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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1990
Preston J Murphy, Austin, TX (US);
Compuadd Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer tower chassis (10) has a base system unit (20) and a main circuit board subassembly (30). The base system unit (20) includes base system frame (200) having a front panel (21) and rear panel (26) and supporting frame (201, 202, 203, 204, and 205) therebetween. Disk (22), control panel (23), power supply (24), and floppy drives (29) mount to the base system unit (20). The main circuit board subassembly (30) includes main circuit board (31), input/output board and cable (32), speaker and cable (33), fan assembly and cable (35), keyboard cable (36), expansion card (37) and expansion card guides (38) and (39). Main circuit board subassembly (30) fits within and adjacent to base system unit (20), with chassis cover (40) surrounding both modules. The modular design allows for safer and more efficient manufacturing and handling.