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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:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William F Green, Vestal, NY (US);
Vincent M Lisica, Raleigh, NC (US);
Donald L Pearl, Endwell, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359163 ; 359143 ; 359159 ; 359171 ;
Abstract
An optical connection means is provided for connecting an optical docking station to an information handling system and to one or more peripheral devices. The optical connection means comprises two components that are not mechanically attached. The two components are a laptop component that is housed within the information handling system and within the one or more peripheral devices, and a docking station component housed within the optical docking station. The components send and receive information optically (i.e., in the form of light) to each other.