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US 12,608,043 B2Granted
Modular dock for mobile computing devices
AssigneeZebra Technologies Corporation
InventorsLawrence Allen Stone, David William Reber, Brian D. Ryder, Chad Chaumont, Dennis Barrett
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Abstract
A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.
Claims9
A dock for a computing device, the dock comprising:
- a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device;
- a port extender removably coupled to the cradle, the port extender including a presence sensor and a plurality of ports, wherein the presence sensor is configured to:
- detect the presence of the computing device, and enable or disable a peripheral of the port extender according to the detection,
- wherein the cradle includes:
- a first connector opening and a second connector opening,
- a first support surface defining the first connector opening,
- a second support surface defining the second connector opening, and
- a cutout between the first and second connector openings to accommodate a keyboard hinge of the computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.