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US 7,410,371 B2Granted
Computing device having socket and accessory device containment
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsAvihai A. Shabtai, Nissim Cohen-Matzliah, Youry Kirpichnikov
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Abstract
A computing device (110) has a body comprising a mechanised socket (170). The socket (170) is retractable within a volume (150) enclosed by the body of the computing device (110). Activation of a mechanism causes the socket to extend (140) beyond said volume (150) into an extended position (270), allowing user-access to said socket (170). Advantageously, during normal active usage, the socket (170) is retracted within the volume enclosed by the body of the computing device (110).
Claims10
A computing device having a body comprising:
- a mechanized socket, wherein the mechanized socket is retractable within a recess enclosed by the body of the computing device;
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- a mechanism coupled to the mechanized socket, activation of the mechanism enabling a semi-automatic opening function that causes the mechanized socket to extend beyond said recess into an extended position, allowing insertion and activation of an accessory device, such that the mechanized socket is capable of normal active use both in an extended position beyond the recess as well as when both the mechanized socket and active accessory device are moved back into said recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.