Patent · US Expired

Horizontal loading docking station with uninterrupted power supply

US6072695A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
3References
18Claims
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Filing dateOct 30, 1997
Grant dateJun 6, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/1632
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A manually activated docking station that readily receives a generally horizontally inserted mobile computing device. Movement of a manual activation member causes engagement fingers to positively engage a mobile computing device and pull the port of the computing device onto the port of the docking station. Also disclosed are a unique locking method that impedes movement of the manual activation member and an uninterrupted power supply.

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