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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2006
Matthew Brent Griffith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Scott Mettler, Durham, NC (US);
Masahiko Nagai, Cary, NC (US);
Scott David Ruppert, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Matthew Brent Griffith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Scott Mettler, Durham, NC (US);
Masahiko Nagai, Cary, NC (US);
Scott David Ruppert, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Two male guides protrude up from a dock and the bottom of a portable computer is formed with parallel female channels configured to receive the guides in a drop-down docking configuration. Accordingly, a user can slide the portable computer side-to-side across the male guides until the guides are tactiley detected by the user to be in the channels. The user then slides the portable computer back until the computer connector drops into engagement with the dock connector.