US 11,927,990 B2
Computing device
Thomas Perelli, Morrisville, NC (US); and Ali Ent, Morrisville, NC (US)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/877,963.
Prior Publication US 2024/0036616 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1679 (2013.01) [G06F 1/162 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
a case that comprises a hinge assembly, a display housing that comprises a display device bay that removably receives a display device that comprises a display, and a housing that comprises a shell and a shell cover, wherein the shell cover comprises a keyboard, wherein the shell cover comprises a tool-less, hand displaceable shell cover, and wherein the hinge assembly couples the display housing and the housing; and
an electronic component secured in a component bay of the shell by a latch accessible upon displacement of the shell cover, and wherein the latch comprises a tool-less, hand operable latch,
wherein the component bay comprises an electrical bay contact and bay magnets,
wherein the electronic component comprises an electrical component contact and component magnets, and
wherein the component magnets are coupled to the latch and move responsive to actuation of the latch to lock the electronic component in the component bay via a magnetic attraction force between the bay magnets and the component magnets that mates the electrical bay contact and the electrical component contact and to unlock the electronic component for removal from the component bay.