Dock with air flow arrangement for heating/cooling an electronic device and methods of making and using
AssigneeNational Products, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey D. Carnevali, Chad Michael Remmers
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Abstract
A dock for an electronic device includes a base configured to fit over at least a portion of a back surface of the electronic device; a tray extending from the base for receiving one side of the electronic device, wherein at least one of the base or tray includes an opening through the base or tray; and an air flow arrangement including a hose coupled, or coupleable, to the base or tray for air flow from the hose to pass through the opening in the base or tray and a vent adapter coupled, or coupleable, to the hose and configured for coupling to a vent of an air flow source.
Claims18
A dock for an electronic device, the dock comprising:
- a base configured to fit over at least a portion of a back surface of the electronic device;
- a tray extending from the base for receiving one side of the electronic device, wherein the tray comprises an opening through the tray;
- one or more contacts disposed in the tray and configured to electrically couple to contacts of the electronic device;
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- an air flow arrangement comprising
- a hose coupled, or coupleable, to the tray for air flow from the hose to pass through the opening in the tray, and
- a vent adapter coupled, or coupleable, to the hose and configured for coupling to a vent of an air flow source, wherein the dock is configured for directing air flow over the one or more contacts disposed in the tray for heating or cooling of the one or more contacts disposed in the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.