US 11,809,230 B2
Docking station for accommodating a tablet computer device
Marquart Ciolek, Nuremberg (DE); David Dederichs, Poxdorf (DE); Roman Achleitner, Nuremberg (DE); and Guo Chen Zhong, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/337,577.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2020 103 384.0 (DE), filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0389803 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking station for accommodating a tablet computer housed in a tablet computer casing, the docking station comprising:
a housing, the housing including a retaining frame; and
an interface apparatus, the interface apparatus including
a first side configured to connect to the housing, the housing being configured to accommodate the interface apparatus in a first form-fit manner,
a second side configured to connect to the tablet computer casing in a second form-fit manner, and
a housing side area, the housing side area being planar in an interface plane, and the retaining frame being configured to form-fit with the housing side area and secure the interface apparatus against displacement in the interface plane via the form-fit upon the interface apparatus being accommodated in the first form-fit menner in the housing.