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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2004
Sze-moey Voon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas S. Neal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ameer Karim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joel Jacobs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sze-Moey Voon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas S. Neal, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ameer Karim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joel Jacobs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A housing for a computer system includes a conduit operable to protect a communication medium, such as a cable, that couples a peripheral device of the system to processing circuitry of the system. The conduit includes a bottom, a sidewall and a top that together define a passage in which the communication medium may be disposed. The passage includes a first opening and a second opening for allowing the communication medium disposed in the passage to extend through the passage. By disposing all or section of the communication medium in the passage, the conduit reduces the coupler's exposure between the interface of the processing circuitry and a peripheral device coupled to the interface, and thus protects the communication medium and the interface.