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US 7,452,225 B2Granted
Computer device with retractable connector
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeffrey A. Lev, Paul J. Doczy, Jonathan R. Harris
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Abstract
A computer device comprising a connector configured to be coupled to an external device, the connector configured to be disposed flush with an opening in a housing of the computer device in an extended position, the connector configured to retract from the opening in a retracted position.
Claims19
A computer device comprising:
- a connector configured to be coupled to an external device, the connector configured to be disposed flush with an opening in a housing of the computer device in an extended position, the connector configured to retract from the opening in a retracted position, the connector including a moveable latch that includes at least one rib disposed on the moveable latch for releasably securing the connector in the retracted position.
A computer device comprising:
- a housing means;
- and
- a means for connecting an external device to the computer device, the connecting means configured to be disposed flush with an opening in the housing means in an extended position, the connecting means configured to retract away from the opening in a retracted position, the means for connecting including a latching means that includes at least one rib disposed on the latching means for releasably securing the means for connecting in the retracted position.
A computer device comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a connector an external device to the computer device, the connecting means configured to be disposed flush with an opening in the housing means in an extended position, the connecting means configured to retract away from the opening in a retracted position, the connector including a moveable latch that includes at least one rib disposed on the moveable latch for releasably securing the connector in the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.