Patent ID: 8553408

Claim:
A mounting component for use in a docking system for a mobile electronic device, the mounting component comprising: a mounting portion removably coupleable to a mounting section of the docking system for coupling a mobile electronic device to the docking system, the mounting portion comprising: a coupling mechanism configured to removably couple the mounting portion to the mounting section, the coupling mechanism comprising a magnet on at least one of the mounting portion and the mounting section, the magnet configured to exert a magnetic force between the mounting portion and mounting section to maintain the mounting portion coupled to the mounting section and the magnet is configured to exert a magnetic force in an amount sufficient to maintain the mounting section coupled to the mounting portion while adjusting the rotational orientation of the mounting section relative to the mounting portion, the magnet configured to exert a magnetic force between the mounting portion and mounting section in an amount sufficient to maintain the mobile electronic device, in a generally vertical orientation, a mounting surface that extends along a plane generally parallel to a base surface of the mounting component, one or more indexing members disposed along at least a portion of the mounting surface of the mounting portion, said indexing members configured to removably engage one of a plurality of corresponding indexing elements on the mounting section to align the mounting section with the mounting portion in one or more rotational orientations on said plane, and a first coil, wherein the first coil is configured to inductively communicate power from a power source included in the docking system at a plurality of orientations in said plane; and one of the mounting portion and mounting section having a male component and the other of the mounting portion and mounting section having a female component, the female component configured to removably receive the male component to couple the mounting portion to the mounting section, and a circumference of each of the male component and the female component being circular in shape.