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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Richard Sapper, Milan, IT;
Peter Geoffrey Gaucher, Cary, NC (US);
Howard Jeffrey Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Terrell Vanover, Raleigh, NC (US);
Shigeki Mori, Yamato, JP;
Tomoyuki Takahashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Hidenori Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Richard Sapper, Milan, IT;
Peter Geoffrey Gaucher, Cary, NC (US);
Howard Jeffrey Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Terrell Vanover, Raleigh, NC (US);
Shigeki Mori, Yamato, JP;
Tomoyuki Takahashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Hidenori Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An I/O housing holds an I/O port and is pivotable between a housed position, wherein the I/O housing is held snugly flat in a chassis of the computer, and an extended position, wherein the port end of the housing is distanced from the chassis. The I/O housing can mechanically engage an I/O device with the port establishing communication between the I/O device and the computer processor.