Computer system having a structure for easy assembling/disassembling of peripheral equipment

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved portable computer.
It is another object to provide a housing for a portable computer that readily permits insertion and removal for a battery, CD-ROM, a hard disk, and other peripheral, and memory components for the computer system, by a simple manipulation by the user.
It is yet another object to provide a housing for a computer system able to accommodate insertion and removal of peripheral devices along axes extending between the base of the computer and the torso of the user of that computer.
It is still another object to equip a housing for a computer system with a self-latching mechanism for securing the maintenance of data and electrical power connections between peripheral modular data and electrical power units and the computer system.
It is still yet another object to equip a housing for a computer system with a latch able to break data and electrical connections between a peripheral modular memory or electrical power unit wherever the latch is manipulated to release the unit.
It is also an object to provide a one-piece, monolithic biased latch that responds to insertion of a modular peripheral unit for a computer system by automatically latching the modular unit into a fully inserted position and that responds to direct user opening of the latch against the force of the bias by breaking data and electrical power connections between the computer and the modular unit while partially ejecting the modular unit from its bay within the housing of the computer system.
To achieve these and other objects, the present invention provides a computer's system having a housing with a monolithic biased latch for directly receiving and discharging of peripheral components either toward or alternatively, along side the user, thereby enabling easy installation and quick removal of a modular peripheral component and the simultaneous establishment or interruption of electrical power and operational connections between the computer's system and the peripheral component