Docking station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9778692-B2
Application number	US-201514862077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2015
Priority date	Mar 25, 2015
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A docking station suitable for connecting to a portable electronic device is provided. The docking station includes a main body, a connector, a cover, and an elastic sealing member. The connector is movably disposed in the main body for connecting the portable electronic device. The cover is detachably connected to the main body and has an opening for exposing the connector. The elastic sealing member is fit on the connector and abuts a side wall of the opening for preventing water from entering the main body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A docking station suitable for being connected to a portable electronic device, comprising:
a main body, wherein the main body has a release button having a hole;
a connector movably disposed in the main body for connecting the portable electronic device;
a cover detachably connected to the main body and having an opening for exposing the connector;
an elastic sealing member fit on the connector and abutting a side wall of the opening for preventing water from entering the main body; and
a latch unit, disposed in the main body and having at least one hook, wherein the at least one hook has a connecting part passing through the hole, so that the at least one hook is coupled to the release button, wherein the connector is movable in the main body along a horizontal direction, perpendicular to the side wall of the opening and parallel to a surface of the cover formed with the opening.

2. The docking station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connector is fixed to a positioning base which forms at least one positioning hole, and at least one positioning pillar extended along a vertical direction is disposed in the main body to correspond to the positioning hole.

3. The docking station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elastic sealing member has a second side wall and at least one protrusion, and the protrusion surrounds the second side wall and abuts the side wall of the opening.

4. The docking station as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a flexible circuit board fixed to a supporting board, wherein the supporting board is disposed in a groove of the main body, and the flexible circuit board is connected to the connector.

5. The docking station as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising a trigger switch connected to the flexible circuit board, the main body having a button thereon for triggering the trigger switch, and an elastic cushion is disposed between the button and the trigger switch for absorbing a force from the button impacting the trigger switch.

6. The docking station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover further has a second opening for exposing the at least one hook, so that the at least one hook clamps the portable electronic device for preventing the portable electronic device from becoming separated from the docking station.

7. The docking station as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the latch unit further includes a bracket and at least one torsion spring, the bracket fixed in the main body, the at least one hook pivotally connected to the bracket, and the torsion spring is pivotally connected to the bracket and abuts the at least one hook for making the at least one hook stay in a fixed position.

8. The docking station as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the at least one hook can be driven by the release button to leave the fixed position, so that the at least one hook releases the portable electronic device and the portable electronic device can be separated from the docking station.

Assignees

• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Lan Chang-Feng

Classifications

• G06F1/1632 Primary

  External expansion units, e.g. docking stations · CPC title