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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
David J. Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
William W. Ruckman, San Jose, CA (US);
Milton C. Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dimitry Struve, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A bezel assembly for a computer enclosure includes a bezel and a hinge capable of hingedly joining the bezel to the computer enclosure. A computer system includes an enclosure, a bezel, and a hinge capable of hingedly joining the bezel to the enclosure. A method of replacing a first component with a second component in a computer system enclosure having a hinged bezel includes pivoting the hinged bezel away from the computer system enclosure and removing the first component from the computer system enclosure. The method further includes inserting the second component into the computer system enclosure and pivoting the hinged bezel toward the computer system such that the hinged bezel is adjacent the computer system enclosure.