IP Library Granted Patent US 9,575,511
Granted Patent B2
US 9,575,511 · App. 15/053,785 · Granted Feb 21, 2017

Docking unit

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Patent No.
US 9,575,511
App. No.
15/053,785
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a docking unit includes a placement surface which slopes down to a front side of the docking unit and configured to receive an electronic device, a docking connector on the placement surface and configured to connect to an extended connector of the electronic device, a groove portion recessed under the placement surface and located behind the docking connector, a biasing member detachably fitted into the groove portion, and a pressing member on a top surface of the biasing member configured to protrude upward from the top surface and to retract downward into the top surface by first resilience.

Claims (25)

1. A docking unit comprising:

a placement surface which slopes down to a front side of the docking unit and configured to receive an electronic device;

a docking connector on the placement surface and configured to connect to an extended connector of the electronic device;

a groove portion recessed under the placement surface and located behind the docking connector;

a biasing member detachably fitted into the groove portion; and

a pressing member on a top surface of the biasing member configured to protrude upward from the top surface and to retract downward into the top surface by first resilience.

2. The docking unit of claim 1 , wherein

the biasing member comprises:

a housing having an external shape corresponding to an internal shape of the groove portion; and

a spring biasing the pressing member such that the pressing member protrudes from a top plate of the housing,

wherein the pressing member has a shape of a covered cylinder and penetrates the top plate configured to protrude from and to retract into the top plate.

3. The docking unit of claim 2 , wherein

the pressing member touches a bottom surface of the electronic device placed on the placement surface and moves the electronic device such that a front side of the electronic device is lowered by exerting resilience of the spring and using the docking connector as a fulcrum point.

4. The docking unit of claim 1 , wherein

the electronic device is a personal computer comprising a main unit and a display unit rotatably attached to a back end of the main unit.

5. The docking unit of claim 2 , wherein

the electronic device is a personal computer comprising a main unit and a display unit rotatably attached to a back end of the main unit.

6. The docking unit of claim 3 , wherein

the electronic device is a personal computer comprising a main unit and a display unit rotatably attached to a back end of the main unit.

7. The docking unit of claim 4 , wherein

the groove portion has a shape corresponding to an external shape of a battery pack attached to the main unit of the personal computer.

8. The docking unit of claim 5 , wherein

the groove portion has a shape corresponding to an external shape of a battery pack attached to the main unit of the personal computer.

9. The docking unit of claim 6 , wherein

the groove portion has a shape corresponding to an external shape of a battery pack attached to the main unit of the personal computer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048720/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2016
From: YANAGIDA, ATSUHIRO; MURAYAMA, TOMOMI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 037838/0510 →