摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a docking station which is connected to a portable computer and is constituted so as to have easy operation and high safety. <P>SOLUTION: One exemplary docking station has a support surface for receiving a portable computer, with a wall and a latch projecting from the support surface. The latch is movable towards and away from the wall, is resiliently biased towards the wall, and has an overhang that can engage a striker plate of the portable computer when the latch is moved toward the wall, so that the overhang restrains the striker plate against movement away from the support surface and the overhang has a latch which releases the striker plate when the latch is moved away from the wall and a release actuator. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |