Lid opening and closing mechanism, electronic device

A lid opening and closing mechanism for an electronic device which includes a housing body constituting sections other than a predetermined face of a housing for accommodating electronic components, and a lid which constitutes a section corresponding to the predetermined face of the housing and is detachable to the housing body,

• the lid being configured to be engaged with the housing body in a state of being attached to the housing body, and to release an engagement with the housing body when being moved in a predetermined direction parallel to the predetermined face by a predetermined distance from the state where the lid is attached to the housing body,
• the lid opening and closing mechanism comprising:
• an operating member which is disposed to the housing body so as to be displaceable relative to the housing body;
• and
• a drive mechanism,
• wherein the drive mechanism:
• locks the lid so that the lid does not move in the predetermined direction when the operating member is in a first position relative to the housing body with the lid being attached to the housing body;
• and
• releases the lock on the lid, moves the lid in the predetermined direction by at least the predetermined distance, and separates the lid from the predetermined face in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined face, when the operating member is moved to a second position relative to the housing body with the lid being attached to the housing body.