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US 5,491,609 AGranted
Portable electronic platform system
AssigneeTelepad Corporation
InventorsScott Dankman, Roc A. Lastinger
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AssigneeTelepad Corporation
InventorsScott Dankman, Roc A. Lastinger
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A portable platform system for connecting an external module having a module connector to a portable electronic platform having a flat panel display, a central processing unit and a system bus includes at least two docking bays disposed on a rear side of the flat panel display including at least first, second, and third rails and an electrical connector. An external module of a first width is slid in between the first and second adjacent rails to be secured to the rear side of the fiat panel display, and the module connector is connected to the electrical connector of the docking bay to electrically connect the module to the central processing unit via the system bus. An external module of a second width greater than the width of the first module is slid between the first and third rails and straddles the second rail sliding the two inner rails of the module between the two outer rails of the docking bay, and the module connector is connected to the electrical connector of the docking bay to electrically connect the module to the central processing unit via the system bus.
A portable electronic platform system, comprising:
A portable electronic platform system, comprising:
A portable electronic platform, comprising:
A computer platform system, comprising:
A portable electronic platform system having an electronic platform and a plurality of external modules connectable to the electronic platform, wherein at least three rails on an exterior surface of the electronic platform define at least two bays such that a first one of the external modules, which is of a predetermined width, is slidably connectable to at least one of the bays within the rails that define that one bay, and a second one of the modules, which is of a predetermined width greater than the width of the first one of the external modules, is slidably connectable to least two of the bays within at least one rail that partially defines one of the bays and another rail that partially defines another one of the bays.
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