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Battery charging/data transfer apparatus for a handheld computer

  • US 5,465,038 A
  • Filed: 11/24/1993
  • Issued: 11/07/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for facilitating data transfer between a data input/output device, such as a desktop computer, and a handheld computer having incorporated therein first transceiver means for transmitting and receiving a data-carrying infrared light beam, said apparatus comprising:

  • a support structure configured to releasably receive a portion of the handheld computer and support the handheld computer in a docked orientation, wherein said support structure has an inset well area disposed therein and configured to complementarily and releasably receive said portion of the handheld computer, said inset well area having an inner side wall.second transceiver means, carried by said support structure and operably connectable to the data input/output device, for transmitting and receiving the data-carrying infrared light beam; and

    coupling means, carried by said support structure, for optically coupling said first and second transceiver means, when the handheld computer is in said docked orientation thereof, in a manner such that the data carrying infrared light beam transmitted by one of said first and second transceiver means is received by the other of said first and second transceiver means;

    wherein said coupling means include an I/R interface window structure disposed in said inner side wall, andwherein said second transceiver means are inwardly spaced apart from said I/R interface window structure in a facing relationship therewith.

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