Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Reexamination Certificate
2001-07-18
2003-02-18
Schuberg, Darren (Department: 2835)
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
C361S695000, C165S080400, C174S015200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06522537
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a snap-in computer casing structure, more particularly to a computer casing that carries special functions and features a quick assembly and disassembly structure. The computer casing according to the present invention comprises at least one motherboard and a hard disk drive, and an interface port which is disposed parallel to the motherboard, and it works together with special software to execute at least one special function such as the firewall or email server, printer server, or acting server, etc.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In
FIG. 1
, it shows the traditional computer casing, and the external casing
11
of the computer casing
10
has at least one hard disk drive
20
and at least one motherboard
30
, and a plurality of I/O ports
121
of different functions are disposed at the back panel
12
of the casing
10
. Since when the hard disk drive
20
and the motherboard
30
in the casing
10
need to be maintained, repaired, or replaced, it takes a lot of efforts to unscrew the components
13
~
15
by tools in order to remove the external casing
11
, motherboard
30
, and hard disk drive
20
from the retainer frame
16
for the maintenance and repair work. Even after the maintenance and repair, the external casing
11
, motherboard
30
, and hard disk drive
20
are mounted to the retainer frame
16
by screwing the components
13
~
15
by tools. The whole process is troublesome and time-consuming.
In view of the shortcomings of the prior art mentioned above, which are the subjects of improvements for a long time, hence the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience accumulated from the engagement in the related industry conducted extensive research to resolve the foregoing shortcomings and invented the present invention.
Therefore, the primary objective of the present invention is to maintain and repair the hard disk drive or motherboard in the casing quickly by means of having a set of sliding tracks for both side of the hard disk drive and at least a set of sliding groove for the motherboard, and the external casing proximate to the inner edge having a latch groove for latching the elastic latch on the back panel periphery of the casing. A fan frame is disposed on the back panel, and the fan frame has a plurality of penetrating holes for inserting the inclined board such that the front panel in front of the hard disk drive frame presses the fan frame at a fixed angle, and a plurality of openings being disposed at the back panel for the connection of different ports such as USB port, networking port, VGA port, PS/2 mouse, etc. Such arrangement allows the hard disk drive mounted on the hard disk drive frame and the motherboard, which is electrically coupled to the hard disk drive to be pushed into the external casing for fixing into position.
To make it easier for our examiner to understand the objective of the invention, structure, innovative features, and performance, we use a preferred embodiment together with the attached drawings for the detailed description of the invention.
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patent: 5119270 (1992-06-01), Bolton et al.
patent: 5864464 (1999-01-01), Lin
patent: 6108196 (2000-08-01), Jung
patent: 6411511 (2002-06-01), Chen
Duong Hung Van
Portwell Inc.
Schuberg Darren
Troxell Law Office PLLC
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