Patent ID: 7110252
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A docking station adapted to be connected releasably to an electronic device, comprising: a housing; at least a first interlocking member mounted on and movable relative to said housing between a locking position, in which said first interlocking member is adapted to engage releasably a second interlocking member of the electronic device, and an unlocking position, in which said first interlocking member is adapted to disengage from the second interlocking member; and a releasing unit mounted on said housing and including wherein said driving member defines a first unlocking cam face, said first interlocking member defining a second unlocking cam face that is driven by said first unlocking cam face upon movement of said driving member in said first driving direction, wherein said housing defines an inner space therein and has opposite top and bottom walls, said driving member being mounted slidably on said bottom wall within said inner space, said first interlocking member including a seat that is mounted slidably on said top wall within said inner space, a hook part that protrudes upwardly and outwardly of said housing from said seat through said top wall and that is adapted to engage the second interlocking member of the electronic device, and a leg part that protrudes downwardly from said seat toward said driving member and that defines said second unlocking cam face; and wherein said top wall is formed with a through-hole and two opposite supporting legs that project downwardly from a periphery of said through-hole into said inner space in said housing and that respectively have hook ends, said seat of said first interlocking member having two opposite ends and a middle portion between said opposite ends of said seat, and being formed with two opposite slots divided by said middle portion, said middle portion having two opposite ends, each of which confines one side of a respective one of said slots, said hook part projecting upwardly from said middle portion through said through-hole in said top wall, said supporting legs projecting downwardly from said top wall through said slots, respectively, so as to limit movement of said first interlocking member within the length of said slots, said hook ends of said supporting legs being respectively in sliding contact with and anchored at said ends of said middle portion so as to permit sliding movement of said first interlocking member thereon.