Patent · US Expired

Shielded modular portable computer work station having cable routing means

US5590022A · kind A · utility

49Cited by
6References
20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 19, 1995
Grant dateDec 31, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/1632
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A compact modular portable work station including a computer, a printer and/or other peripherals, efficiently interconnected with one another with conductors enclosed in a single, shielded composite cable supported by a docking channel having electrical connectors extending therefrom to be connected directly to the computer and the peripheral, all operational from and efficiently packaged within an impact resistant carrying case. Loose, unshielded cables are eliminated and a cellular telephone is placed in a shielded enclosure, under a metal shroud, in order to shield the user and the work station computer and computer peripherals from RF signals emitted by the cellular telephone.

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