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Docking station for a portable computer

  • US 7,052,296 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2003
  • Issued: 05/30/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A screen adjustment structure of a computer system for converting a screen mode of the computer system from a portrait mode to a landscape mode or from the landscape mode to the portrait mode by rotating a cradle on which the computer system is cradled through a designated angle using a rotation guide member, the screen adjustment structure comprising:

  • an orientation switch that is on an outer surface of a through hole on a rear surface of the cradle and is configured to adjust the screen mode of the computer system to the portrait mode or to the landscape mode by switching through a rotation of the cradle; and

    a circumference projection that is on a circumferential surface of the rotation guide member and is configured to switch the orientation switch to make the screen mode of the computer system adjust to the portrait mode or the landscape mode when the cradle rotates past a predetermined angle, wherein, when the cradle rotates, the orientation switch is turned off up to ⅔

    of a total length that corresponds to a designated rotation angle of the cradle, wherein the rotation angle of the cradle is greater than an angle corresponding to ⅔

    of the total length, and the orientation switch is turned on as it is switched by a contact point of the circumference projection.

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