Patent ID: 8467182

Claim:
A docking station, comprising: a housing, having a supporting-surface and an inner-surface opposite to each other, wherein the supporting-surface is suitable to support an electronic apparatus; a linkage mechanism, comprising: a sliding-member, slidably disposed on the inner-surface and sliding back-and-forth along a sliding-path; at least one latching-member, slidably coupled to the sliding-member and following the sliding-member to slide back-and-forth on the sliding-path so as to lock or unlock the electronic apparatus, wherein the travel distance of the sliding-member on the sliding-path is greater than the travel distance of the latching-member on the sliding-path; and a connector, disposed on the sliding-member, following the sliding-member to slide and protruded out of or hidden into the supporting-surface so as to be connected to or separated from the electronic apparatus.