Docking station
US6934151B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/1632
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
As a user depresses an eject button from the standard position to its sunken position and an instruction is transmitted to an installed notebook PC to request the disconnection of a driver for a device being operated in a docking station. When a notification is received from the PC indicating that the disconnection has been completed, for example and not to limit the a solenoid type electromagnetic apparatus switches a plunger to its non-projected position. The eject button is then placed into its projected position owing to the urging force of a spring. When the user depresses the eject button placed in its projected position, a motion direction converting lever is pivoted to activate an ejecting member and a locking hook. Consequently, the PC is ejected.
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