US 8,913,380 B2Granted

Docking station and electronic device

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorsMinoru Enomoto, Yoshinori Kohmoto

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Abstract

According to one embodiment, a docking station includes: a first support; a second support; a second connector; a cover; and a second mark. The first support supports a second face of an electronic device so that a display screen of the electronic device is positioned in an inclined manner. The second support supports a side portion of the electronic device in the state. The second connector is exposed outward from an area positioned in the second support, and to be connectable to a first connector of the electronic device in the state. The cover covers at least a part of the first face in the state. The second mark is capable of being a guide corresponding to the first mark. The second mark guidably indicates to the operator to move the electronic device to a position at which the electronic device is connected while the display screen is inclined.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A docking station comprising:

a first support configured to support an electronic device, the electronic device comprising:
a housing configured to house a display comprising a display screen;
a first face comprising a first mark indicating a position at which the housing is connected to the docking station;
a second face on an opposite side of the first face;
a side portion between the first face and the second face;
and an electronic device connector on the side portion, wherein the first support is configured to support the second face of the electronic device such that the display screen is inclined;
a second support configured to support the side portion of the electronic device such that the display screen is inclined;
a docking station connector, protruding outward from the second support, configured to connect to the electronic device connector of the electronic device;
a cover configured to cover at least a part of the first face;
and
a second mark corresponding to the first mark, the second mark guidably indicating the position at which the electronic device is connected to the docking station,
wherein:
the docking station connector protrudes higher than the cover,
the first support comprises the second mark, and
the second mark comprises a part extending in a direction of connection of the electronic device connector and the docking station connector at a position above the docking station connector when the part is viewed in a direction facing the first face of the electronic device while the electronic device is supported by the docking station.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.