Honeycomb celled-sheet layer composite panel for monitoring an LCD to a laptop computer

A laptop computer having a liquid crystal display (LCD) mounted in an upper computer housing supporting the LCD and being hingedly attached to a lower computer housing that contains a keyboard, comprising:

• a first composite panel including:
• a first layer of celled material having spaced-apart first and second surfaces, said first layer defining a plurality of cells having axes substantially normal to said first and second surfaces;
• a first sheet layer of graphite epoxy material attached to the first surface of said first layer of celled material;
• a second sheet layer of graphite epoxy material attached to the second surface of said first layer of celled material;
• and
• means for mounting said LCD to said composite panel.

A method of mounting a liquid crystal display (LCD) to an upper housing of a laptop computer, the method including the following steps:

• resiliently mounting said LCD to a composite panel that includes:
• a first layer of celled material having spaced-apart first and second surfaces, said first layer defining a plurality of cells having axes substantially normal to said first and second surfaces;
• a first sheet layer of graphite epoxy material attached to the first surface of said first layer of celled material;
• and
• a second sheet layer of graphite epoxy material attached to the second surface of said first layer of celled material;
• and
• mounting said composite panel to said upper housing of said laptop computer.