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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Britt C. Ashcraft, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Ki Bok Song, Houston, TX (US);
Heesang Kil, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/635 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 13/635 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01);
Abstract
Examples provide mechanisms, methods, and systems for coupling a docking port of a computing device to a docking connector. In various examples, the docking connector includes a magnetic material to provide a mating force. The mating force may be utilized to extend the docking connector. Once extended, a release mechanism may be utilized to retract the docking connector.