ports on a computers be connected directly to the internal component. Alternative embodiments include hub variations which allow internal USB expansion without the use of PCI cards or rerouting of USB connector cables from the exterior of the computer.

Internal USB circuit connection

A support member for a computer sub-assembly having a contact element, the contact element having an operative position in which electrical contact is made between the sub-assembly and the support member, characterized in that the contact element, in use, is biased resiliently towards the operative position.

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