US 5,493,479 AGranted

Electronic equipment

AssigneeSony Corporation

InventorTsutomu Takahashi

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Abstract

An electronic equipment, such as a car audio equipment, includes a console unit attached to an equipment body. The attaching mechanism includes an arm, a holder and first and second springs. The arm is attached so as to be rotated in the direction corresponding to the direction in which the console unit is attached to and detached from the equipment body. The holder is rotatably attached to a tip end portion of the arm in an opposing relation to the arm. The holder includes a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion. The first spring applies to the console unit a biasing force in the direction in which the console unit is pushed forward. A second spring is weaker in spring force than the first spring and applies to the holder a biasing force in the direction in which the console unit is pushed forward. The attaching mechanism is arranged such that since the first and second springs are different in spring force from each other, the second engagement portion of the holder is engaged with the engagement portion of the equipment body to hold the console unit under the condition that the console unit is attached to the equipment body and that when the release operation member of the arm is pushed, the second engagement portion of the holder is disengaged from the engagement portion of the equipment body to thereby detach the console unit from the equipment body.

Claims7

Dependent claims

Electronic equipment comprising;

an equipment body;
an operation portion provided on said equipment body and having a plurality of operation buttons disposed on its front surface and an engaged portion formed on its rear surface, said operation portion being electrically connected to said equipment body;
and
an attachment mechanism provided in said equipment body for detachably attaching said operation portion to said equipment body, said attachment mechanism comprising a first rotary arm rotatably provided in said equipment body and spring-biased in the direction in which said operation portion is opened and a second rotary arm rotatably provided at a free end side of said first rotary arm and spring-biased in said opening direction, said first rotary arm having an operated portion operated by release operation when said operation portion is detached from said equipment body, said second rotary arm having a first engagement portion engaged with said engaged portion and a second engagement portion engaged with said equipment body to hold said operation portion at its attachment position with respect to said equipment body under the condition that said operation portion is attached to said equipment body, wherein when said operation portion is detached, said first rotary arm is rotated by operating said operated portion of said first rotary arm, said second rotary arm is rotated in the direction in which said second engagement portion is disengaged from said equipment body in accordance with the rotation of said first rotary arm, and said second rotary arm moves said operation portion in the direction in which said operation portion is detached from said equipment body.

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