Robert Murray Frame

US Patent:

6618936, Sep 16, 2003

Filed:

Feb 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/779428

Inventors:

Michele Bovio - Boston MA
Robert Frame - Westboro MA

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

H05K 330

US Classification:

29832, 29830, 295921, 361683, 361686

Abstract:

A system and method are disclosed for configuring a portable computer comprises encasing the computer in an enclosure, providing battery slot defined by at least one wall of the enclosure, encasing a battery pack in a battery pack housing, inserting the battery pack into the battery slot and interweaving a wall of the battery pack housing with a wall of the enclosure defining the slot so that a portion of the battery pack housing projects into the battery slot. The system and method may also comprise providing a portal in a first wall associated with a computer enclosure and inserting a battery pack having a second wall into the enclosure wherein a structural region of the second wall of the battery pack extends into the portal.

US Patent:

6838810, Jan 4, 2005

Filed:

Mar 21, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/822438

Inventors:

Michele Bovio - Boston MA, US
Robert C. Frame - Westboro MA, US

Assignee:

Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. - Padeh

International Classification:

G06F 116
H01J 1942

US Classification:

313422, 361681, 361683, 313238

Abstract:

A flat-panel display with fixtures in its sidewalls to enable support by lateral mounting members is disclosed. The advantage of this approach, in which the fixtures are essentially rotated around to the sides of the flat-panel display, is the reduction in the portion of the portable computer's top cover that is not the active display. In practice, this results in an increase in the size of the display that may be housed in the same-sized top cover. In order to accommodate the lateral mounting of the flat-panel display, metal brackets are used. These brackets extend from the base unit hinges and cradle the display. This adds torsional rigidity, but also removes the requirement that the back must be structural. Further reductions in the inactive portions of the top cover may be achieved by extending the ends of the display's fluorescent back-light beyond or through the metal rim that surrounds the display.

US Patent:

7310222, Dec 18, 2007

Filed:

Dec 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/007718

Inventors:

Michele Bovio - Boston MA, US
Robert C. Frame - Westboro MA, US

Assignee:

Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. - Taipei

International Classification:

H05K 5/00
G02F 1/1333
A47F 5/12

US Classification:

361681, 345905, 248923, 349 58, 362632, 211169

Abstract:

A flat-panel display with fixtures in its sidewalls to enable support by lateral mounting members is disclosed. The advantage of this approach, in which the fixtures are essentially rotated around to the sides of the flat-panel display, is the reduction in the portion of the portable computer's top cover that is not the active display. In practice, this results in an increase in the size of the display that may be housed in the same-sized top cover. In order to accommodate the lateral mounting of the flat-panel display, metal brackets are used. These brackets extend from the base unit hinges and cradle the display. This adds torsional rigidity, but also removes the requirement that the back must be structural. Further reductions in the inactive portions of the top cover may be achieved by extending the ends of the display's fluorescent back-light beyond or through the metal rim that surrounds the display.

US Patent:

20050078439, Apr 14, 2005

Filed:

Dec 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/006254

Inventors:

Michele Bovio - Boston MA, US
Robert Frame - Westboro MA, US

International Classification:

G06F001/16
H05K005/00
H05K007/00

US Classification:

361681000

Abstract:

A flat-panel display with fixtures in its side walls to enable support by lateral mounting members is disclosed. The advantage of this approach, in which the fixtures are essentially rotated around to the sides of the flat-panel display, is the reduction in the portion of the portable computer's top cover that is not the active display. In practice, this results in an increase in the size of the display that may be housed in the same-sized top cover. In order to accommodate the lateral mounting of the flat-panel display, metal brackets are used. These brackets extend from the base unit hinges and cradle the display. This adds torsional rigidity, but also removes the requirement that the back must be structural. Further reductions in the inactive portions of the top cover may be achieved by extending the ends of the display's fluorescent back-light beyond or through the metal rim that surrounds the display.

US Patent:

20050088075, Apr 28, 2005

Filed:

Dec 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/006135

Inventors:

Michele Bovio - Boston MA, US
Robert Frame - Westboro MA, US

International Classification:

G06F001/16
H01J019/42

US Classification:

313422000

Abstract:

A flat-panel display with fixtures in its side walls to enable support by lateral mounting members is disclosed. The advantage of this approach, in which the fixtures are essentially rotated around to the sides of the flat-panel display, is the reduction in the portion of the portable computer's top cover that is not the active display. In practice, this results in an increase in the size of the display that may be housed in the same-sized top cover. In order to accommodate the lateral mounting of the flat-panel display, metal brackets are used. These brackets extend from the base unit hinges and cradle the display. This adds torsional rigidity, but also removes the requirement that the back must be structural. Further reductions in the inactive portions of the top cover may be achieved by extending the ends of the display's fluorescent back-light beyond or through the metal rim that surrounds the display.

US Patent:

20050088810, Apr 28, 2005

Filed:

Dec 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/006194

Inventors:

Michele Bovio - Boston MA, US
Robert Frame - Westboro MA, US

International Classification:

G06F001/16

US Classification:

361681000

Abstract:

A flat-panel display with fixtures in its side walls to enable support by lateral mounting members is disclosed. The advantage of this approach, in which the fixtures are essentially rotated around to the sides of the flat-panel display, is the reduction in the portion of the portable computer's top cover that is not the active display. In practice, this results in an increase in the size of the display that may be housed in the same-sized top cover. In order to accommodate the lateral mounting of the flat-panel display, metal brackets are used. These brackets extend from the base unit hinges and cradle the display. This adds torsional rigidity, but also removes the requirement that the back must be structural. Further reductions in the inactive portions of the top cover may be achieved by extending the ends of the display's fluorescent back-light beyond or through the metal rim that surrounds the display.

US Patent:

20060198090, Sep 7, 2006

Filed:

May 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/417341

Inventors:

Michele Bovio - Boston MA, US
Robert Frame - Westboro MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

US Classification:

361681000

Abstract:

A flat-panel display with fixtures in its sidewalls to enable support by lateral mounting members is disclosed. The advantage of this approach, in which the fixtures are essentially rotated around to the sides of the flat-panel display, is the reduction in the portion of the portable computer's top cover that is not the active display. In practice, this results in an increase in the size of the display that may be housed in the same-sized top cover. In order to accommodate the lateral mounting of the flat-panel display, metal brackets are used. These brackets extend from the base unit hinges and cradle the display. This adds torsional rigidity, but also removes the requirement that the back must be structural. Further reductions in the inactive portions of the top cover may be achieved by extending the ends of the display's fluorescent back-light beyond or through the metal rim that surrounds the display.

US Patent:

20060198091, Sep 7, 2006

Filed:

May 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/417342

Inventors:

Michele Bovio - Boston MA, US
Robert Frame - Westboro MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

US Classification:

361681000

Abstract:

A flat-panel display with fixtures in its sidewalls to enable support by lateral mounting members is disclosed. The advantage of this approach, in which the fixtures are essentially rotated around to the sides of the flat-panel display, is the reduction in the portion of the portable computer's top cover that is not the active display. In practice, this results in an increase in the size of the display that may be housed in the same-sized top cover. In order to accommodate the lateral mounting of the flat-panel display, metal brackets are used. These brackets extend from the base unit hinges and cradle the display. This adds torsional rigidity, but also removes the requirement that the back must be structural. Further reductions in the inactive portions of the top cover may be achieved by extending the ends of the display's fluorescent back-light beyond or through the metal rim that surrounds the display.