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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1997
Roger You, Cerritos, CA (US);
David Chen, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Matthew Herron, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tony Nguyen, Stanton, CA (US);
Brian Williams, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Packard Bell NEC, Sacramento, CA (US);
Abstract
A case for a personal computer or the like is provided which includes a modular multiple drive bay unit that is removably attached to the case. The removable unit can have various drive units such as floppy disk drives, CD drives, and the like, installed in the bays. The removable attachment between the case and modular drive bay unit allows the drive unit to be removed from the case while maintaining electrical communication therewith by way of an external cable so that the case can be placed on the ground such as under a desk, and the removable drive unit can be put on the desk to provide ready access to the drive units of the modular unit.