Claims
- 1. A method for configuring a portable computer, the method comprising:encasing the portable computer in an enclosure; providing a battery slot defined by at least one wall of the enclosure; providing a plurality of portals through a fingered section of the battery slot wall; encasing a battery pack with a battery pack housing including a plurality of structural regions protruding from the battery pack housing inserting the battery pack housing into the battery slot; and interweaving a the plurality of structural regions with the plurality of portals, so that only a portion of said battery pack housing projects into said battery slot.
- 2. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising:disposing battery cells within the battery pack housing wherein the structural regions on the battery pack housing are over the battery cells.
- 3. A method as described in claim 2, further comprising extending solid sections between the fingered sections of the battery slot wall.
- 4. A method as described in claim 3, further comprising aligning reduced wall thickness regions of the battery pack wall housing under solid sections of the battery slot wall.
- 5. A method as described in claim 4, further comprising alternating the reduced wall thickness regions with the structural regions of the battery pack wall along a longitudinal axis of the battery pack.
- 6. A method as described in claim 5, further comprising alternating the solid sections of the battery slot wall with the fingered sections of the battery slot wall.
- 7. A method as described in claim 6, further comprising locating the battery slot under a palm rest of the portable computer system.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application of Ser. No. 09/138,318, filed Aug. 21, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,224,996, included herein by reference in its entirety.
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