Expandable port replicator for computer underside docking
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorGlen A Oross
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Abstract
A port replicator is disclosed. The port replicator includes a substantially horizontal surface configured to accept the underside of a portable computing unit. The port replicator also includes a first connector, located on the horizontal surface, facing in an upward direction, and being positioned to couple with a connector located on the underside of the portable computing unit. The port replicator also includes a main body that is attached to the horizontal surface, wherein a portion of the horizontal surface is either recessed into the main body or otherwise brought towards the main body when not in use.
Claims4
A port replicator comprising:
- a substantially horizontal surface having a first connector that accepts an underside of a portable computing unit, the substantially horizontal surface being curved from a maximum at the center of the horizontal surface, near the first connector, to a minimum near the outer portions of the horizontal surface;
- a main body that attaches to the substantially horizontal surface, the main body not being configured to accept the underside of the portable computing unit;
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- a hinge between the substantially horizontal surface and the main body, the hinge permitting the first connector located on the substantially horizontal surface to rotate toward the main body and to be in contact with the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.