Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing defining a battery chamber; an electrical contact disposed on a wall of the battery chamber; a latch extending into the battery chamber, the latch movable between (i) a first position to retain a battery pack within the battery chamber and engage the battery pack with the electrical contact, and (ii) a second position to disengage from the battery pack; an auxiliary retainer in communication with the battery chamber, the auxiliary retainer configured to retain the battery pack within the battery chamber, independently of the latch, via engagement with a complementary retaining structure of the battery pack.

Abstract: An input assembly for a computing device includes: an input device; a mounting body coupled to the input device; a blade member affixed to the mounting body, the blade member configured for insertion into a slot of the computing device, wherein the slot includes a transverse recess; a latch disposed within the blade member, the latch having a head carrying a magnet, the latch coupled to the mounting body movably between (i) an engaged position to place the head in the recess and obstruct withdrawal of the latch from the slot, and (ii) a retracted position to withdraw the head from the recess; and wherein the latch is biased towards the engaged position via attraction between the magnet and a magnetic material of the transverse recess.

Abstract: A film cover for a device housing, where the film cover includes: a pierceable film body having an inner surface and an outer surface, an adhesive on the inner surface, and a graphical indicator on the outer surface. The body configured to cover a mounting recess on a portion of a device housing surface.

Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing having an exterior wall, the exterior wall defining a chamber; an access door movably coupled to the housing between a closed position enclosing the chamber, and an open position exposing the chamber to an exterior of the computing device; a latch movable between a locked position to retain the access door in the closed position, and an unlocked position to permit movement of the access door; and a bias element configured to apply a force to an interior of the access door to move the access door from the closed position to an intermediate position between the open and closed positions, in response to transition of the latch from the locked position to the unlocked position.

Abstract: An input assembly for a computing device includes: an input device; a mounting body coupled to the input device; a blade member affixed to the mounting body, the blade member configured for insertion into a slot of the computing device, wherein the slot includes a transverse recess; a latch disposed within the blade member, the latch having a head carrying a magnet, the latch coupled to the mounting body movably between (i) an engaged position to place the head in the recess and obstruct withdrawal of the latch from the slot, and (ii) a retracted position to withdraw the head from the recess; and wherein the latch is biased towards the engaged position via attraction between the magnet and a magnetic material of the transverse recess.

Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing defining a battery chamber; an electrical contact disposed on a wall of the battery chamber; a latch extending into the battery chamber, the latch movable between (i) a first position to retain a battery pack within the battery chamber and engage the battery pack with the electrical contact, and (ii) a second position to disengage from the battery pack; an auxiliary retainer in communication with the battery chamber, the auxiliary retainer configured to retain the battery pack within the battery chamber, independently of the latch, via engagement with a complementary retaining structure of the battery pack.

Abstract: A dock for a computing device includes: a housing including a cradle end wall defining a closed end of a channel configured to receive a computing device along a travel direction, and a rear cradle wall extending between the cradle end wall and an open end of the channel; a latch movably supported at the rear cradle wall between (i) an engaged position extending into the channel to engage with the computing device, and (ii) a retracted position withdrawn from the channel to disengage from the computing device; a bias member configured to bias the latch towards the engaged position to automatically engage with the computing device in response to insertion of the computing device into the channel; and an actuator coupled to the latch, the actuator configured to transition the latch to the disengaged position for releasing the computing device from the channel.

Abstract: A device includes: a housing having an exterior surface; a mounting recess defined in the exterior surface, the mounting recess configured to receive a fastener to couple the exterior surface of the device to an external surface; a film cover pierceable by the fastener, the film cover having (i) an inner surface affixed to a portion of the exterior surface surrounding the mounting recess, and (ii) an opposing outer surface; wherein the film cover comprises a material impermeable to an environmental contaminant to prevent entry of the environmental contaminant into the mounting recess.

Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing supporting a transparent panel to define an enclosure; a camera supported within the enclosure, the camera having a field of view extending through the transparent panel; and a privacy shutter supported within the enclosure, between the transparent panel and the camera, the privacy shutter having a shutter magnet, and being movable via magnetic activation between (i) an enabled position obstructing the field of view, and (ii) a disabled position clearing the field of view.

Abstract: A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.

Abstract: A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.

Abstract: A device includes: a housing having an exterior surface; a mounting recess defined in the exterior surface, the mounting recess configured to receive a fastener to couple the exterior surface of the device to an external surface; a film cover pierceable by the fastener, the film cover having (i) an inner surface affixed to a portion of the exterior surface surrounding the mounting recess, and (ii) an opposing outer surface; wherein the film cover comprises a material impermeable to an environmental contaminant to prevent entry of the environmental contaminant into the mounting recess.

Abstract: A connector includes: a connector body having an outer end and an opposing inner end, the connector body supported by a housing of a first device, wherein the outer end is exposed to an exterior of the housing and the inner end is placed within an interior of the housing; a signal conductor extending between the inner end and the outer end to engage with a complementary connector of a second device; a conductive resiliently deformable sleeve extending between the inner end and the outer end of the connector body, wherein the conductive resiliently deformable sleeve: (i) defines an electrically isolating shield that substantially encloses the signal conductor from the inner end to the outer end, and (ii) forms a seal against the second device encircling the signal conductor and the complementary connector.

Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing supporting a transparent panel to define an enclosure; a camera supported within the enclosure, the camera having a field of view extending through the transparent panel; and a privacy shutter supported within the enclosure, between the transparent panel and the camera, the privacy shutter having a shutter magnet, and being movable via magnetic activation between (i) an enabled position obstructing the field of view, and (ii) a disabled position clearing the field of view.

Abstract: A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.

Abstract: A connector includes: a connector body having an outer end and an opposing inner end, the connector body supported by a housing of a first device, wherein the outer end is exposed to an exterior of the housing and the inner end is placed within an interior of the housing; a signal conductor extending between the inner end and the outer end to engage with a complementary connector of a second device; a conductive resiliently deformable sleeve extending between the inner end and the outer end of the connector body, wherein the conductive resiliently deformable sleeve: (i) defines an electrically isolating shield that substantially encloses the signal conductor from the inner end to the outer end, and (ii) forms a seal against the second device encircling the signal conductor and the complementary connector.