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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ligy Kurian, Houston, TX (US);
Terrell Wade Aubert, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/02 (2006.01); H05K 7/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); H01R 27/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0062 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one example, a docking station includes a base and a rotatable multi-plug connector to electrically plug into the electronic device. The multi-plug connector includes a first plug to plug into a first type of electronic device port and a second plug to plug into a second type of electronic device port. The multi-plug connector can be rotated between a first position in which the first plug is oriented to plug into the electronic device and a second position in which the second plug is oriented to plug into the electronic device.