Patents by Inventor Erick N. Tuero

Erick N. Tuero has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8638552
    Abstract: A docking station for a Macintosh laptop computer having a receiving sleeve and a base plate, the receiving sleeve including a spring lever to guide the inserted laptop to interconnect with a series of specifically arranged connecting heads, said connecting heads configurable to a specific Macintosh laptop computer upon a parallelepiped contact plate disposed within the receiving sleeve. The spring lever is a cylindrical member having a first and second finger projected radially therefrom that rotate the cylindrical member when a laptop is inserted into the receiving sleeve, in turn rotating a third finger upward which engages an eject button. A Macintosh laptop computer is thus rapidly and easily interconnected with peripheral devices by placement into the receiving sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Inventor: Erick N. Tuero