Expansible notebook computer
OwnerHsi K. Ma, Chan-Ik Chunginventors
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Abstract
An expansible notebook computer includes a mainframe unit, a display, and a keyboard unit, wherein the mainframe unit has a floppy diskdrive on the inside, a display connector connected to a mainframe connector on the display unit, a top recess, which receives the keyboard unit, a keyboard connector on the top recess electrically connected to a connector on the keyboard unit, a plurality of expansion cartridge connectors on a vertical front wall thereof for connecting an expansion cartridge, a plurality of mounting slots and a plurality of battery contacts on the vertical front wall above the expansion cartridge connectors for connecting a battery box, a hard diskdrive connector and an expansion box connector on a bottom wall thereof for connecting a hard diskdrive and an expansion box.
Claims6
An expansible notebook computer consisting of a standard notebook computer comprised of a mainframe unit having input/output connectors, a keyboard mounted on said mainframe unit at the top and having key switches for data input into said mainframe unit, and a display unit hinged to said mainframe unit and controlled by said mainframe unit to present information in visual form, wherein said mainframe unit comprises a floppy diskdrive on the inside, a display connector connected to a mainframe connector on said display unit, a top recess, which receives said keyboard unit, a keyboard connector on said top recess electrically connected to a connector on said keyboard unit, a plurality of expansion cartridge connectors on a vertical front wall thereof, a plurality of mounting slots and a plurality of battery contacts on the vertical front wall above said expansion cartridge connectors for connecting a battery box, a hard diskdrive connector and an expansion box connector on a bottom wall thereof for connecting a hard diskdrive and an expansion box, and further comprising:
- a) a hard diskdrive unit and an expansion box respectively connected to said mainframe unit at the bottom, said hard diskdrive unit comprising a connector electrically connected to the hard diskdrive connector of said mainframe unit and a plurality of mounting slots on a vertical front wall thereof, said expansion box comprising a connector electrically connected to the expansion box connector of said mainframe unit and a plurality of mounting slots on a vertical front wall thereof;
- b) an expansion cartridge, said expansion cartridge comprising a plurality of connectors electrically connected to the expansion cartridge connectors of said mainframe unit, and a plurality of mounting rods respectively fitted into the mounting slots on said hard diskdrive unit and said expansion box;
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- c) a battery box, said battery box comprising a plurality of mounting rods respectively fitted into the mounting slots on said mainframe unit, and contacts electrically connected to the battery contacts of said mainframe unit.
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