Zebra Technologies Corporation

Xplore Technologies Corp.

Explore Technologies Corp.

David William Reber

Lawrence Allen Stone

Michael Garel

Kevin M Bosse

Zichun Song

Mark Thomas Fountain

Dennis Barrett

Chad Chaumont

Jiwei Huang

Bryan Bell

Brian D Ryder

A computing device includes: a housing defining a battery chamber; an electrical contact disposed on a wall of the battery chamber; a latch extending into the battery chamber, the latch movable between (i) a first position to retain a battery pack within the battery chamber and engage the battery pack with the electrical contact, and (ii) a second position to disengage from the battery pack; an auxiliary retainer in communication with the battery chamber, the auxiliary retainer configured to retain the battery pack within the battery chamber, independently of the latch, via engagement with a complementary retaining structure of the battery pack.

Battery pack retention systems for mobile computing devices

Vehicle mount

Battery

An input assembly for a computing device includes: an input device; a mounting body coupled to the input device; a blade member affixed to the mounting body, the blade member configured for insertion into a slot of the computing device, wherein the slot includes a transverse recess; a latch disposed within the blade member, the latch having a head carrying a magnet, the latch coupled to the mounting body movably between (i) an engaged position to place the head in the recess and obstruct withdrawal of the latch from the slot, and (ii) a retracted position to withdraw the head from the recess; and wherein the latch is biased towards the engaged position via attraction between the magnet and a magnetic material of the transverse recess.

Mounting systems for computing device input assemblies

A device includes: a housing having an exterior surface; a mounting recess defined in the exterior surface, the mounting recess configured to receive a fastener to couple the exterior surface of the device to an external surface; a film cover pierceable by the fastener, the film cover having (i) an inner surface affixed to a portion of the exterior surface surrounding the mounting recess, and (ii) an opposing outer surface; wherein the film cover comprises a material impermeable to an environmental contaminant to prevent entry of the environmental contaminant into the mounting recess.

Mounting recess film covers

A computing device includes: a housing supporting a transparent panel to define an enclosure; a camera supported within the enclosure, the camera having a field of view extending through the transparent panel; and a privacy shutter supported within the enclosure, between the transparent panel and the camera, the privacy shutter having a shutter magnet, and being movable via magnetic activation between (i) an enabled position obstructing the field of view, and (ii) a disabled position clearing the field of view.

Contactless camera privacy shutter assembly

A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.

Modular dock for mobile computing devices

Mobile computing device

A connector includes: a connector body having an outer end and an opposing inner end, the connector body supported by a housing of a first device, wherein the outer end is exposed to an exterior of the housing and the inner end is placed within an interior of the housing; a signal conductor extending between the inner end and the outer end to engage with a complementary connector of a second device; a conductive resiliently deformable sleeve extending between the inner end and the outer end of the connector body, wherein the conductive resiliently deformable sleeve: (i) defines an electrically isolating shield that substantially encloses the signal conductor from the inner end to the outer end, and (ii) forms a seal against the second device encircling the signal conductor and the complementary connector.

Shielded connectors for docked mobile devices

A computer includes various features that improve its functionality and/or ease of use. A modular electronics cartridge that includes a piston seal and opposed-direction latches removably engages a cartridge bay of the computer. A high intensity touch-screen display and a high power processor are disposed in a sealed compartment of the computer, and a remote heat exchanger is used to cool the sealed compartment. An interface converter/adapter converts a standard mini-PCI Express slot into a specialized mini-PCI Express slot with voice capabilities. SIM and microSD card slots mount to a pivoting door on the computer such that opening the door provides easier access to the card slots.

Computer with high intensity screen

A system and apparatus for robustly transferring power and data between a portable computing device, such as a ruggedized tablet, and a docking station is provided. The tablet and the docking station may each have a docking connector and a wireless communication device. In some embodiments, the docking station may transfer power to the tablet through electrical contacts of the docking connectors and may communicate data through the wireless communication devices. The docking station's docking connector may mount electrical contacts for transferring power and may mount few or no electrical contacts for transferring data. The tablet's docking connector may retain electrical contacts for transferring power and electrical contacts for transferring data. In some embodiments, all the electrical contacts for transferring data may be unused.

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Cedar Park, TX, United States of America

David William Reber