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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Applicant:
Fred A. Cummins, Pinckney, MI (US);
Inventor:
Fred A. Cummins, Pinckney, MI (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A docking station for a mini personal computer. The docking station formed of the shell of a laptop computer at which a user keyboard and a display screen are supported at the docking station. Additional elements, such as a computer hard drive or computer mass storage device are also supported at the docking station. When the mini personal computer is received at a docking port of the docking station, the processor of the mini personal computer is able to make use of the elements supported at the docking station.