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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2018
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Neda Abdul-Razzak, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Mark David Menendez, Austin, TX (US);

Derric Christopher Hobbs, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information handling system interfaces with a docking station through a cable having first and second separate plug housings with first and second port connectors. An interconnecting structure formed in the first and second plug housings biases together with magnetic attraction to align the first and second port connectors in a predetermined manner adapted to insertion in adjacent ports of the information handling system. If the information handling system has only one port or has multiple non-adjacent ports, the plug housings separate to support insertion of a single connector into the information handling system.


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