Dock for a multi-form factor information handling system (IHS)
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMichiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Mark R. Ligameri
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Abstract
Embodiments of a dock for a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a dock may include: a base, a plateau configured to receive an IHS, and an arm coupling a distal edge of the base to a proximal edge of the plateau, where the arm rotates with respect to the base around a first axis to lift the plateau, where the plateau rotates with respect to the arm around a second axis to tilt the plateau, and where the second axis is parallel with respect to the first axis.
Claims15
A dock, comprising:
- a base;
- a plateau configured to receive an Information Handling System (IHS), wherein the plateau comprises a positioning nib;
- a first row of terminals disposed in parallel with respect to a proximal edge of the plateau alongside a given edge of the positioning nib;
- a second row of terminals disposed perpendicularly with respect to the first row of terminals alongside another side of the positioning nib;
- and
- an arm coupling a distal edge of the base to the proximal edge of the plateau, wherein the arm rotates with respect to the base around a first axis to lift the plateau, wherein the plateau rotates with respect to the arm around a second axis to tilt the plateau, and wherein the second axis is parallel with respect to the first axis.
A method, comprising:
- coupling an Information Handling System (IHS) to a plateau of a dock, wherein a proximal edge of the plateau is coupled to a distal edge of a base via an arm, wherein the arm rotates with respect to the base around a first axis to lift the IHS, wherein the plateau rotates with respect to the arm around a second axis to tilt the IHS, and wherein the plateau comprises a magnetic device and a positioning nib;
- collapsing the arm into the base to enter a book mode;
- and
- extending the arm away from the base to enter a dual monitor mode, wherein the IHS comprises a first display coupled to a second display via a hinge, wherein the second display comprises a second magnetic device positioned to mate with the magnetic device and a second positioning nib positioned to mate with the positioning nib when the IHS is in laptop mode.
A hardware memory device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a processor of an Information Handling System (IHS), cause the IHS to:
- identify a state of the IHS relative to a dock, wherein the dock comprises:
- a base;
- a plateau configured to receive the IHS;
- and
- an arm coupling a distal edge of the base to a proximal edge of the plateau, wherein the arm rotates with respect to the base around a first axis to lift the plateau, wherein the plateau rotates with respect to the arm around a second axis to tilt the plateau, wherein the second axis is parallel with respect to the first axis, and wherein the plateau comprises a magnetic device and a positioning nib;
- a first row of terminals disposed in parallel with respect to the proximal edge of the plateau alongside a given edge of the positioning nib;
- a second row of terminals disposed perpendicularly with respect to the first row of terminals alongside another side of the positioning nib;
- and
- based on the identification, enable a connector between the plateau and the IHS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.