Patent · US Expired

Box for functional expansion of a portable electronic equipment

US5737541A · kind A · utility

38Cited by
9References
31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 30, 1995
Grant dateApr 7, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 30, 2015

Classification

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

Abstract

A docking station box for functional expansion of portable electronic equipment that has a table with a vertically upstanding back wall to which is mounted a part of a connector corresponding to a connector part of the electronic equipment. The box includes at least one hook that is moved from a position below the table to one above the table to engage the electronic equipment to mount it securely thereon. The docking station box also includes a mechanism for thrusting the electronic equipment away from the position in which the connector parts of the box and the electronic equipment are engaged.

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