Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Charles W Singleton, Jr

Alan Shibata

Justin M Roman

John R Sterner

Rick Minoru Tanaka

Anthony Peter Carcia

Ernesto A Garay

Angela Chen Krauskopf

Tanya Schneider

Shayler M Backlund

Various embodiments of a printing system including a vacuum duct are disclosed.

Printing system and method

The docking station includes one or more ramps which receive the computer during docking. The ramps are elevated so as to shield a docking connector of the docking station during reception of the computer. With the computer positioned on the ramps, the ramps are lowered to bring the computer into engagement with the station's docking connector. The computer is secured in the docked position by any of a coupling force between docking connectors, a latching action applied to the ramps, or a latching action applied to the computer.

Portable computer docking station with protected connector

Growing community of inventors

Camas, WA, United States of America

Charles W Singleton, Jr