Patent ID: 8043122
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A portable dock and power adapter system, comprising: a dock member including a power adapter member coupling, a plurality of information handling system (IHS) component connectors, and a dock plug that is electrically coupled to the plurality of IHS component connectors and extends from the dock member; a power adapter member including a dock member coupling and a power adapter plug that is electrically coupled to the dock plug and that extends from the power adapter member; and a connecting member extending between the power adapter member and the dock member, wherein the connecting member is operable to orient the power adapter member and the dock member such that the dock member coupling is spaced apart from the power adapter member coupling, and wherein the connecting member is operable to orient the power adapter member and the dock member such that the dock member coupling engages the power adapter member coupling.