Patent ID: 6421237
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a first plurality of portable computers that come in a second plurality of models, comprising the steps of:assembling a first plurality of base units, each of said first plurality of base units having a third plurality of electronic devices, each of said third plurality of electronic devices being located at corresponding identical locations on each of said first plurality of base units making each one of said first plurality of base units identical to each other; assembling a first plurality of top assemblies, each of said first plurality of top assemblies having a plurality of electronic devices, wherein a varied arrangement of said plurality of electronic devices on said first plurality of top assemblies results in a second plurality of varieties of top assemblies, wherein each one of said second plurality of varieties of top assemblies differ from each other, wherein top assemblies of the same variety are identical to each other, wherein when one of said first plurality of base units is coupled to one of said first plurality of said top assemblies, said third plurality of electronic devices of said base unit match up and become attached with said plurality of electronic devices in said top assembly; assembling a first plurality of display panels, each one of said first plurality of display panels having a screen, each one of said first plurality of display panels being identically coupled to a corresponding one of said first plurality of top assemblies, each one of said first plurality of display panels being identical to each other; and coupling each one of said first plurality of base units to corresponding ones of said first plurality of top assemblies and coupling each one of said first plurality of said top assemblies to corresponding ones of said first plurality of display panels, resulting in a first plurality of portable computers having a second plurality of models of portable computers.