ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,042, issued on April 21, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Docking system and method for docking a handheld device" was invented by Jean Marie Doglio (Round Rock, Texas), Paul Lalinde (Spring, Texas), Chih-Ping Chang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yongook Guack (Leander, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A docking system comprises a handheld device and a dock that are configured for preventing or minimizing damage to a device connector and/or a dock connector during docking. The dock has a cap that can be retracted, wherein the dock connector is recessed until the cap is retracted. The device housing has a device reces...