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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Hiroaki Agata, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Asano, Atsugi, JP;
Hideto Horikoshi, Sagamihara, JP;
Takehiko Noguchi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Masaki Oie, Sagamihara, JP;
Kenshin Yonemochi, Kamakura, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a computer in which an optional unit such as a unit including a wireless LAN adapter is installable. The computer including at least a computer body, a display, and a keyboard. The invention is also directed to a note book computer , which includes a computer body with a keyboard, and a display workable as a lid being opened and closed free with the computer body. In these computers with an optional unit , the optional unit is detachably attached to the top of the display, or the optional unit is detachably attached to a portion of the display, the portion being at a side of the display when the lid is closed and being at a top of the display when the lid is opened.