Dock with compliant connector mount

A docking station for a portable electronic device, the docking station comprising:

• a base including an outer shell having an opening;
• a compliant mount coupled to the base within the outer shell;
• and
• a connector coupled to the compliant mount and protruding through the opening in the outer shell of the base, the connector having a first section below the outer shell and a second section above the outer shell, the second section being configured to receive and electrically couple to a corresponding connector of the portable electronic device, the first section being rigidly attached to the compliant mount,
• wherein the compliant mount comprises a first flexure and a second flexure, the first flexure flexurally movable along a first flexure axis and the second flexure flexurally movable along a second flexure axis, the first flexure axis being transverse to the second flexure axis, such that flexural movement of each along their respective flexure axes moves the connector about a virtual pivot point projected a distance away from the first and second flexure axes.

A docking station for a portable electronic device, the docking station comprising:

• a base having an outer shell, the outer shell having an opening;
• a movable connector that protrudes through the opening in the outer shell, the movable connector having a first section below the outer shell and a second section above the outer shell;
• and
• a compliant mount coupled to each of the base and the movable connector, the compliant mount having at least a first and second flexure point such that flexural movement about the first and second flexure, in combination, pivot the connector coupled thereto about a virtual pivot point at a location on the connector at or adjacent to the opening in the outer shell.