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US 10,895,891 B1Granted
Electrical assembly with a removable docking sled
AssigneeComark LLC
InventorsJason Lee, M. D. Hsu, Dean Miller
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Abstract
A tablet computer with a docking sled type arrangement including a payment device of choice is provided. The docking sled can be removed from the tablet computer to provide protection to the payment device. The docking sled employs magnetic force to hold and compress electronic contacts. These contacts provide charging power to the docking sled and bi-directional communication. The docking can be oriented left or right to accommodate both left handed and right handed users.
Claims15
An electrical assembly, comprising:
- a tablet computer with a main body having a side, and at least one electrical connecting portion provided on the side of the main body;
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- a docking sled being hollow and having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and an opening formed on the first side and configured to receive a mobile device, the second side of the docking sled being removably attached to the side of the main body by an attachment element and having an electrical connecting portion electrically connected to the at least one electrical connecting portion of the main body during attachment, the docking sled having a guide comprising two opposite rails and an end wall interconnecting a distal end of each rail to form the opening for the mobile device to be inserted thereinto and move along the rails until it reaches the end wall,
- wherein when the electrical connecting portion of the docking sled is electrically connected to the at least one electrical connecting portion of the main body, and the mobile device is electrically connected to the docking sled when the docking sled is oriented in at least two orientations with respect to the main body,
- wherein the intersection of the first side and the end wall of the docking sled is provided with a sled electrical connecting portion facing the opening of the docking sled and an end portion of the mobile device is provided with an end electrical connecting portion so that when the mobile device reaches the end wall, the sled electrical connecting portion of the end wall is electrically connected to the end electrical connecting portion of the mobile device.
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