Patent ID: 7480138

Claim:
A docking station for a portable electronic device comprising: a housing forming a first cradle receiving slot, the housing including a first housing connector within the first cradle receiving slot and an alignment hole; a first cradle shell insertable into the first cradle receiving slot, the first cradle shell being sized and shaped to receive a first portable electronic device therein, the first cradle shell including a first shell inner connector positioned on a device receiving side of the cradle shell so that, when a first portable electronic device is received in the first cradle shell, the first shell inner connector is aligned with a connector of the first portable electronic device and a first shell outer shell connector on a housing facing surface of the first cradle shell including an alignment feature, the first shell outer connector being positioned so that, when the first cradle shell is inserted into the first cradle receiving slot, the alignment feature that extends through and mates with the alignment hole so that the first shell outer connector aligns with the first housing connector.