Handheld device docking station

• US 8,670,230 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Issued: 03/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lucent Trans Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Lucent Trans Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Cheng, Chin-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Edmonds, Lisa Lea
• Application Number:
  US13/416,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20130027871A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.41, 710/303
• US Class Current: 361/679.41
• 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 handheld device docking station has a base, two supporting arms and a pillow. The base has a socket. The socket has a flat bottom. Each supporting arm is formed on the base and has a first assembling part and a supporting plane. The supporting plane is in front of the supporting arm. The pillow is pivotally connected to the first assembling parts of the supporting arms. The pillow has a first surface and a second surface. By rotating the pillow to make the first surface face forward or make the second surface face forward to protrude from the supporting plane, the docking station is adapted for multiple handheld devices in different thicknesses.

Claims

1. A handheld device docking station comprising:

a base having;

a top surface having a front side; and

a socket formed on the top surface of the base and having a bottom;

two supporting arms formed on the top surface and behind the socket, each supporting arm having;

a first assembling part; and

a supporting plane being in front of the supporting arm; and

a pillow having;

a body having;

two ends being opposite to each other;

a first surface formed between the two ends; and

a second surface formed between and adjacent to the first surface; and

two second assembling parts respectively formed on the ends of the body along a virtual pivot axis and pivotally connected to the first assembling parts of the supporting arms, wherein a distance from the pivot axis to the first surface is shorter than a distance from the pivot axis to the second surface.

2. The docking station as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the first assembling parts are holes;

and

the second assembling parts are pivots.

3. The docking station as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a dock connector mounted on the bottom of the socket.

4. The docking station as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the first surface and the supporting plane form a smooth plane when the pillow is rotated to make the first surface face forward;

and

the second surface protrudes from the supporting plane when the pillow is rotated to make the second surface face forward.

5. The docking station as claimed in claim 2, wherein

the first surface and the supporting plane form a smooth plane when the pillow is rotated to make the first surface face forward;

and

the second surface protrudes from the supporting plane when the pillow is rotated to make the second surface face forward.

6. The docking station as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a dock connector mounted on the bottom of the socket.

7. The docking station as claimed in claim 6, wherein

the first surface and the supporting plane form a smooth plane when the pillow is rotated to make the first surface face forward;

and

the second surface protrudes from the supporting plane when the pillow is rotated to make the second surface face forward.

8. The docking station as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the first surface and the supporting plane form a smooth plane when the pillow is rotated to make the first surface face forward;

and

the second surface protrudes from the supporting plane when the pillow is rotated to make the second surface face forward.