Patent ID: 7965500

Claim:
A method for protecting electronic components in a computer, comprising: machining a plurality of chassis openings and a plurality of lid openings in a computer chassis; injection molding a material such that a first portion of the material covers a first outer side surface of a first chassis corner, a second outer side surface of the first chassis corner, and a third outer side surface of the first chassis corner and wherein the first portion of the material partially flows through a first set of the plurality of chassis openings to form a first chassis corner dampener on the first chassis corner; injection molding the material such that a second portion of the material covers a first outer side surface of a second chassis corner, a second outer side surface of the second chassis corner, and a third outer side surface of the second chassis corner and wherein the second portion of the material partially flows through a second set of the plurality of chassis openings to form a second chassis corner dampener on the second chassis corner; injection molding the material such that a third portion of the material covers a portion of a chassis bottom surface and wherein the third portion of the material partially flows through a third set of the plurality of chassis openings to form a chassis bottom surface dampener on the chassis bottom surface; and hard mounting the electronic components of the computer to the computer chassis, wherein a size and a position of one or more of the first chassis corner dampener, the second chassis corner dampener and the chassis bottom surface dampener prevents a force from being applied directly to the first chassis corner, the second chassis corner or the chassis bottom surface, and wherein each of the first chassis corner dampener, the second chassis corner dampener and the chassis bottom surface dampener are formed with an associated thickness that dampens the force applied to the first chassis corner dampener, the second chassis corner dampener or the chassis bottom surface dampener before the force translates to the computer chassis; and wherein the force applied to the first chassis corner dampener, the second chassis corner dampener or the chassis bottom surface dampener is absorbed in, distributed through, or transferred via the material to inhibit propagation of the force to the computer chassis.