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US 9,318,906 B2Granted
Universal dock for portable phone
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJong-Hae Kim
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a universal dock having a universal cradle for cradling a portable terminal having various sizes and types or accessory thereon, and a connector dummy receiving a connector for electrically connecting to the portable terminal and moving upward and downward on the universal cradle.
Claims9
A universal dock for a portable terminal, comprising:
- a universal cradle adopted to cradle a portable terminal having various sizes and types or an accessory thereon;
- a connector dummy comprising:
- a connector base installed to the base to be rotatable by a hinge unit;
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- a housing coupled to the connector base to be movable on the connector base in upward and downward directions, the connector dummy being disposed within the universal cradle on a horizontal orientation and providing upward and downward movements;
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- a connector received within the connector dummy adopted to electrically couple to the portable terminal,
- wherein upward and downward movements of the connector dummy adjust a height by which the connector protrudes from the connector dummy,
- wherein the connector dummy is pressed downward as the portable terminal is mounted thereon which in turn causes the connector to protrude more outwardly,
- wherein the connector and the connector dummy are configured to be rotatable in relation to a base of the universal cradle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.