Electronic device quick connect system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid Quijano, Randall W. Martin, Nick Woodley, Tom J. Searby
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Abstract
A quick connect system for an electronic device, comprising a docking station configured to engage the electronic device, the docking station having a locking mechanism actuatable to an unlocked position, the locking mechanism configured to independently remain in the unlocked position and automatically return to a locking position in response to disengagement of the electronic device from the docking station.
Claims16
A quick connect system for an electronic device, comprising:
- a docking station configured to engage the electronic device, the docking station having a locking mechanism actuatable in either of two different directions from a locking position to an unlocked position to facilitate disengagement of the electronic device from the docking station.
A quick connect system for an electronic device, comprising:
- a docking station configured to engage the electronic device, the docking station having a locking mechanism radially actuatable in a single plane from a locking position to an unlocked position;
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- a dovetail guide element disposed on the electronic device configured to engage a corresponding guide element disposed at least partially on the docking station.
A quick connect method for an electronic device, comprising:
- attaching an electronic device to a docking station, the attaching comprising:
- slidably engaging a dovetail guide element disposed on the electronic device with a corresponding guide element disposed at least partially on the docking station;
- wherein the docking station is configured to engage the electronic device;
- and
- wherein the docking station comprises a locking mechanism actuatable in either of two different directions from a locked position to an unlocked position to facilitate disengagement of the electronic device from the docking station;
- and
- detaching the electronic device from the docking station, the detaching comprising:
- actuating the locking mechanism from the locked position to the unlocked position;
- and
- slidably disengaging the dovetail guide element disposed on the electronic device from the corresponding guide element disposed at least partially on the docking station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.