Electrical connectors – With coupling separator – Including retainer or joiner
Patent
1999-02-01
2000-01-18
Luebke, Renee S.
Electrical connectors
With coupling separator
Including retainer or joiner
439160, 361686, H01R 1362
Patent
active
060153083
ABSTRACT:
A docking station for a notebook computer includes a housing and an ejector device. The housing has a front wall disposed adjacent to and parallel to a rear wall of the notebook computer. The front wall is formed with an ejector opening. The housing is further formed with an access opening. The ejector device includes an linking arm, an ejecting member, an operating member, and a biasing member. The linking arm is disposed in the housing, and is movable in the housing in a longitudinal direction between operated and non-operated positions. The linking arm has a connecting end and an operating end accessible via the access opening to permit movement of the linking arm from the non-operated position to the operated position. The ejecting member is disposed in the housing adjacent to the ejector opening, and has a first pivot portion connected pivotally to the connecting end of the linking arm, a second pivot portion connected pivotally to the housing, and an ejecting portion that extends out of the housing via the ejector opening to push the rear wall away from the front wall when the linking arm is in the operated position. The operating member is disposed outside the housing adjacent to the access opening, and has a third pivot portion connected pivotally to the operating end of the linking arm and a fourth pivot portion connected pivotally to the housing. The biasing member is used for biasing the linking arm to the non-operated position.
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Chiang Chih-Wen
Chou Ming-Hsun
Huang Jui-Jung
Lee Chia-Chun
Compal Electronics Inc.
Hyeon Hae Moon
Luebke Renee S.
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