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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2006
Thomas M. Cipolla, Cross Katonah, NY (US);
Lawrence S. Mok, Brewster, NY (US);
Thomas M. Cipolla, Cross Katonah, NY (US);
Lawrence S. Mok, Brewster, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An arrangement and a method of increasing the quantity of input and output connectors, which are available for the attachment to connection cables of electronic equipment. More particularly, the present invention relates to an arrangement, such as a connector drawer, which is adapted to be installed in a selectively retractable and extendable mode in a laptop computer and which provides for a versatile structure facilitating a elective increase in the quantity of input and output connectors as may be necessitated by specific utilization of the electronic equipment or laptop computers, particularly in conjunction with the connection therewith of auxiliary operating devices or components.