US 12,271,226 B2
Computer with function expansion mechanism and function expansion method without removal of computer
Hsin-Chih Chou, Taipei (TW); Juei-Chi Chang, Taipei (TW); Wan-Lin Hsu, Taipei (TW); and Kun-Cheng Lee, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, (TW)
Filed by GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,485.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/253,512, filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116528 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer with a function expansion mechanism, comprising:
a computer host, comprising a base and a functional base cover covering the base, the base having a bottom surface, the bottom surface having a first opening, the base being provided therein with a connector exposed from the first opening; and
a function expansion device, comprising an expansion seat, the expansion seat having a top surface, the top surface having a second opening, the expansion seat being provided therein with a docking connector exposed from the second opening;
wherein, the computer host is stacked and assembled by the bottom surface at the top surface of the function expansion device, the first opening and the second opening are in communication with each other, and the connector is docked correspondingly with the docking connector,
wherein the computer host further comprises a lid, the lid detachably correspondingly covers the first opening at the bottom surface and is provided with a window, and the connector is exposed through the window,
wherein the lid is provided with a plurality of first positioning columns and the top surface is provided with a plurality of first corresponding positioning portions, the first positioning columns and the first corresponding portions comprise insertion cylinder pins and cylindrical holes, and wherein the connector is accurately docked with the docking connector in a way that the first positioning columns are correspondingly pluggably inserted into the first corresponding positioning portions.