Docking station and electrical apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9778693-B2
Application number	US-201615168249-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	Jun 1, 2015
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A docking station adapted to an electrical device is provided. The docking station includes a base and an input device. The base has a supporting portion and a bottom plate portion. A first angle is formed between the supporting portion and the bottom plate portion. The electrical device is adapted to be supported on the supporting portion. The input device has an input portion and a leaning portion. The leaning portion leans against the supporting portion. A second angle is formed between the input portion and the leaning portion. When the supporting portion is moved relatively to the bottom plate portion to change the first angle, the supporting portion drives the input portion and the leaning portion to be moved correspondingly to change the second angle. In addition, an electrical apparatus including the docking station and the electrical device is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A docking station adapted to an electrical device, the docking station comprises:
a base, having a supporting portion and a bottom plate portion connected to each other, wherein a first angle is formed between the supporting portion and the bottom plate portion, and the electrical device is adapted to be supported on the supporting portion; and
an input device, having an input portion and a leaning portion connected to each other, wherein the leaning portion leans against the supporting portion, and a second angle is formed between the input portion and the leaning portion,
wherein when the supporting portion is moved relatively to the bottom plate portion to change the first angle, the supporting portion drives the input portion and the leaning portion to be moved correspondingly to change the second angle.

2. The docking station according to claim 1 , wherein the first angle is positively correlated to the second angle.

3. The docking station according to claim 1 , wherein the leaning portion has a first magnetic element, and the leaning portion is adapted to be connected to the supporting portion through a magnetic attraction force between the first magnetic element and the supporting portion.

4. The docking station according to claim 3 , wherein the supporting portion has a second magnetic element, the second magnetic element is aligned to the first magnetic element, and the leaning portion is adapted to be connected to the supporting portion through a magnetic attraction force between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element.

5. The docking station according to claim 3 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, and a width of the leaning surface is greater than or equal to a width of the first magnetic element.

6. The docking station according to claim 3 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, and a geometric center of the leaning surface overlaps the first magnetic element.

7. The docking station according to claim 3 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, and a geometric center of the leaning surface is located between a geometric center of the first magnetic element and an end of the leaning surface.

8. The docking station according to claim 3 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, the leaning portion has a third magnetic element at an end of the leaning surface, and the leaning portion is adapted to be connected to the supporting portion through a magnetic attraction force between the third magnetic element and the base.

9. The docking station according to claim 8 , wherein the base has a fourth magnetic element, the fourth magnetic element is aligned to the third magnetic element, and the leaning portion is adapted to be connected to the supporting portion through a magnetic attraction force between the third magnetic element and the fourth magnetic element.

10. The docking station according to claim 1 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, the input device is adapted to receive a pressing force and perform an input operation, and a component force of the pressing force is perpendicular to the leaning surface.

11. The docking station according to claim 1 , wherein the input portion has an end and a bendable section opposite to each other, and the bendable section is adjacent to the leaning portion and adapted to be bent to completely or partially lean against the supporting portion or the electrical device, so as to change an extended length of the input portion between the leaning portion and the end.

12. An electrical apparatus, comprising:
an electrical device; and
a docking station, comprising:
a base, having a supporting portion and a bottom plate portion connected to each other, wherein a first angle is formed between the supporting portion and the bottom plate portion, and the electrical device is adapted to be supported on the supporting portion; and
an input device, having an input portion and a leaning portion connected to each other, wherein the leaning portion leans against the supporting portion, and a second angle is formed between the input portion and the leaning portion,
wherein when the supporting portion is moved relatively to the bottom plate portion to change the first angle, the supporting portion drives the input portion and the leaning portion to be moved correspondingly to change the second angle.

13. The electrical apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the first angle is positively correlated to the second angle.

14. The electrical apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the leaning portion has a first magnetic element, and the leaning portion is adapted to be connected to the supporting portion through a magnetic attraction force between the first magnetic element and the supporting portion.

15. The electrical apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the supporting portion has a second magnetic element, the second magnetic element is aligned to the first magnetic element, and the leaning portion is adapted to be connected to the supporting portion through a magnetic attraction force between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element.

16. The electrical apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, and a width of the leaning surface is greater than or equal to a width of the first magnetic element.

17. The electrical apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, and a geometric center of the leaning surface overlaps the first magnetic element.

18. The electrical apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, and a geometric center of the leaning surface is located between a geometric center of the first magnetic element and an end of the leaning surface.

19. The electrical apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, the leaning portion has a third magnetic element at an end of the leaning surface, and the leaning portion is adapted to be connected to the supporting portion through a magnetic attraction force between the third magnetic element and the base.

20. The electrical apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the base has a fourth magnetic element, the fourth magnetic element is aligned to the third magnetic element, and the leaning portion is adapted to be connected to the supporting portion through a magnetic attraction force between the third magnetic element and the fourth magnetic element.

21. The electrical apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the leaning portion has a leaning surface and leans against the supporting portion through the leaning surface, the input device is adapted to receive a pressing force and perform an input operation, and a component force of the pressing force is perpendicular to the leaning surface.

22. The electrical ap

Assignees

• Yeh Hsin
• Tzou Jyh-Chyang
• Lan wei-hao
• Huang Tzu-Fang
• Compal Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yeh Hsin
• Tzou Jyh-Chyang
• Lan wei-hao
• Huang Tzu-Fang

Classifications

• G06F1/1616 Primary

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• G06F3/0202

  Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title