Title:
APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3881989
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pedestal which copes with electronic appliances in a wide range and eliminates a need of alignment work when docking and restrictions for product design of electronic appliances are as less as possible.
SOLUTION: An apparatus 10 comprises an appliance 20 having surfaces and three appliance contacts for power and data transfer, which are disposed on one of the surfaces, and an appliance docking tray 11. The appliance docking tray has a grid of electrical contacts disposed on its top surface and a switching apparatus which is coupled to the electrical contacts of the grid. The switching apparatus electronically switches between the electrical contacts to determine which of the electrical contacts touch the appliance contacts when the appliance is disposed on the top surface of the appliance docking tray.
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Inventors:
Donald J. Staybury
Amy E. Battles
Amor S. Pandit
Robert F. Jockey
Miles K. Soland
Daniel J. Byrne
Amy E. Battles
Amor S. Pandit
Robert F. Jockey
Miles K. Soland
Daniel J. Byrne
Application Number:
JP2004041573A
Publication Date:
February 14, 2007
Filing Date:
February 18, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company
International Classes:
G06F1/16; H01R11/01; H01R33/96; H01R33/945; (IPC1-7): G06F1/16; H01R11/01
Domestic Patent References:
| JP5150862A | ||||
| JP7295939A | ||||
| JP11353058A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masaki Goto
Yoshio Matsuda
Yoshio Matsuda
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