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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Applicants:
Katsutoshi Katoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Noguchi, Fujisawa, JP;
Tadanori Saitoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 3/32 (2006.01); G01N 3/30 (2006.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An impact resistant portable personal computer apparatus having feet which support the personal computer, a protruding member protruding downwardly from a foot, an impact sensor in the personal computer and responsive to an impact on the member for providing an output, and an element responsive to the output for aborting an operation of the personal computer. The apparatus is responsive to a fall in which the personal computer pivots about the back feet and impact is transmitted through the front feet.