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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
May. 01, 2000
Mark Robert Vigeant, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Christopher Lee Bostedt, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A housing, preferably configured for computer components, which features a base and a cover. The base preferably includes a series of dimples on its sides, and the cover preferably includes a series of projections that are aligned to mate with the dimples on the base in order to aid in securing the cover to the base. Alternately, the cover may include the dimples and the base may include the projections. In addition to the securing function, the dimples and projections also serve to disturb the electromagnetic waves emitted from the components located within the housing, so that the electromagnetic noise emitted from the housing is reduced. Additionally, the front surfaces of the base and the cover are preferably linked together by a hinge-type connection formed by interlocking tabs located on both surfaces. This hinge-type connection facilitates the alignment of the cover with the base so that the cover may simply be closed upon the base and the dimples/projections are then aligned to mate with each other.