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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, CO (US);
James Yurchenco, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adam Vollmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Robert Adams, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andrew Switky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Novel tools and techniques are described for waterproof charging contact system. In one aspect, the charging contact system may comprise docking station comprising a first set of compliant charging contacts for a tablet computer system and a second set of compliant charging contacts for a handset computer. Each compliant charging contact comprises a charging pin pressed into an elastomer diaphragm inserted within a body of the docking station. The tablet computer system comprises a first set of static charging contacts configured to mate with the first set of compliant charging contacts. The handset comprises a second set of static charging contacts configured to mate with the second set of compliant charging contacts.