Patent ID: 7142421
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A docking station for locking a notebook computer, being capable of installing a notebook computer thereon, said docking station comprising: a body having a release button and a lock device, said release button being controlled by said lock device for a press-down movement; and a holder being protruded from a lateral side of said body and having a connector disposed on said holder, and both ends of said connector having a pillar body with a vertical movement controlled by said release button and an outwardly turnable hook; thereby when said notebook computer is installed onto said holder, another connector and two latch holes disposed on the bottom of said notebook computer are connected precisely onto said connector and engaged onto said hook; and when said release button is pressed, the pillar body props the bottom of said notebook computer while turning said hook outward to be separated from said latch hole; wherein said lock device comprises: a sliding member being disposed at a lock core and held up by a first spring for controlling the movement of said sliding member; a transversal rod, being coupled to the bottom of said release button and having at least one second spring for holding up a backside of said holder; a link rod, being substantially in a U-shape and coupled to the bottom of said transversal rod, and the front ends of two corresponding suspending arms of said link rod controlling said pillar body and said hook, said two suspending arms and said transversal rod being coupled by a pivotal axle that is pivotally coupled to the backside of said holder, so that said pivotal axle drives said two suspending arms to prop said pillar body as to turn said hook outward.