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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
May. 05, 2006
Wayne H. Miller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ricardo Alba Mariano, Hayward, CA (US);
Steven Thomas Holmes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wayne H. Miller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ricardo Alba Mariano, Hayward, CA (US);
Steven Thomas Holmes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A cubical computer housing assembly comprises first and second ends and four sides, which define an interior compartment for housing the various computer components. The first and second ends are rigidly connected to one another and are slidingly detachable from four sides of the assembly. The interior compartment comprises three parallelepiped portions, one for accommodating a plurality of circuit boards, one for accommodating a heat sink and hard disk drive, and one for accommodating other memory device such as a CD ROM or DVD player. A hard disk drive is slidingly mounted in a frame which is rigidly mounted relative to the first and second ends. A hinged door on which is mounted a printed circuit board can be moved to an open position to provide access to the disk drive for removal and replacement of same.