US 6,442,637 B1 · Expandable mobile computer system

Abstract

An expandable mobile computer system is described. The mobile computer system includes a peripheral expansion interface that allows a large number of different sized expansion peripherals to be created and used with the mobile computer system. A pair of rails forms a first opening of the peripheral expansion interface wherein an expansion peripheral device may be inserted. Large expansion peripherals may extend in a first dimension out of that first opening. The rails also form a second opening along a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension. Large expansion peripherals may also extend outward from the peripheral expansion interface in the second dimension.

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Dependent claims

A mobile computer system, said mobile computer system comprising:

a processor;
an expansion bus, said expansion bus coupled to said processor;
and
an expansion interface, said expansion interface comprising,
an electrical interface to said expansion bus, and
a pair of substantially parallel retaining rails, said pair of retaining rails spaced far apart along a first dimension such that said retaining rails substantially occupying a width of said mobile computer system along said first dimension, said pair of parallel retaining rails forming a first opening for insertion of a peripheral device along a second dimension, and said pair of parallel retaining rails forming a second opening along a third dimension such that said peripheral device may extend in said third dimension.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Expandable mobile computer system

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Abstract

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