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Ergonomic docking station for a portable computer

Details

Inventors: Cavello, Christopher;
Assignee: Dell U.S.A., L.P. (Round Rock, TX)
Primary Examiner: Feild; Lynn D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.

An ergonomic docking station for a portable computer that enables the use of the portable computer display while docked and raises and orients the portable computer display to within a desirable ergonomic position and viewing range. The docking station includes a housing formed by an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion for housing a printed circuit board, wherein the upper housing portion is generally J-shaped for receiving the portable computer and the lower housing portion is generally rectangular but includes downwardly extending supports for orienting the docking station at a predetermined angle from a table top, desk top, or the like. The docking station further includes an ejection mechanism within the housing for disengaging the portable computer from the docking station. The ejection mechanism includes solenoid-type ejectors housed within the housing and activating electromagnets located within the lower housing portion.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The foregoing problems are solved and a technical advance is achieved by a portable PC docking station that enables the use of the portable PC display while docked and raises and orients the portable PC display to within the desirable ergonomic position and viewing range.
In a departure from the art, the docking station is designed to receive the portable PC in a generally vertical position and enable use of the portable PC display while docked.
In this manner, the portable PC display can be raised relative to the table top to the desirable approximate 0.
degree.
to 15.
degree.
viewing range.
In one embodiment, the docking station includes a housing formed by an upper housing portion and a lower housing portion for housing a printed circuit board.
The upper housing portion is generally J-shaped for receiving the PC.
The lower housing portion is generally rectangular but includes downwardly extending supports for orienting the docking station at a predetermined angle "A" from a table top, desk top, or the like.
The angle "A" is predetermined to enable the display of the PC to extend generally vertically while in use and is preferably around 60 degrees.
The board contains a conventional pin connector for engaging the pin connector of the PC, thereby providing an electrical connection between the PC and the board of the docking station.
The location of the connector will depend upon the location of the pin connector of the PC.
The board further contains various electronics for enabling the docking station to replicate the ports typically found on desktop PCs that serve to connect the desktop PC to a network and/or peripheral equipment, including conventional I/O connectors and power connectors.
The docking station further includes an ejection mechanism for disengaging the PC from the docking station.
The ejection mechanism includes solenoid-type or similarly activated ejectors housed with the housing and activated by electromagnets located within the lower housing portion

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