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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Steve Gluskoter, Austin, TX (US);
Ed Cline, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Ed Tinsley, Austin, TX (US);
Orin M Ozias, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Bryan Howell, Austin, TX (US);
Bryan Hunter, Meridian, ID (US);
Damon Broder, Austin, TX (US);
Dell U.S.A., L. P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A docking station adapter for portable computer media modules is described. In one embodiment, the docking station adapter includes a housing that is inserted into a expansion bay of a docking station and into which a media module is inserted, a flexible printed circuit ('FPC') including the necessary connectors for adapting a connector of the media module to a connector of the docking station disposed within the expansion bay, a mechanism for ejecting and removing the module from the adapter, and a mechanism for ejecting and removing the adapter from the expansion bay.