DOCK CHARGER WITH SLIDABLE CONNECTOR

• US 20120161706A1
• Filed: 03/18/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: ZHOU, CONG-BING
• Granted Patent: US 9,429,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/115
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/22 with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs F16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations

Abstract

A dock charger includes a main body and a connector. The main body includes a rear surface and a bottom surface cooperatively defining a recess for receiving one end of an electronic device therein. The rear surface defines a first through opening. The connector is slidably received in the first through opening and able to slide out of the first through opening to connect with the electronic device.

Claims

1. A dock charger comprising:

a main body comprising a rear surface and a bottom surface cooperatively defining a recess for receiving one end of an electronic device therein, the rear surface defining a first through opening; and

a connector slidably received in the first through opening and able to slide out of the first through opening to connect with the electronic device.

2. The dock charger as described in claim 1, wherein the bottom surface defines a second through opening communicating with the first through opening of the rear surface, and the connector is capable of sliding in the second through opening.

3. The dock charger as described in claim 1, wherein the rear surface is perpendicular to the bottom surface.

4. The dock charger as described in claim 1, wherein the main body further comprises a front surface to prevent the electronic from disengaging from the recess.

5. The dock charger as described in claim 1, further comprising a driving mechanism, wherein the main body defines a receiving space and comprises a guide rod hanging over the receiving space and a fixing tab in the receiving space, the driving mechanism is received in the receiving space and is configured to move the connector out of the first through opening.

6. The dock charger as described in claim 5, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a first connecting rod comprising a first end and an opposite second end, a second connecting rod comprising a third end and an opposite fourth end, and a sliding member fixing the connector, the first end and the third end are pivotally connected together, the first end is pivotally connected to the sliding member, the fourth end is pivotally connected to the fixing tab, the guide rod extends through the sliding member, and thus the sliding member is capable of moving the connector.

7. The dock charger as described in claim 6, wherein the main body further defines a third through opening, and the driving mechanism further comprises a handling rod with one end fixed to the third end and an opposite end extending through the third through opening.

8. The dock charger as described in claim 6, wherein the driving mechanism further comprises an elastic member with two opposite end respectively fixed to the second end of the first connecting rod and the fourth end of the second connecting rod.