IP Library Granted Patent US 10,409,328
Granted Patent B2
US 10,409,328 · App. 16/016,224 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Docking device

Inventors: Tetsuo Ogawa (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuya Tatsuno (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshiyuki Shibayama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD
G06F1/1632G06F2213/0042
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Patent No.
US 10,409,328
App. No.
16/016,224
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A docking device is provided. The docking device includes a device mounting part for mounting a portable information device having a forward-descending angular position so that the portable information device comes in contact with the face for use at a front end and is supported by the device mounting part at a rear end; a connection part opposed to a lateral face of the portable information device when the portable information device is mounted on the device mounting part; a connector being connectable to a connection terminal at the lateral face of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; a detector for detecting a mounting angle of the portable information device mounted on the device mounting part; and an angle adjustment part to rotate the connector according to the mounting angle detected by the detector.

Claims (25)

1. A docking device comprising:

a device mounting part mounts a portable information device having a forward-descending angular position so that said portable information device comes in contact with a n external face for use at a front end and is supported by said device mounting part at a rear end;

a connection part, which stands by said device mounting part, is opposed to a lateral face of said portable information device when said portable information device is mounted on the device mounting part;

a connector disposed at said connection part to be rotatable, wherein said connector being connectable to a connection terminal at said lateral face of said portable information device mounted on said device mounting part;

a detector detects a mounting angle of said portable information device mounted on said device mounting part; and

an angle adjustment part rotates said connector according to said mounting angle detected by said detector to adjust said angle of said connector to be connectable to said connection terminal.

2. The docking device of claim 1 , wherein said angle adjustment part joins rotatably relative to a base to support said device mounting part and said connection part via a rotary shaft.

3. The docking device of claim 2 , wherein said connector moves towards and away from said connection terminal.

4. The docking device of claim 3 , wherein said angle adjustment part includes at least a slide base to support said supporting member to be slidable along a direction in which said connector moves towards and away from said connection terminal.

5. The docking device of claim 4 , wherein said slide base joins with said base so as to be rotatable via said rotary shaft.

6. The docking device of claim 2 , wherein said connector is supported at said supporting member via a floating device member.

7. The docking device of claim 1 , further comprising a moving device to move said connector having said angle adjusted by said angle adjustment part towards and away from said connection terminal.

8. The docking device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the connection terminals is arranged side-by-side at the lateral face of said portable information device in a front-rear direction.

9. The docking device of claim 8 , wherein a plurality of the connectors is arranged side-by-side so as to correspond to said connection terminals.

10. The docking device of claim 2 , wherein said angle adjustment part includes at least a supporting member to support said connector.

11. The docking device of claim 10 , wherein

said connector moves towards and away from said connection terminal,

said angle adjustment part includes at least a slide base to support said supporting member to be slidable along a direction in which said connector moves towards and away from said connection terminal,

said slide base joins with said base so as to be rotatable via said rotary shaft, and

said interlocking member is fixed to said slide base.

12. The docking device of claim 2 , wherein said detector includes at least a vertically-moving member that moves up and down due to pressing with a bottom face of said portable information device mounted on said device mounting part.

13. The docking device of claim 12 , wherein said angle adjustment part includes at least an interlocking member to interlock moving up-down of said vertically-moving member with rotating of said supporting member.

14. The clocking device of claim 2 , wherein said device mounting part includes at least a leg that comes in contact with a bottom face of said portable information device to be mounted.

15. The docking device of claim 14 , wherein said leg is disposed on a line extended from a center axis of said rotary shaft.

16. The docking device of claim 15 , further comprising a positioning member to position a rear face of said portable information device to be mounted, on said device mounting part.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2020
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LTD
Reel/Frame 052931/0633 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2018
From: OGAWA, TETSUO; TATSUNO, KAZUYA; SHIBAYAMA, YOSHIYUKI
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 046269/0092 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-122854 · Jun 23, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180373290A1 · Dec 27, 2018