Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward techniques and configurations for alternate connection of two devices via multiple branches of a waveguide. In one embodiment the apparatus may include a first device (e.g. a peripheral device) a second device (e.g. a computing device) mountable on the first device in a first or second position and a waveguide substantially disposed in the first device to communicatively couple the first device with the second device. The waveguide may comprise a movable connector and first and second branches corresponding to the first and second positions. The movable connector may alternately communicatively couple the first device with the second device via the first or second branch and disconnect the second or first branch respectively in response to corresponding placement of the second device in the first or second position. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
I/WECLAIM:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first device;
a second device mountable on the first device in a first or second position; and
a waveguide substantially disposed in the first device to communicatively couple the first device with the second device, wherein the waveguide comprises a movable connector and at least first and second branches corresponding to the first and second positions, wherein the movable connector is to alternately communicatively couple the first device with the second device via the first or second branch and disconnect the second or first branch respectively in response to corresponding placement of the second device in the first or second position.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the movable connector is movable into a third position to communicatively couple the first device with the second device via the first branch and to disconnect the second branch, in response to placement of the second device in the first position; and wherein the movable connector is movable into a fourth position to communicatively couple the first device with the second device via the second branch and to disconnect the first branch, in response to placement of the second device in the second position.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the movable connector is to return into one of the third or fourth positions, in response to removal of the second device from the first device.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the movable connector is at least partially rotatable, movable laterally, or movable in a substantially vertical direction or under an angle relative to the first device, to move the movable connector into the third or fourth position.
5. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a return component to return the movable connector into one of the third or fourth positions, in response to placement of the second device in the first or second position respectively or in response to removal of the second device from the first device.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the return component comprises one of a spring or an electromagnetic actuator.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first device comprises a first communication component and the second device comprises a second communication component, wherein to communicatively couple the first device with the second device includes to communicatively couple the first and second communication components.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first and second communication components comprise transceivers to transmit and receive radio frequency signals.
9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the waveguide further comprises an elongated portion, wherein a first end of the elongated portion is connected with the first communication component, wherein the movable connector comprises a valve disposed at a second end of the elongated portion to alternately connect the second communication component with the first communication component via the first or second branch.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the valve includes at least one connecting element that is alignable with the first or second branch.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second device comprises a computing device, and wherein the first device comprises a peripheral device connectable with the computing device via the waveguide.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the computing device comprises a tablet computer, wherein the first device comprises a keyboard, and wherein one of the first or second positions corresponds to an open clamshell orientation of the tablet computer relative to the keyboard, and wherein another of the first or second positions corresponds to a closed orientation of the tablet computer relative to the keyboard.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the waveguide comprises at least one of: a dielectric clad in a signal-containing material, an air-filled tube, or an optical fiber cable.
14. An apparatus, comprising:
a waveguide substantially disposable in a first device, wherein the waveguide includes: an elongated portion;
a movable connector movably coupled with the elongated portion; and at least first and second branches, wherein the movable connector is to alternately couple the first device with a second device that is removably mountable on the first device in a first or second position, wherein to alternately couple includes to connect the first and second devices via the first or second branch and disconnect the second or first branch respectively in response to corresponding placement of the second device in the first or second position.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein a first end of the elongated portion is connected with a first communication component of the first device, wherein the movable connector comprises a valve disposed at a second end of the elongated portion, to alternately connect a second communication component of the second device with the first communication component via the first or second branch.
16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the valve includes at least one connecting element that is alignable with the first or second branch or that forms the first or second
branch in response to corresponding placement of the second device in the first or second position.
17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first device comprises a peripheral device and wherein the second device comprises a computing device connectable with the peripheral device via the waveguide.
18. A method, comprising:
coupling a movable connector with a waveguide; and enabling the movable connector to alternately and communicatively couple a first device with a second device via a first or second branch of the waveguide and to disconnect the second or first branch respectively in response to corresponding placement of the second device in a first or second position on the first device.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
substantially disposing the waveguide in the first device, the disposing including connecting a first communication component of the first device with a first end of an elongated portion of the waveguide, wherein coupling the movable connector with the waveguide includes connecting the movable connector to a second end of the elongated portion of the waveguide.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein enabling the movable connector to alternately
and communicatively couple a first device with a second device includes:
enabling the movable connector to move into a third position to communicatively couple the first device with the second device via the first branch and to disconnect the second branch, in response to placement of the second device in the first position; and
enabling the movable connector to move into a fourth position to communicatively couple the first device with the second device via the second branch
and to disconnect the first branch, in response to placement of the second device in the second position.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein enabling the movable connector to alternately
and communicatively couple a first device with a second device further includes:
causing the movable connector to return into one of the third or fourth positions, in response to placement of the second device in the first or second position respectively or in response to removal of the second device from the first device.
22. The method of claim 18, wherein the first device comprises a peripheral device,
and wherein the second device comprises a computing device mountable on the
peripheral device in the first or second position.
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| 1 | Priority Document [02-02-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-02-02 |
| 2 | Form 5 [02-02-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-02-02 |
| 3 | Drawing [02-02-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-02-02 |
| 4 | Description(Complete) [02-02-2017(online)].pdf_111.pdf | 2017-02-02 |
| 5 | Description(Complete) [02-02-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-02-02 |
| 6 | Form 5_After Filing_06-02-2017.pdf | 2017-02-06 |
| 7 | Form 18 [06-02-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-02-06 |
| 8 | 201747003852.pdf | 2017-02-06 |
| 9 | Form 3 [23-02-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-02-23 |
| 10 | Marked Copy [08-03-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-03-08 |
| 11 | Form 13 [08-03-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-03-08 |
| 12 | Form 26 [04-04-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-04-04 |
| 13 | Other Patent Document [05-04-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-04-05 |
| 14 | Correspondence by Agent_Proof of Right_12-04-2017.pdf | 2017-04-12 |
| 15 | Form 3 [04-07-2017(online)].pdf | 2017-07-04 |
| 16 | 201747003852-FORM 3 [05-02-2018(online)].pdf | 2018-02-05 |
| 17 | 201747003852-FORM 3 [04-08-2018(online)].pdf | 2018-08-04 |
| 18 | 201747003852-FER.pdf | 2019-05-02 |
| 19 | 201747003852-FORM 3 [05-08-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-08-05 |
| 20 | 201747003852-OTHERS [31-10-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-10-31 |
| 21 | 201747003852-FER_SER_REPLY [31-10-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-10-31 |
| 22 | 201747003852-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [31-10-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-10-31 |
| 23 | 201747003852-CLAIMS [31-10-2019(online)].pdf | 2019-10-31 |
| 24 | 201747003852-FORM 3 [04-02-2020(online)].pdf | 2020-02-04 |
| 25 | 201747003852-US(14)-HearingNotice-(HearingDate-13-02-2023).pdf | 2023-01-17 |
| 26 | 201747003852-Correspondence to notify the Controller [18-01-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-01-18 |
| 27 | 201747003852-Correspondence to notify the Controller [10-02-2023(online)].pdf | 2023-02-10 |
| 1 | SEARCHSTRATEGY_28-02-2019.pdf |