Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1998-02-04
2000-01-04
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361685, G06F 116
Patent
active
060116870
ABSTRACT:
A docking station adapter for portable computer media modules is described. In one embodiment, the docking station adapter includes a housing that is inserted into a expansion bay of a docking station and into which a media module is inserted, a flexible printed circuit ("FPC") including the necessary connectors for adapting a connector of the media module to a connector of the docking station disposed within the expansion bay, a mechanism for ejecting and removing the module from the adapter, and a mechanism for ejecting and removing the adapter from the expansion bay.
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Broder Damon
Cline Ed
Gluskoter Steve
Howell Bryan
Hunter Bryan
Dell U.S.A., L. P.
Picard Leo P.
Reed John D.
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