Toolless computing housing assembly

A computing device, comprising:

• a plurality of internal computing components;
• and
• a computing housing assembly having multiple components that are readily removable from and reassembled to the computing housing assembly without the use of tools, the computing housing assembly including:
• an enclosure having a plurality of connected panels, the enclosure defining a front opening and an internal volume containing at least a portion of the plurality of internal computing components therein, wherein the enclosure includes front toolless coupling features along its front opening and side toolless coupling features along its plurality of connected panels, the side toolless coupling features including multiple divots located along multiple outer surfaces of the enclosure,
• a front lid removably coupled to the enclosure and covering the front opening to fully enclose the inner volume, wherein the front lid includes lid toolless coupling features configured to interact with the front toolless coupling features of the enclosure to facilitate the ready removal and reassembly of the front lid from and to the enclosure without the use of tools, and
• a first side cover removably coupled to a first side of the enclosure, the first side cover including an outer face and an inner face, wherein the first side cover includes a first set of side cover toolless coupling features configured to interact with the side toolless coupling features of the enclosure to facilitate the ready removal and reassembly of the first side cover from and to the enclosure without the use of tools, wherein the first side cover further includes a sidewall extending from its inner face around its outer circumference such that an outer portion of the sidewall extends over the multiple outer surfaces of the enclosure, the sidewall having multiple snap protrusions arranged to snap into and out of the multiple divots to facilitate the ready removal and reassembly of the first side cover from and to the enclosure.

A computing device, comprising:

• a plurality of internal computing components;
• and
• a computing housing assembly having multiple components that are readily removable from and reassembled to the computing housing assembly without the use of tools, the computing housing assembly including:
• an enclosure having a plurality of connected panels, the enclosure defining a front opening and an internal volume containing at least a portion of the plurality of internal computing components therein, wherein the enclosure includes front toolless coupling features along its front opening and side toolless coupling features along its plurality of connected panels,
• a front lid removably coupled to the enclosure and covering the front opening to fully enclose the inner volume, wherein the front lid includes lid toolless coupling features configured to interact with the front toolless coupling features of the enclosure to facilitate the ready removal and reassembly of the front lid from and to the enclosure without the use of tools, wherein the front lid includes one or more hinged doors, each hinged door including toolless coupling features configured to facilitate coupling the hinged door to the front lid, pivoting the hinged door to a range of different open positions relative to the front lid, and holding the hinged door at the range of different open positions, and
• a first side cover removably coupled to a first side of the enclosure, the first side cover including an outer face and an inner face, wherein the first side cover includes a first set of side cover toolless coupling features configured to interact with the side toolless coupling features of the enclosure to facilitate the ready removal and reassembly of the first side cover from and to the enclosure without the use of tools.

A toolless computing housing assembly, comprising:

• a box-shaped enclosure including a top panel, bottom panel, back panel, first side panel, and second side panel, the enclosure defining a front opening and an internal volume configured to hold multiple internal components of a main computing device therein, wherein the enclosure includes front toolless coupling features along its front opening and side toolless coupling features along its panels, the front toolless coupling features include multiple protrusion tabs extending forward from the enclosure past its front opening, each protrusion tab having a front nub and a geometry that facilitates bending or bowing of the protrusion tab during removal and reassembly of the front lid;
• a front lid removably coupled to the enclosure and covering the front opening to fully enclose the inner volume, wherein the front lid includes lid toolless coupling features configured to interact with the front toolless coupling features of the enclosure to facilitate the ready removal and reassembly of the front lid from and to the enclosure without the use of tools, the lid toolless coupling features include multiple tab openings configured to receive the front nubs of the multiple protrusion tabs to facilitate the ready removal and reassembly of the front lid from and to the enclosure;
• and
• a first side cover removably coupled to a first side of the enclosure, the first side cover including an outer face and an inner face, wherein the first side cover includes a first set of side cover toolless coupling features configured to interact with the side toolless coupling features of the enclosure to facilitate the ready removal and reassembly of the first side cover from and to the enclosure without the use of tools, the side toolless coupling features include multiple divots located along multiple outer surfaces of the enclosure on the top panel, bottom panel, and back panel, and wherein the first side cover further includes a sidewall extending from its inner face around its outer circumference such that an outer portion of the sidewall extends over the multiple outer surfaces of the enclosure, the sidewall having multiple snap protrusions arranged to snap into and out of the multiple divots to facilitate the ready removal and reassembly of the first side cover from and to the enclosure.