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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1999
Chia-Chun Lee, Taipei, TW;
Ming-Hsun Chou, Taipei, TW;
Jui-Jung Huang, Taipei, TW;
Chih-Wen Chiang, Taipei, TW;
Compal Electronics, Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A docking station for a notebook computer includes a housing and an ejector device. The housing has a front wall disposed adjacent to and parallel to a rear wall of the notebook computer. The front wall is formed with an ejector opening and an access opening. The ejector device includes an elongate linking arm, an ejecting member, and a biasing member. The linking arm, which is disposed in the housing and parallel to the front wall, is movable in the housing in a longitudinal direction between operated and non-operated positions. The linking arm has a connecting end and an operating end accessible via the access opening to permit movement of the linking arm from the non-operated position to the operated position. The ejecting member, which is disposed in the housing adjacent to the ejector opening, has a first pivot portion connected pivotally to the connecting end of the linking arm, a second pivot portion connected pivotally to the housing, and an ejecting portion that is retracted in the housing when the linking arm is in the non-operated position, and that extends out of the housing via the ejector opening so as to push the rear wall of the notebook computer away from the front wall when the linking arm is in the operated position. The biasing member provides a force for biasing the linking arm to the non-operated position.