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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1997
Robert Salvatore Antonuccio, Burlington, MA (US);
Thomas E Stewart, Los Altos, CA (US);
Joseph M Spano, North Reading, MA (US);
Mathew John Palazola, Glochester, MA (US);
William Anthony Izzicupo, Windham, NH (US);
James Maurice Carney, Pepperell, MA (US);
Daniel Derrick Gonsalves, Hudson, NH (US);
Mark Richard Pugliese, Schrewsbury, MA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A composite computer housing protects electronic components against shock and vibration. The housing has a midplane which divides the housing into a chassis section and a mainboard section. The chassis section holds hard disk drives. The mainboard section holds a mainboard, cards, a processor unit and other electronic components. A composite side cover assembly, having multiple layers, encloses the housing and provides a shell to inhibit flexion of the housing. The side cover presses against any number of the electronic components in the mainboard section to minimize vibration of these components and to enable the electronic components to provide internal support to the housing.