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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Manjirnath Chatterjee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yoshimichi Matsuoka, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Karl Townsend, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Gilmour, San Jose, CA (US);
William Justin Grange, Mountain View, CA (US);
Larry W. Martin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark Corbridge, Weymouth, GB;
Michael Francisco, Fremont, CA (US);
Manjirnath Chatterjee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yoshimichi Matsuoka, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Karl Townsend, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Gilmour, San Jose, CA (US);
William Justin Grange, Mountain View, CA (US);
Larry W. Martin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark Corbridge, Weymouth, GB;
Michael Francisco, Fremont, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A mobile computing device ('MCD') and docking station ('dock') are individually equipped with features and components that enable charging/power signals to be communicated from the dock to the MCD without use of connectors. Other embodiments provide for the MCD or the dock to identify an orientation of the MCD as retained on the docking station. As an addition or alternative, magnetic coupling may be used to maintain and/or orient the two devices in a mated position.