Patent ID: 7239510

Claim:
An enclosure for housing a component of a computing device, comprising: at least three corner members, each of which has a ‘L’ shape whose two wings have recessed and thinner walls, and a plurality of bolt holes configured at appropriate locations on said thinner walls and on the top and bottom surfaces of said corner member; at least three wall members, each of which has an elongated shape, said corner members and said wall members being interleaved and joined to form a polygonal circumference, the two ends of each wall member being configured to match said recessed walls of said corner members so as to form a smooth outer surface of said circumference, the two ends of each wall member being configured to have a plurality of bolt holes at locations corresponding to said bolt holes of said corner members, each of said wall members fixedly joined to two corner members by bolts through said matched bolt holes; a top cover member positioned on the top of said circumference having a shape and dimension matching those of said circumference, said top cover member having a plurality of bolt holes configured at locations corresponding to said bolt holes on the top surface of said corner members whereby said top cover member is fixedly joined to said circumference by bolts through said matched bolt holes; and a bottom cover member positioned on the bottom of said circumference having a shape and dimension matching those of said circumference, said bottom cover member having a plurality of bolt holes configured at locations corresponding to said bolt holes on the bottom surface of said corner members whereby said bottom cover member is fixedly joined to said circumference by bolts through said matched bolt holes, said bottom cover member having another plurality of bolt holes for fixing said component of said computing device on said bottom cover member.