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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsGlen A. Oross, Robert P. Bliven, Michael D. Derocher, Masahiko Muranami
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A docking station for a portable computer contains a platform and a movable guide bar connected to the docking station and extending over the platform. The guide bar is capable of guiding the portable computer into proper alignment with the docking station when the portable computer is placed on the guide bar and pressed downwardly into the platform. The guide bar may contain a thermally conductive guide protrusion capable of mating with a heat sink on the portable computer. Heat is transferred from the heat sink on the portable computer to the guide protrusion on the guide bar. The guide bar itself may also be thermally conductive, providing a further avenue for heat to be transferred from the portable computer to the docking station.
A docking station for a portable computer, comprising:
A portable computer having a computer connector for connecting to a docking connector on a docking station having a platform and a guide bar, wherein the guide bar has a guide protrusion, the portable computer comprising:
A computer system comprising a docking station and a portable computer, the portable computer having a computer connector, the docking station further comprising:
A method of aligning a portable computer having a computer connector with a docking station having a platform, a docking connector, and a guide bar movable from a guiding position to a docked position, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of transferring heat from a portable computer having a guide groove and a heat sink to a docking station having a guide bar movable from a guiding position to a docked position and a guide protrusion on the guide bar, the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.