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US 8,576,554 B2Granted
Power supply containment device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorDavid Quijano
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a power supply containment device for a computing system. According to one embodiment, the power supply containment device includes a main housing and a clamp portion coupled to the main housing. The clamp portion is configured to extend perpendicularly from the main housing so as to securely hold a power supply between the clamp portion and main housing of the containment device.
Claims18
A power supply containment device for a computer system, the device comprising:
- a main housing having a perimeter surface;
- a clamp portion movably coupled to the main housing so that it can move perpendicularly away from and toward the main housing, the clamp portion having an inner surface facing the perimeter surface, the clamp portion and the main housing, when spaced from each other, defining a gap between the perimeter surface and the inner surface for receiving a power supply;
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- an adjustment mechanism to urge the clamp portion against the power supply so as to clamp the power supply between the inner surface and the perimeter surface.
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An integrated workstation comprising:
- an all-in-one computing device including a display and a processing unit;
- a base stand configured to support the all-in-one computing device;
- a power supply module for powering the display and the processing unit;
- a containment device including,
- a main housing fixed to the base stand, the main housing including a perimeter surface, and
- a clamp portion movably attached to the main housing so that the clamp portion can move toward and away from the perimeter surface, the clamp portion including an inner surface facing the perimeter surface, the perimeter surface and the inner surface defining a gap for containing the power supply when the inner surface is spaced from the perimeter surface;
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- an adjustment mechanism to urge the clamp portion against the power supply so as to clamp the power supply between the inner surface and the perimeter surface.
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A method comprising:
- protracting a clamp portion of a containment device rearward of a main housing so as to form a gap between an inner surface of the clamp portion and a perimeter surface of the main housing, the containment device being attached to a stand supporting an all-in-one computer device including a front-facing display and a processing unit;
- installing a power supply in said gap;
- urging the clamp portion forward so that the inner surface presses against a side of the power supply so as to secure it between the inner surface and the perimeter surface;
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- using the power supply to power the front-facing display and the processing unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.