Attachable and detachable additional device for use with a portable telephone for electrically connecting with the portable telephone external equipment
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHitoshi Maekawa
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Abstract
An additional device for a portable telephone electrically connects a battery pack to a portable telephone main body. The additional device has first connecting means for detachably connecting the additional device to the portable telephone main body, and second connecting means for detachably connecting the battery pack to the additional device. The additional device functions to deal with a signal provided from an external equipment while supplying electric power from the battery pack to the portable telephone main body.
Claims4
An additional device for a portable telephone for electrically connecting with the main body of said portable telephone, said additional device comprising:
- first connecting means for detachably connecting said additional device to said portable telephone main body;
- second connecting means for detachably connecting a battery pack to said additional device with said additional device being interposed between said battery pack and said telephone main body;
- said additional device having a connector for making external connections and including means for interconnecting to said portable telephone main body through said first connecting means a signal supplied to said connector from equipment external to said portable telephone main body while connecting electric power from said battery pack to said portable telephone main body through said first and second connecting means;
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- means functioning to store electric power in an additional battery located within said additional device and to supply the power stored in said additional battery to said portable telephone main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.