Docking station for electronic device
AssigneesFu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorCong-Bing Zhou
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Abstract
A docking station is used for receiving an electronic device. The docking station includes a housing, a docking port, and a locking mechanism. The housing defines a receiving slot. The docking port is arranged inside the housing and is capable of partly extending into the receiving slot to engage with the electronic device when the electronic device is received in the receiving slot. The locking mechanism is connected to the docking port for locking the docking port in the receiving slot. The locking mechanism is partly exposed outside the housing to allow to be operated to drive the docking port to be retracted from the receiving slot.
Claims20
A docking station for receiving an electronic device, comprising:
- a housing defining a receiving slot;
- a docking port arranged inside the housing and being capable of partly extending into the receiving slot to engage with the electronic device when the electronic device is received in the receiving slot;
- a locking mechanism connected to the docking port for locking the docking port in the receiving slot, the locking mechanism being partly exposed outside the housing to allow to be operated to drive the docking port to be retracted from the receiving slot, the locking mechanism comprises two locking members located at two opposite sides of the docking port;
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- an operating member connected to the two locking members and capable of being slid in a first direction relative to the housing;
- wherein each locking member defines a connection hole inclined relative to the first direction, for engaging with the operating member to drive the two locking members to move between an unlocked position and a locked position in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
A docking station for receiving an electronic device, comprising:
- a housing defining a receiving slot;
- a docking port disposed in the housing and capable of extending into the receiving slot to engage with the electronic device when the electronic device is received in the receiving slot;
- at least one locking member connected to the docking port and slidable relative to the housing to interchange between a locked position and an unlocked position, the at least one locking member engaging with the docking port to lock the docking port in the receiving slot when in the locked position and disengaging with the docking port to allow the docking port to be retracted from the receiving slot when in the unlocked position;
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- an operating member connected to the at least one locking members, the operating members comprise two connection ends being inserted into the at least one locking members and a middle portion formed between the two connection ends;
- wherein the middle portion is slidable relative to the housing to drive each connection end to slide in the corresponding locking member to drive the corresponding locking member to move to the unlocked position from the locked position.
A docking station for receiving an electronic device, comprising:
- a housing defining a receiving slot;
- a docking port disposed in the housing and capable of extending into the receiving slot to engage with the electronic device when the electronic device is received in the receiving slot;
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- at least one locking member connected to the docking port and slidable relative to the housing;
- wherein the docking port comprises an operating member, and the operating member comprises two connection ends and a middle portion formed between the two connection ends;
- each connection end forms an obtuse angle with the middle portion, and the middle portion is slidable relative to the housing to drive each connection end to slide in the corresponding locking member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.