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Document Number
US Patent 6700776
Issued Date
March 2, 2004
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A computer with a fixed casing accommodating at least one computer component and having an upward opening, a movable casing covering at least a part of the opening of the fixed casing and equipped with at least one computer component on its inner surface, a pair of hinges adjacent to opposite sides of the opening and rotatably supporting the movable casing, and a latch provided either the fixed casing or the movable casing, engaging and disengaging the movable casing to and from the fixed casing. With this configuration, the present invention provides the computer having the casing which is simply assembled and disassembled, thereby allowing a user easily repair and to exchange the computer components.
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Published
March 2, 2004
Application Number
10/136,286
Filed
May 2, 2002
US Classification
361/683   312/223.1 312/223.2 361/685 361/724 361/725
Int'l Classification
G06F   1/18   (20060101)  
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Priority Data
May 17, 2001 [KR] 2001/27046 Nov 06, 2001 [KR] 2001/68914
USPTO Field of Search
361/724   361/725   361/726   361/727   361/724   361/725   361/726   361/727   361/724   361/725   361/726   361/727   312/223.1   312/223.2   312/223.3   312/298   364/708.1   174/35R   174/35GC   70/159   70/160   70/161   70/162   109/67   109/68   220/4.02   220/254   220/255   411/182   411/549   411/553   292/8   292/30  
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